ACTIVITIES

On 23-24 October 2020, Peace Dialogue NGO, in cooperation with the Ministries of Justice and Defense, convened a public discussion on Implementation of Defense Sector-Related Actions in the Scope of 2020-2022 Action Plan Deriving from Armenia’s National Strategy for Human Rights Protection.

On 7 October, 2021, pursuant to the decision made on the administrative case No. VD/1362/05/18, 2,520,157 AMD (App. 5,000 USD) was confiscated from the RA Ministry of Defense in favor of the citizen A.S. through compulsory enforcement.

During the 2-day workshop, the trainers arrived from Germany, Marina Grasse and Andrea Zemskov-Zuege, introduced to the participants a number of tools and methodologies in the direction of identifying community issues and needs as well empowering young people in their communities. On the last day of the meeting, with the support of the trainers and project team, the participants developed small initiatives that they will implement in the course of the upcoming 2-3 months.

On 3-5 September, 2021 Peace Dialogue NGO conducted Open Narratives: Fostering Critical Conversation on Social and Political Impacts of the Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict three-day course. The event was aimed at developing and improving methodology for promoting public dialogue on the root causes of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict and the impacts and ways of overcoming the crisis in the region as a result of the 44-day war.

On 19-23 July 2021, in cooperation with its partners Une Terre Culturelle Association and German-French Youth Office, Peace Dialogue NGO implemented a five-day youth project under the title Journalism Without Borders. The goal of the project was to introduce young people representing Armenia, Germany and France to modern journalism, a number of social media tools, as well as to address the existing issues and challenges in the field and discuss ways of overcoming them.

Peace Dialogue NGO studied the election programs of the afore-mentioned political units, the statements made by the representatives of these forces during the campaign, interviews, the ideas and thoughts voiced during the political debates, in order to find out what the visions of these forces are for overcoming the crisis and possible ways to resolve the problems.

With the support of experts, 10 psychologists and social workers from Nagorno-Karabakh got acquainted with the advanced tools and methodologies for identifying war-affected children’s psychological problems and for providing assistance to children through various didactic materials, techniques, role-plays, case studies and relaxation exercises. The trainers gave the participants the opportunity to improve their theoretical and practical knowledge which will be applicable while working with children with anxiety, fears and phobias. The training process will be ongoing during the upcoming months.