ANNOUNCEMENTS

We deem the draft amendment to the State of Emergency Act to be a very serious violation of personal data protection rules, respect for privacy of personal and family life, freedom of communications and privacy rights. Therefore, we demand it be pulled from the Parliament’s agenda. At the same time, we urge the Government to invest all possible resources and efforts to contact persons thought to be infected with the virus and to enforce their isolation. We also ask that it increase medical testing for the population, which is the most effective way to detect new cases of the illness in a timely manner.

Due to the State of Emergency in the Republic of Armenia related to the coronavirus outbreak, the trainings planned for March, April and June have been cancelled. Should we be able to reschedule the trainings in the future, the project team will review and consider all applications we have already received, and we will contact applicants to let them know of their selection for the training program.

We apologize for any inconvenience current circumstances have caused and appreciate your kind understanding of the situation.

#CORONA19

Peace Dialogue NGO and the Creopia Productions will provide trainings on how to develop public service announcements (PSAs) for Vanadzor-area youth. Local residents aged 16-25 can apply to participate in the program called Youth Media Skills Training to Strengthen Democracy via the Peace Dialogue website. Interested applicants should submit their CVs and letters of motivation by 10 March 2020. Selected applicants will receive training in needs assessment and analysis, screenwriting/storyboarding, photo-video production and editing, and film/video product marketing.

Peace Dialogue NGO’s team expresses its sincere condolences and support to CMI’s team and Tuija’s family, friends and colleagues.

Photo: Tuija Talvitie. Source: CMI (www.cmi.fi)

Dear visitors, on January 10, 2020, Peace Dialogue NGO will celebrate its eleventh-year anniversary. To this occasion we developed the posters below that are aimed at informing our visitors and those who never heard about our organization about the values and principals we are standing for throughout more than a decade of our existence.

Peace Dialogue NGO invites young people aged from 16-25 from the three northern regions of Armenia, Lori, Shirak, and Tavush, to participate in the project of preparation of new generation of civic journalists. The project aims to provide young people from the northern regions of Armenia with filming and photography, journalism and civic journalism tools with the support of experienced professionals. Journalism and civic journalism training will be held at the beginning of October of this year in Gyumri. Filming and photography training will be held in December in Dilijan.

We declare that our organization will continue its activities aimed at the protection of the rights of servicemen who have died in non-combat situations during their military service. We will continue using other platforms and other measures as established by law. This is because the absence of legally-based approaches and mechanisms, alongside the System’s inability to rid itself of corruption, hinders and distorts our organization’s mission when carrying out Group activities.