PROJECTS
Promotion of Human Rights in the RA Defense Sector / Vol. 6
The “Promotion of Human Rights in the RA Defense Sector” is an initiative led by Peace Dialogue NGO, focusing on leveraging the potential of civil society to boost the effectiveness of governmental efforts in enhancing human rights within the Armenian Defense Sector.
This initiative seeks to establish oversight by civil society on the formulation and execution of state policies and to identify existing challenges within the Defense Sector with the goal of devising recommendations for their resolution.
CONTACT 2.0: Equipping Young People from Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict-Affected Area with Social Media Skills to Reframe Prospects for Peace
In September, 2020 Peace Dialogue NGO and its German partner, OWEN e.V. have launched a new initiative called CONTACT 2.0: Equipping young people from the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict-affected area with social media skills to reframe prospects for peace. This is a three-year initiative aimed at contributing to conflict transformation efforts in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict zone.
Promotion of civil society’s role in the development and implementation of state policy in the field of human rights protection in the Armed Forces
In June 2020, Peace Dialogue NGO (PD) launched a project entitled Development of Civil Society Potential for the EffectiveMonitoring of Activities of the RA Ministry of Defense in the scope of the Action Plan deriving from the National Strategy on Human Rights Protection.
Civil Society Support for Democratic Oversight Processes of Human Rights Conditions in the Armenian Army
Peace Dialogue will continue to monitor the activities of the RA Ministry of Defense within the framework of the Action Plan deriving from the National Strategy on the Protection of Human Rights.
Media Skills Training to Strengthen Democratic Participation and Job Skills for Youth in Vanadzor Area
Starting 1 February 2020, Peace Dialogue NGO will launch a project aimed at strengthening and promoting democratic values among Armenian youth. The program will involve 18 young men and women from Vanadzor and the surrounding area.
Training Next-Generation Civic Journalists in Northern Armenia as Future Democracy Watchdogs
Peace Dialogue NGO to Train Young Civic Journalists Thanks to CFLI Funding.
Peace Dialogue recently received a 24,000 Canadian dollar grant from the Canada Fund for Local Initiatives (CFLI) to run a series of media trainings for next-generation, civic journalists in the three northern regions of Armenia: Shirak, Lori and Tavush. The project starts in September, 2019 and will support 21 aspiring, young journalists (7 from each region) with trainings at workshops in Gyumri and Dilijan led by local and international journalists and media experts.
Developing Capacities for Women Focused Networks in the Southern Caucasus
In 2019, Peace Dialogue will be involved as a partner organization in an initiative called “Developing Capacities for Women Focused Networks in the Southern Caucasus”. The project is run by the organization CRISP, a Berlin-based NGO actively working on directions of conflict transformation and civic education. The project is aimed at establishing a network of empowered women from civil society and local administration and from villages who will support each other and work together to address the needs of women in remote villages.
The ‘Karabakh Conflict Archive’
Warrant officer Kamo Sargsyan, Galina Harutyunyan’s son, who also participated in the Karabakh war, disappeared from the combat field. He has been considered a missing person since 1994.
There is very little constructive public discussion on the legacy of the recent violent past in the context of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. Mainstream narratives in the societies foster collective memory that leaves little space for alternative understandings of history and a variety of ‘truths’.
The Karabakh Conflict Archive is a non-governmental initiative to create a collection of materials reflecting the history of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. The project is being implemented by civil society organisations interested in collecting a range of sources that help preserve the memory of how the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict evolved and what people lived through.
