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.
Let’s See… Let’s Choose… Let’s Change…
More than 160 young people, representing many parts of the societies involved in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict took part in the regional project workshops.
Women’s Agency of Peacemaking
The project will draw on CMI’s extensive experience in designing and implementing multi-stakeholder dialogue processes in conflict prevention and post-violence situations.
Berghof Foundation’s Peace Counts Workshop Program
The training program provided information and resources to people who are engaged in working in the educational, media or peacebuilding sectors. It aims at strengthening their identity as peacebuilders and encourages them to work towards peaceful solutions for violent conflicts. During the workshops, participants were introduced to a variety of methods for peace education in the hope that many of them will integrate these approaches into their own working environment.
Human Rights in the Armenian Armed Forces
In the framework of the project, Peace Dialogue will present and promote the website www.safesoldiers.am to citizens living in different regions of Armenia (Lori, Tavush, Vayots Dzor, Ararat, and Syunik regions) in order to raise public awareness of problems in the military.
Corruption Risks in Vanadzor’s Transportation Sector to be Explored by Peace Dialogue NGO
Peace Dialogue NGO has received a grant to study the corruption risk in Vanadzor’s transportation sector. The project is one of five which were recently chosen to participate in a grant framework the goal of which is to “implement public monitoring, public control and journalistic investigation over the aspects of the existing anti-corruption project of RA, 2012-2016 as defined in the Strategic Plan of Judicial and Legal Anti-corruption reforms, as well as the existing anti-corruption strategy and the implementation of its activities.”
Safe Soldiers for a Safe Armenia
The bilingual website www.safesodiers.am was launched in November of 2013. The website and database has been updated with information provided to Peace Dialogue NGO by private individuals along with information from public media. The website database now lists a total of more then 750 fatalities in the armed forces since 1994. There have been 143,536 online views of the website so far. International and local organizations have demonstrated a real and sustained interest in the materials we have uncovered and engage with us on an ongoing basis.
