ARMENPRESS

RESULTS OF `YEREVAN IN 5 DAYS’ YOUTH CIVIL EDUCATION
PROGRAM SUMMED UP

YEREVAN, JUNE 29, ARMENPRESS: The results of the
`Yerevan in Five Days’ Youth Civil Education Program
held in Yerevan from June 25-29 were summed up today.
Within the framework of the program around 31 young
people from ten Armenian provinces visited a number of
state establishments and got acquainted with their
activity.
The young people met with the representatives of
the President’s staff, National Assembly, courts,
Foreign Ministry, Sport and Youth Affairs Ministry,
visited `Armenpress’ news agency and Central Bank.
They also participated in interactive
workshop-meetings and had an opportunity to exchange
ideas with each other.
The program is being carried out within the
framework of `Youth and Community Action Program’
(`YCAP’) which kicked off in September 2004 and is
being carried out by the Academy for Educational
Development (AED) funded by USAID.
The head of the `Youth and Community Action
Program’ Nicolas Bruno said that the main aim of the
program is to increase the civil activity of the young
people, as well as expand the involvement of residents
of communities in the process of regulation of public
issues. He noted that this program is being carried
out for the second time and has tendency for becoming
a traditional one.
The participants of the program said that during
the past five days they not only acquired new
knowledge and ideas but also new friends and
acquaintances. One of them said that though the issues
of their communities are different, similarities
exist, and this program, according to him, gives
opportunity to unite and solve the issues by joint
efforts.