"YEREVAN IN FIVE DAYS" YOUTH CIVIC EDUCATION PROGRAM

armradio.am
23.06.2008 17:40

Building on the success of the 2006 and 2007 "Yerevan in 5 Days"
Youth Civic Education Program organized within the framework of
Youth and Community Action Program (YCAP), 36 youth representing
all 10 regions of Armenia will come to Yerevan for 5 days in June
2008 to visit national institutions and learn how they function for
the progress of the nation and her people. The participants of the
program will tour institutions and meet representatives from the RA
Presidential Administration, National Assembly, Court of Cassation
and First Instance, Ministry of Sports and Youth Affairs, the Ministry
of Foreign Affairs and Ministry of Labor and Social Issues.

Additionally, they will participate in interactive civil society
workshops with local and international NGOs to learn more about
the elections, local self-government system and anti-corruption
initiatives. The participants will also have opportunities to share
information and ideas from their respective communities to enhance
the YCAP network of civically engaged youth throughout Armenia.

The Youth and Community Action Program is a USAID-funded five year
project that began in September 2004 and is implemented by the
Academy for Educational Development. The main goal of the program
is to increase civic activism among young men and women and enhance
community involvement in addressing public issues. At present YCAP
works with 36 Youth Action Clubs and 44 Community Action Committees
in 80 communities throughout the Republic of Armenia. To date over
1500 volunteers involved in YCAP have planned and implemented over
1000 projects ranging from village clean-ups and improved municipal
waste management to small infrastructure improvements and better
transportation routes. They also organize seminars on various topics
with guest speakers and other events such as cultural, sport, civic
participation, social, agricultural, health and environmental.