YOUNG PEOPLE FROM 10 ARMENIAN PROVINCES ARE IN YEREVAN WITHIN THE FRAMEWORKS OF "YEREVAN IN 5 DAYS" PROGRAM

ARMENPRESS
March 24, 2009

YEREVAN, MARCH 24, ARMENPRESS: About 37 young people representing
all 10 regions of Armenia arrived in Yerevan March 23 for 5 days to
participate in the "Yerevan in 5 Days" Youth Civic Education Program.

The program which will last until March 27 is implemented within the
frameworks of the Youth and Community Action Program (YCAP) of the
Academy for Educational Development.

The participants of the program will tour institutions and meet
representatives from the RA Presidential Administration, Government,
National Assembly, Court of Cassation and First Instance, Ministry of
Sports and Youth Affairs, and Ministry of Labor and Social Issues. They
will participate in interactive civil society workshops with local
and international NGOs to learn more about the civil society,
elections, media, local self-government system, and anti-corruption
initiatives. They will also have opportunities to share information
and ideas from their respective communities to enhance the YCAP
network of civically engaged youth throughout Armenia.

Today the young people were hosted in "Armenpress" news agency where
the executive director Hrayr Zoryan presented the passed way of the
agency, its 90-year old history, activity, the role of mass media in
public processes, the journalistic work and its peculiarities.

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 37 Youth Action Clubs and 43 Community Action Committees
in 80 communities throughout the Republic of Armenia. To date over
2000 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.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress