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    "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.
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