•To raise public awareness and increase the role of civil society in Armenia-Europe dialogue;
•To advocate for implementation of major elements of the Armenia-Europe Action Plan (four thematic plans of the EaP program and their implementation process);
•To support higher education reform in light of the Bologna process and other European standards.
In 2010, EPF developed two books and is currently in phase of presenting and disseminating them. The publication of these books became possible thanks to the support of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the Delegation of the European Union to Armenia.
"Hello Europe" and "The European Union and Armenia" books aim to provide Armenian readers with interesting and useful information about the European Union and EU-Armenia relations. "The European Union and Armenia" is designed for broader society. It refers to the EU history, comments on its structure and describes the history of the EU-Armenia relations, the current state and the perspectives for development. "Hello Europe" is youth-oriented and can be useful especially for high school students. Both books are rich in illustrations facilitating perception of the information.
The presentation of the books took place on November 15, 2010. EPF Director Gevorg Ter-Gabrielyan, the Head of the EU Delegation to Armenia Raul de Luzenberger, RA Minister of Education and Science Armen Ashotyan, the Team Leader of the Armenian-European Policy and Legal Center Aleksei Sekarev, as well as the authors of books Gayane Terzyan and Lilit Beganyan were panelists during the presentation.
EPF plans to disseminate Hello Europe and the European Union and Armenia with the help of the Youth Banks in Armenia, universities, libraries and social organizations. Furthermore, a project aiming to use "Hello Europe" in high schools as a supplementary teaching material is being implemented in cooperation with the Armenian-European Policy and Legal Center. Two pilot projects are planned to be implemented in two schools in Yerevan which will include training of teachers and testing of the book during classes.
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Both books are in Armenian only.
European Union and Armenia (1.96 MBytes)Hello Europe (5.36 MBytes)EPF in collaboration with Yerevan State Linguistic University is implementing a project aimed at improvement and harmonization of the higher education system of Armenia in compliance with the Bologna requirements. On July 15-19, 2009, EPF conducted a organizational activity seminar that generated recommendations and action plans for the improvement of the higher education system of Armenia in humanities. YSLU working group of experts has created a package of recommendations for effective implementation of the improvements based on the suggestions made at the event. The set of recommendations will be presented to the Ministry of Education and Science, higher education institutions and other interested parties.
On October 23-25, 2009, another joint event was organized to sum up the outcomes of the creative seminar, to work out a package of recommendations, which served as a basis for developing YSLU strategy for 2010-2015. Recommendations include practical projects for improving the organization of educational process, strengthening the international links, improving the management of the University and other areas that YSLU plans to execute during 2010-2015.
This process will continue in 2011. EPF will assist YSLU in implementing some of directions from its strategy.
Since the launch of the Eastern Partnership, EPF teamed up with a group of recognized Armenian NGOs to initiate a series of meetings, discussions and round tables dedicated to different aspects of the Eastern Partnership. The opening ceremony of the initiative, entitled "Conflict Resolution in the South Caucasus and the Eastern Partnership", took place on June 18, 2009, The event was held at EPF office and hosted representatives of the Armenian government and non-government sectors, as well as representatives of diplomatic missions of the EU member states and the EaP partner countries. In 2010, EPF participated in the Civil Society Forum of the EaP and in a number of other events. In addition, EPF co-financed the Forum in Berlin. In 2011, EPF will continue supporting the activists of the Civil Society Forum in developing strategic directions of the EaP in order to ensure their effectiveness for Armenia and foster civil society participation.
In February 2011, EPF launched a new project in cooperation with Yerevan Press Club (YPC) aimed at periodic dissemination of EaP related information among all interested parties in Armenia. With that in mind, the EaP weekly newsletter, which was initially initiated by the YPC in March 2010, was reorganized, resulting in the development of http://www.eaparmenianews.wordpress.com/ blog, where the issues of the EaP Newsletter are posted on a weekly basis. Over 600 recipients of the EaP Newsletter receive the link and highlights of the new issue each week. The list of recipients is open and all the interested organizations, and persons can contact us for subscription.
After the launch of the Eastern Partnership, EPF Armenia in cooperation with a number of Armenian well-known NGO’s initiated a circle of meetings, discussions, and round tables dedicated to different aspects and dimensions of the Eastern Partnership Program. The opening event, that took place on June 18th, 2009 was entitled “Conflict Resolution in the South Caucasus and the Eastern Partnership Program”. It hosted Armenian non-governmental and governmental sector representatives, as well as representatives of diplomatic missions of EU member states and Eastern Partner states at EPF office in Yerevan.
Eurasia Partnership Foundation launched its Europe Program in January 2009.
05 February 2012
Please watch an interview conducted by CivilNet with Dafina Gercheva, UN Resident Coordinator on Social Cohesion Survey done by EPF/CRRC
05 February 2012
Turkish and Armenian NGOs and civil society groups continue to pursue «second track diplomacy» to maintain momentum.
23 January 2012
Eurasia Partnership Foundation announces the annual open competition entitled New Content and New Technologies as part of the “Alternative Resources in Media” program. More informataion on proposal requirements and selection criteria can be found below.
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