ÖRMÉNY SZERVEZET MAGYAR PARTNERT KERES VISEGRÁDI PÁLÁYZATÁHOZ 2008-01-21
Armenian NGO seeks Hungarian partner for IVF application
The Armenian Young Lawyers Association Non-Governmental Organization (AYLA), which operates in Armenia since 1995, and carries out activities in the spheres of Human Rights, development of Judiciary and Legal System, establishment of democracy and civil society.
AYLA intends to apply to the International Visegrad Fund with a standard grant project proposal. One of the pre-conditions (criteria) of IVF for funding the project is the number of co-organizing partners (applicant and at least 2 partners from Contracting Parties, with the exception of cross-border projects applications). We already have the initial agreement of the Management of Fund referring to the concept of the project to be submitted for funding.
As you probably know the IVF (www.visegradfund.org) is an international organization based in Bratislava, founded by the governments of the countries of the Visegrad Group (V4) - the Czech Republic, the Republic of Hungary, the Republic of Poland, and the Slovak Republic. The Fund supports projects of different directions including cross-border cooperation. The AYLA project foresees this sphere.
It aims to study the progressive experience of V4 countries in the sphere of human rights on the way to European Integration and further to implement this in the Republic of Armenia. As it is well known currently the level of ensuring the human rights is the main precondition and guarantee, which the countries need on the way to the European Integration. Armenia is already included in the European Union's Neighborhood program, and the governmental, as well as non-governmental sectors undertake serious steps to promote the proceeding activities.
It is planned to organize in the bounds of the project an international workshop in Armenia, which is aimed at introducing the progressive experience and achievements of V4 countries in the sphere of human rights to the representatives of governmental, private, and non-governmental institutions. This will be done by a group of experts that are invited from the V4 countries. A representative group of 7 or 8 members, which will be formed in result of the Workshop, will visit the V4 countries and get acquainted with the introduced experience in practice, as well as carry out research and observations in certain institutions, which work and/or have influence in the sphere of human rights in these countries. The choice of these institute(s) will depend from the mutual interests and joint agreement between your and our structures. The list of potential structures (institutes) includes the Government of the country, the Ombudsman Institute, the Public Defender's Office, the Advocate's Institute; NGO's working in Human Rights sphere, the state legal entities, etc. The group will carry out research in certain establishments and later (further) through certain projects, introduce the obtained experience in the Republic of Armenia.
AYLA's 13 years practice in human rights sphere shows that the study of progressive experience and achievements of V4 countries in the sphere of human rights and their localization and adaptation to the conditions of the Republic of Armenia may be rather constructive and have (lead to) the desired results. We have already had the practice of such cooperation and assume in practice the possible course and results of such project.
If your organizations are interested in such possible cooperation and willing to participate in the project as a partner, the AYLA is open to carry out discussions and in the result prepare a mutually acceptable project proposal, and will start working in this direction. Also please note that the deadlines for submission of the project proposal are already set and we anticipate submitting it to the IVF by 15 March 2008.
You may find more information on the AYLA from our website at www.ayla.am.
Further information: Mr. Karen Zadoyan, President, Armenian Young Lawyers Association Address: 7/2 Nalbandyan Street, 0010 Yerevan, Armenia Tel.: (37410) 540199, E-mail: zadoyan@ayla.am Internet : www.ayla.am
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