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Start-up Liaison Expert
24 November, 2015
Background
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Armenia in partnership with the Government of Armenia works to advance the national reform agenda and develop the capacities of counterparts at a national, regional and local level. To this end, UNDP is currently implementing a multi-component programme across four portfolios, namely Democratic Governance, Environmental Governance, Integrated Border Management and Socio-Economic Governance.
Under this framework, UNDP established an innovations lab, called Kolba. The lab is an incubator which attempts to solve big social ch...
Call for participation for thematic residency: Culture of Permanence
24 November, 2015
A thematic residency around the questions of communal shareholding and knowledge build-up at Arc, in Romainmôtier, Switzerland.
In the second decade of the 21st century the neoliberal model is in crisis: we live in a society where 30 to 40 % of the population are knowledge workers within a system that is speculative and expresses the value of social collaboration in a way that does not fit. That leads us to imagining an exodus to a new prototype: we have to create new values and develop new ways of collaborating. Until now philosophers have imagined a different world with vario...
Armenia needs IT specialists
24 November, 2015
Ladies and gentlemen, Armenia needs IT specialists. Look at this thread today. It will take a couple of years for the homegrown supply to catch up, so this is a great opportunity for folks outside of Armenia to grab onto a fantastic quality of life.
'Sireliner, I get daily requests almost for PHP developers and Web Developers. If you know anyone in these fields looking for a job, please refer them to me. Those who are unsure about what fields to study in, please let IT be a top choice! grin emoticon I promise I can get you a job
Timothy Straight Curious, if the local market is vacuumed, ...
Fletcher Summer Institute for the Advanced Study of Nonviolent Conflict, USA
24 November, 2015
The Fletcher Summer Institute for the Advanced Study of Nonviolent Conflict (FSI) is the leading professional education program in the world focusing on the advanced, interdisciplinary study of civil resistance.
Civil resistance campaigns for rights, freedom, and justice are capturing the world’s attention as never before. Nonviolent campaigns against corruption in countries such as Guatemala, Moldova, and Cambodia; against dictatorship in Burkina Faso; to protect democracy in Hong Kong; for police accountability in the United States; for indigenous rights in Latin America; ...
Capacity Building Training Program
24 November, 2015
On behalf of the Dilijan Community Center (DCC)*, we would like to inform you about our new upcoming opportunities.
Beginning February 2015 we are launching a 5-month long Capacity Building Training in Armenian for local students aged 12-14, 15-18. The following topics will be covered in this training: management and project design, active citizenship, teamwork and voluntarism. The sessions will be held three times during this period for 4 days each session. A precise schedule will be provided to successful applicants.
This training program is a great opportunity for the youth to obt...
Journalism competition for coverage on the phenomenon of trafficking and exploitation (Armenian)
20 November, 2015
Հայաստանի Հանրապետությունում մարդկանց թրաֆիքինգի և շահագործման դեմ պայքարի հարցերով խորհուրդը (Խորհուրդ) հայտարարում է լրագրողական մրցույթ: Մրցույթի նպատակն է խրախուսել ՀՀ-ում մարդկանց թրաֆիքինգի և շահագործման երևույթի և դրա դեմ պայքարի վերաբերյալ լուսաբանումը:
Մրցույթի պայմանները.
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"The Unrecognized politics of de facto states in Post-Soviet Space" -Book presentation
20 November, 2015
Book Presentation and Roundtable
15:00, November 26, 2015
Venue: Ashot Yerkat Hall, Marriott Armenia Hotel, Yerevan
Working languages: English
On November 26 at 15.00, the Caucasus Institute will present a new book, ‘The Unrecognised Politics of De Facto States in the Post-Soviet Space', edited by Laurence Broers, Alexander Iskandaryan and Sergey Minasyan, jointly published by the Caucasus Institute and International Association for the Study of the Caucasus with support from the Academic Swiss Caucasus Net.
The book is based on presentations made at a conference on De...
"The Support to Democratic Governance Project" - closing event
20 November, 2015
The Support to Democratic Governance Project is coming to its end. The project was funded by the EU delegation and was implemented by the British Council in partnership with the Civic Development and Partnership Foundation, Grant Thornton and Thomson Foundation.
We will be happy to welcome you in the closing event of the project, which will be held on 25 November 2015, at 15.30 in the Manoogian Hall of the American University of Armenia (40 Baghramyan). Please find enclosed the invitation and the programme of the event.
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