"Youth Initiatives Centre" NGO, continuing the beautiful tradition of celebrating International Youth Day with a big celebration, held various public events in Gyumri on the 12th of August.   The events started with a bike ride, the aim of which was the development of environmental and green skills among young people, the promotion of a healthy lifestyle and youth participation.    Afterwards starting from 7pm on Abovyan street at the info tent for the ERASMUS+ Youth and European Solidarity Corps programmes, the opportunities provided by the European Solidarity Corps programme were presented to the young people by the participants of ESC annual volu...

"Youth Initiative Centre" NGO will provide support to adolescents and youth forcibly displaced from Artsakh (Nagorno Karabakh) in different regions of Armenia. Taking into account the humanitarian crisis in Artsakh and the severe situation created since September 19, we are informing that the services and resources of the "Youth House" open youth centres operating in Gyumri, Spitak, Ejmiatsin, Armavir and Gavar will be available to the displaced adolescent youth of ages 13-18 in the above mentioned communities and their surroundings. Youth workers at the youth centres will carry out individual and group youth work by counseling and referral to relevant specialis...

Youth Initiative Centre, as a non-governmental organization dealing with youth issues, continues to defend the youth agenda in various platforms, including the agenda of thousands of children and young people of Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh) to freely have their normal and safe life, food, education, free movement and other fundamental rights because of the blockade. Since December 2022, a massive humanitarian disaster has been taking place in Artsakh. Azerbaijan, disregarding all the norms and requirements of international law, ignoring all the obligations it has undertaken, continues to conduct genocidal policies and actions, keeping Artsakh under blockade. Illegall...

On July 13, the final event of the "UPSHIFT Syunik" cultivating adolescents' growth and engagement in community development project was held at "Impact Hub Syunik" in Goris. The event was attended by Silvia Mestroni, deputy representative of UNICEF Armenia, deputy head of Goris community Irina Yolyan, President of the "Youth Initiative Centre” NGO, monitoring and supervising specialist-advisory of the “UPSHIFT Syunik" project Artur Najaryan, representative of the Ministry of Education, Science, Culture and Sports of RA, representatives of local and regional authorities, local non-governmental organizations and members of the teams that participated in the "UPSHIFT ...

We had the honor of hosting the US Ambassador to Armenia Kristina Kvien and representatives of the U.S. Peace Corps. YIC president Artur Najaryan greeted the guests and extended his gratitude for the support of the U.S. Embassy for youth programs addressing youth issues. YIC director Valya Martirosyan and international projects manager Mariam Gharagyozyan presented the activity directions of the organisation, the programs aimed at the development and empowerment of adolescents and youth. The editorial team and participants of the Youth and Media Program “Have Your Say” implemented by YIC NGO with the support of the U.S. Embassy, the Peace Corps volunteer of YIC...

🇦🇲 🇫🇷 🇪🇺 “Youth Initiative Centre” NGO (Armenia) in cooperation with “Nouveau Départ” NGO (France) is hosting a 7-days training course "Step Forward to Conflict Management" on conflict resolution and negotiation in youth work in the framework of “Erasmus+” programme from 3rd to 10th of July, 2023.   The Training Course is aimed at at sharing the culture of peace among young people, youth leaders/workers by means of giving ground for exchanging peace building and cross-border practices. The training course is attended by the representatives of Armenia, France, Greece, Italy, Georgia, Estonia and Russian Federation.   ...

 On July 3, Artur Najaryan, the chairman of the board of the "Youth Initiative Centre" NGO, Christine Weigand, UNICEF representative of Armenia, and Ananik Voskanyan, the head of the Artik community, signed a memorandum of understanding to establish a youth center in Artik in 2023. The center will provide community-based services to adolescents and youngsters. In the next six months, UNICEF will work with the Artik Municipality and the “Youth Initiative Centre” NGO to renovate, furnish, and equip the center with accessories, developmental games, educational and informational materials for children, adolescents and youngsters. “Through the establishment of thi...

On May 14, within the framework of the "UPSHIFT Syunik" cultivating adolescents' growth and engagement in community development project “Presentation of community youth initiatives” meeting was held at "Impact Hub Syunik". In the beginning of the meeting, the teams briefly presented the current works and decided their teams' mottos. Therefore, the adolescents worked and prepared their projects presentations on innovative approaches to solving community problems. Arus Hayrapetyan, head of youth affairs department of the Goris municipality, Hasmik Aleksanyan, adolescent development officer of the UNICEF Armenia, and Artur Najaryan, chairman of the board of the ...

“Youth Initiative Centre” NGO (Armenia) in cooperation with ''FUNDACJA LAJA" NGO (Poland) is hosting a 7-days study visit "Cross-sectorial cooperation in youth field" in the framework of “Erasmus+” programme from 6th to 13th of May, 2023. The Training Course is aimed at increasing the efficiency of the youth work through promoting and raising capacities for cross-sectorial cooperation and youth participation as well as its implementation on different governmental and non-governmental levels and sectors, working in youth field. 29 representatives of state (ministries, regional administrations, municipalities, educational institutions) and non-governmental org...

On April 24, the hiking organized by the " Youth Initiative Center" NGO took place. The hikers started their journey from the village of Vernashen and reached the Spitakavor monastery complex through the gorge, where they participated in the commemoration of Garegin Nzhdeh, which was accompanied by national song and dance.            ...