On January 16, Gyumri “Youth Initiative Centre” NGO in the frames of the Info Centre for Erasmus+ Youth and European Solidarity Corps Programmes in Armenia hosted a one day event of EU4Youth Alumni Network “Idea Lab”. In the frames of the event 120 young people from all 6 Eastern Partnership countries gathered online and offline to develop ideas for positive change in youth life in their communities. In Armenia 10 alumni with their team members from different regions (Charentsavan, Shirak, Masis, Mets Parni, Spitak and Oshakan) took part in the “Idea Lab” during which they generated ideas and worked together to better shape projects which will be the...

We are happy to announce about launching the coaching of youngsters in the framework of the Erasmus+ project “Cities of YOUth: increasing the role of young people in the development of tourism infrastructure”. The first coaching session took place on June 30th in two groups and aimed at team building, setting the ground and presenting the format and timeline of planned activities. To learn more about our coaching sessions, please follow us. All sanitary measurements were in place to protect from Coronavirus. ...

Gyumri “Youth Initiative Centre” NGO (YIC) – Armenia, in cooperation with Youth Association DRONI – Georgia, Center for Euroinitiatives – Ukraine, The Globe- Czech Republic and Local Action Group (LAG) Vallis Colapis – Croatia, is hosting a 7-day Capacity Building Training Course for Youth Workers taking place on February 14-21, 2020 in Gyumri, Armenia. There are 20 participants from Armenia, Georgia, Ukraine, Czech Republic and Croatia. The training course is a 7-day mobility activity implemented in the frames of the long-term project “Cities of YOUth: increasing the role of young people in the development of tourism infrastructure” supported by the Er...

Gyumri “Youth Initiative Centre” NGO (Armenia) in cooperation with ''Foreningen Framtidstaget" (Sweden) is hosting a 7-days training course on ESC mentorship in the framework of “Erasmus+” programme from 14th to 21st of October, 2019. The Training Course is aimed at empowering 27 European Solidarity Corps Mentors from Armenia, Sweden, Greece, Croatia, Romania, the Russian Federation, Moldova, Belarus, Italy, Georgia and Ukraine to increase the quality of ESC projects through developing capacities of ESC coordinators and mentors by equipping them with vital methods and tools to support and guide the volunteers towards the development of competences for future e...

On September 7, in the frames of Armenia-Germany school exchange programme Memorandums of Understanding were signed between Gyumri “Youth Initiative Centre” NGO and Shirak State University High School SNCO, Gyumri Photon College, Gyumri N25 Primary School SNCO and Gyumri N1 High School SNCO. In the frames of the Memorandum 8 pupils and 4 teachers from the above mentioned educational institutions will participate in Armenia-Germany school exchange programme which will take place in Berlin from 12 to 23 September, 2019. On September 17, in Berlin, within the framework of the "Armenia-Germany "school exchange program, the Armenian delegation visited the famous Germ...

On September 5, within the framework of the program "Formation of open youth work in Armenia", the course "Open Youth Work" was launched in Gyumri.  In the course of the visit there was a component of the educational visit regarding open youth work, it was aimed at developing the opportunities of actors involved in youth work.  The event was attended by people working with young people, implementing programs for young people, employees of organizations and volunteers, employees of local governments and subordinate structures from different communities of the Republic of Armenia․Leading experts of the youth sphere of Armenia Anna Egoyan and Arthur Najaryan were the...

September 11, in the frames of UNICEF “UPSHIFT Armenia” adolescent development and empowerment prօgramme firts graduation event took place in Gyumri Technological Center. Event launched with a photo expo of adolescents, after which 5 teams who won and financed competition of community development youth projects submitted results recorded during the six-month training path. In graduation event was also present governor of Shirak region Tigran Petrosyan, who importance of adolescent participation in community development and wished the program duration and new achievements. The day ended with a concert, that strengthened the impressions of those present. *"UPSHIFT Ar...

On October 12 the last hiking of this year was organized by Gyumri “Youth initiative centre" NGO. First we visited Lastiver, after it we enjoyed beautiful Haghartsin. We had a day full of extreme, adventures and a lot of nice moments which turned into amazing memories....

On June 4th in the frames of "UPSHIFT Armenia" Adolescents Development and Empowerment programme monitoring visits took place with teams which got financial support. The programme team visited them and got acquainted with the process and the results which they have now. The adolecents also had an opportunity to share their impressions, challenges and positive moments they had during the implementation of their projects, in addition they made suggestions on what kind of changes they want to see in the programme. *"UPSHIFT Armenia" Adolescents Development and Empowerment programme is implemented by Gyumri "Youth Initiative Centre" NGO in cooperation with UNICEF Armeni...

On June 28 a forum entitled "Perspectives for the Development of Open Youth Work in Armenia" took palce in Yerevan. The forum was aimed at presenting the results of the project "Recognition of Open Youth Work in Armenia" and discussing the issues of youth work in Armenia, the challenges and opportunities, the experience and future actions of the key stakeholders. In the course of the event YIC signed Memorandum of understandings with the Gyumri and Spitak Municipalities about NGO - Community collaboration on providing educational and youth services to young people aged 12-18 in Gyumri and Spitak communities. The forum was summarized by thematic discussions on the t...