TITLE: "The ESC with ijgd in Berlin" PLACE: Berlin, Germany DURATION: September 2023 –August 2024 SENDING ORGANIZATION: “Youth Initiative Centre” (YIC) NGO HOSTING ORGANIZATION: ijgd in Berlin   AIM:  The volunteers support the daily work tasks of the residents and employees in the shared flat, will be involved in the school as well as the associated after-school care, support and "special" contacts for the children, will be assisting a team of teachers and educators in a class of 20-25 pupils, will be working in the inclusive day-care, supporting a team of two regular educators and etc.   WHO CAN PARTICIPATE: The program is for 1...

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.   ...

TITLE:  DigitAll PLACE: Kaunas, Lithuania DATES: September 4 -12, 2023   THE PROJECT AIMS to improve media literacy among young people by using digital skills and meet fast growing requirements of the employers.    THE PROJECT OBJECTIVES ARE: To find the tools for digital competences to support employment, To improve media literacy among youth,  To promote interculturality.   Participants will have a chance to find out best approaches to improve and develop their Digital Competences (Digital Media, Presentation tools, searching tools) using non-formal methods as role plays, group work, presentations, debates, and other ...

 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.            ...

“Youth Initiative Centre” NGO (Armenia) in cooperation with ''Exploring Cultural campfire Opportunities (ECCO)" (Norway) is hosting a 7-days training course "The Art of Mentoring" on ESC mentorship in the framework of “Erasmus+” programme from 8th to 15th of April, 2023. The Training Course is aimed at empowering 27 European Solidarity Corps Mentors from Armenia, Norway, Greece, Bulgaria, Jordan, Ukraine, Moldova, Italy, Georgia, Estonia and France 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 com...