ADC - STAGE II
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Poverty Reduction and Confidence Building in Border Areas of Georgia and Armenia by Strengthening Civil Societies in Sustainable Rural Development (STAGE II), financed by Austrian Development Cooperation and Cooperation with Eastern Europe (ADC), is implemented by CARE Osterreich and CARE International in the Caucasus, along with the partner organizations-Civil Development Agency (CiDA) in Georgia and Center for Agribusiness and Rural Development (CARD) Foundation in Armenia. The project duration is from May 1, 2009-October 31, 2011.
The goal of the project is to support sustainable rural development in border areas of Georgia and Armenia through the strengthening of civil society and enhancing the partnership between civil institutions and local government, as well as offering platforms for confidence building between ethnic Armenians and Georgians and increased cross-border cooperation.
The project is a continuation of the project STAGE I, which was carried out during two years in Georgia-in the regions of Samtskhe-Javakheti and Kvemo Kartli. The project was focused on organizational development of Rural Associations in these regions. STAGE I ended on April 30, 2009.
The project is carried out in border areas of Georgia and Armenia: Samtskhe-Javakheti and Kvemo Kartli (Georgia) and Lori, Tavush and Shirak (Armenia).
The direct target groups of the project are Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) and Local Governments (LGs) of the target regions. The indirect target groups of the project are rural population of the target regions.
In the framework of the STAGE II project, the following activities are planned:
- 10 project target Civil Society Organizations will take at least 10 trainings on issues of organizational development, cross-border cooperation and relations with local authorities;
- Local Government officials of the project target regions will take at least 10 trainings on organizational development, cross-border cooperation and Civil Society Organization relations issues;
- For sharing experience and deepening cooperation between Civil Society Organizations, cross-border study visits will be organized;
- Study visits with participation of CSOs, LGs and Central Government representatives will contribute to deepening of cross-border collaboration;
- Organizing multi-ethnical/agricultural fairs in border areas of Georgia and Armenia will contribute to popularization of agriculture and confidence-building;
- Small grant competition will contribute to strengthening target CSOs and increasing their roles in respective communities;
- The project will strengthen target organizations through provision of technical assistance tailored to their needs;
- www.ruralassotiation.ge will cover STAGE II activities and contribute to enhanced public awareness on target CSOs and development of cross-border collaboration.
Projectteam: Mary Sargsyan, Project Coordinator
Aug 22 2010
ANOTHER STAGE AHEAD
On August 18-20, 2010, training on “Coalition Building, Networking and Advocacy” was organized in Gyumri. The participants of the training were 2 to 4 representatives from each civil society organization targeted by the project, namely “Shirak Competitiveness Centre”, “Spitak-Farmer” Association and “Yerevak” NGO. Other NGOs such as “Black eye” NGO from Noyemberyan, “Limen-Spitak” NGO and “Women and Youth of Spitak” NGO from Spitak and “Sustainable” NGO, Shakharov Foundation and “Biosophia” from Gyumri were also invited to participate in the training. The project “Poverty Reduction and Confidence-building in Border Areas of Georgia and Armenia by Strengthening Civil Societie...
Feb 14 2011
GENDER MAINSTREAMING IN STAGE II
Gender roles, gender relations, gender discrimination, gender equality, gender equity, gender analysis, gender balance, gender mainstreaming are the topics discussed over the past decade and all of those terms have been accepted into all kinds of different development projects and programs, declarations, plans of action and policies. STAGE II project is not an exception as well. Moreover, it has a special focus on gender issues and incorporation of those in the project activities. With this purpose, training and a workshop were organized for the project team, i.e. CARE International in the Caucasus, Center for Agribusiness and Rural Development (CARD), Civil Development Agency (CiDA) Georgia and local Armenian and Georgian trainers. The trainings were aimed at enhancing the capacities o...
Aug 09 2011
BUILDING CONFIDENCE
In July 2011, CARD foundation organized series of trainings within the project “Poverty Reduction and Confidence-building in Border Areas of Georgia and Armenia by Strengthening Civil Societies in Sustainable Rural Development” (STAGE II), as a final capacity development component under the aforementioned project. Trainings and workshops were organized both for the target local government representatives and civil society organizations. Three trainings on Planning, Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation were conducted for the local government representatives, namely from Lori and Tavush regions covering urban and rural municipalities. The workshops aimed at enhancing the knowledge and skills of the local government representatives via introducing the co...
Feb 27 2014
Final Stage of the Stage II Project
Two and half years ago, CARD foundation together with its Georgian partners CARE International in the Caucasus and CiDA launched a project “Poverty Reduction and Confidence-building in Border Areas of Georgia and Armenia by Strengthening Civil Societies in Sustainable Rural Development” (STAGE II). After planned time of its implementation the project is successfully completed end of October 2011. The project aimed at supporting sustainable rural development in border areas of Georgia and Armenia through the strengthening of civil society and enhancing the partnership between civil institutions and local government, as well as offering platforms for confidence building between ethnic Armenians and Georgians and increased cross-border cooperation. The project covered the regio...
Feb 27 2014
Step by Step Development of Armenia-Georgia Areas
CARD Foundation (Armenia), CARE International in the Caucasus and CiDA (Georgia) for almost two years now have developed cross-border cooperation within the project “Poverty Reduction and Confidence-building in Border Areas of Georgia and Armenia by Strengthening Civil Societies in Sustainable Rural Development” (STAGE II). The activities implemented during the project were focused both on developing capacities of the civil society organizations and local government, building dialogues and sharing experiences and knowledge among representatives of both countries. In March 2011, as a result of Strategic Planning and Policy development consultancies, all three target CSOs – “Shirak Competitiveness Centre”, “Spitak-Farmer” Association and &ldquo...
