Empowered CSOs for environmental sustainability

Project Details & Results

Involvement of civil society organizations in environmental decision making in Armenia is fragmented and situational. 

The environmental movement in Armenia progressed in stages, conditioned by the level and type of CSO involvement in addressing environmental issues.

In the period of economic revival, environmental groups in Armenia 'resumed' public activeness. But those were not easy times in terms of limited funding aid and public support. Currently, with growing complexities of environmental issues, public participation becomes even more acute from the standpoint of environmental governance. Within the context of enhanced public participation in decision making, environmental groups are   expected to act as catalysts internally and externally, but are they prepared to fulfill such a social demand? 

As one of major civil society development players in Armenia for about 20 years, the ''NGO Center'' has made its contribution to the empowerment of environmental NGOs within its sub-sector development. The current proposal builds on successes and lessons learned, and focus on further strengthening of internal and external capacities of local environmental groups and organizations, with a special emphasis on strategic, program management, advocacy and resource mobilization knowledge, skills and systems. 

Organizational approach for project implementation:  

Primary objective: Advancement of public participation in environmental governance in Armenia 

Specific objectives are:  (1) Empowerment of Armenian environmental civil society organizations towards their strategic, cooperative and advocacy role in environmental decision making, (2) Promotion of dialogue and networking among environmental civil society organizations and stakeholder institutions/sectors, (3) Promote public participation in environmental planning on local level through development of environmental local plans.

Involvement of civil society organizations in environmental decision making in Armenia is fragmented and situational. 

The environmental movement in Armenia progressed in stages, conditioned by the level and type of CSO involvement in addressing environmental issues.

In the period of economic revival, environmental groups in Armenia 'resumed' public activeness. But those were not easy times in terms of limited funding aid and public support. Currently, with growing complexities of environmental issues, public participation becomes even more acute from the standpoint of environmental governance. Within the context of enhanced public participation in decision making, environmental groups are   expected to act as catalysts internally and externally, but are they prepared to fulfill such a social demand? 

As one of major civil society development players in Armenia for about 20 years, the ''NGO Center'' has made its contribution to the empowerment of environmental NGOs within its sub-sector development. The current proposal builds on successes and lessons learned, and focus on further strengthening of internal and external capacities of local environmental groups and organizations, with a special emphasis on strategic, program management, advocacy and resource mobilization knowledge, skills and systems. 

Organizational approach for project implementation:  

Primary objective: Advancement of public participation in environmental governance in Armenia 

Specific objectives are:  (1) Empowerment of Armenian environmental civil society organizations towards their strategic, cooperative and advocacy role in environmental decision making, (2) Promotion of dialogue and networking among environmental civil society organizations and stakeholder institutions/sectors, (3) Promote public participation in environmental planning on local level through development of environmental local plans