October 1, 2022
“Free Citizen” support center for civic initiatives, with the support of the Visegrad International Fund (Slovakia), continues the implementation of the “V4 for the development of youth entrepreneurship in the regions of Armenia” program. The goal of the program is to develop the abilities of the youth of the regions of Armenia in establishing a new business and developing it effectively, as well as to increase their awareness of European structures, institutions and their programs implemented in Armenia, including the European Union, the Council of Europe, the Eastern Partnership, the Visegrad-4 format.
The project responds to the problem of internal brain drain among the youth of Armenia, which is happening from the regions to the capital Yerevan. The project aims to contribute to the improvement of living conditions in the regions by creating more opportunities for young people, developing their basic business skills, including accounting, tax and business regulations, environmental waste recycling and management, as well as raising their awareness of European business development programs. and encouraging them to start their own start-ups.
This was the eleventh of the 18 workshops planned by the Program, which took place for the youth of the Ararat region on October 1, 2022, in the city of Artashat. 21 young people aged 16-30 who are interested in starting their own business or are already engaged in entrepreneurship participated in the program.
During the training, the participants presented their business ideas. The best of them will receive special prizes at the end of the program.
You can see the agenda of the event here.
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Within the framework of the project, the partners of the “Free Citizen” Civil Initiatives Support Center are Strategic Analysis Organization (Slovakia), Green Elephant Foundation (Poland), and StartUpStart Organization (Czech Republic).
The project is co-financed by the governments of the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia through the Visegrad Grants of the International Visegrad Fund. The Foundation’s mission is to promote sustainable regional cooperation ideas in Central Europe.
