On May 22, the festival held in Ijevan with the efforts of the Restart scientific-educational foundation included more than 30 NGOs and the presentation of entrepreneurs’ works, motivational speeches, a concert, and even more.
Ijevan Branch of the European University of Armenia hosted a workshop on the “Security problems of north-eastern borders of the RA in current conditions “dedicated to the 20th anniversary of the European University of Armenia.
Deputy Director for Education, EUA Ijevan Branch, Ph.D. Kamo Ayvazyan and university lecturers made reports at the workshop.
Complex security issues of the RA Tavush region, including community enlargement issues, water resources, socio-economic, financial, democratic, and other directions, were presented and discussed at the meeting.
At the end of the workshop, a decision was made to complete the results obtained during the discussions in order to transfer them to the responsible bodies.
On May 6, within the framework of the EU4Youth “Social Entrepreneurship Ecosystem Development for Green Progress” project, Green Lane NGO, in cooperation with YSU Ijevan Branch, organized a job fair in Ijevan.
About 40 organizations participated in the job fair. They offered different jobs to the youth of Tavush region, offered various employment opportunities, short-term and long-term employment, internships, seasonal work, etc. More than 300 young people from different cities and communities of Tavush region had the chance to participate in the job fair.
The purpose of the job fair is to connect the organizations operating and the youth living in Tavush region and enable the youth to leave their CVs with the preferred employers and participate in the interviews.
The project implemented by Caucasus Environmental NGO Network (Georgia) and Green Lane NGO (Armenia) aims at identifying entrepreneurial potential in the most vulnerable communities and promoting entrepreneurship opportunities among young people.
On April 30, 2022, within the framework of the activities of the American Library and Training Center, the “Vital talks of hope, determination, and action” community event was organized in the hall of the Faculty of Applied Arts of YSU Ijevan Branch, with the participation of the invited speakers
The speakers were Cultural Attache of the US Embassy in Armenia, Marsha Outlaw, Founder of Tmm Soft ‘Autism” LLC, Lena Harutyunyan, Head of the rheumatology and immunology service at Nairi Medical Center, Vahan Mukuchyan, Head of the Department of Rescue and Sports Tourism of the Armenian State Institute of Physical Culture, President of the Armenian Mountaineering and Hiking Federation, Suren Danielyan, journalist, editor, public speaker, public figure, Ani Qochar, the Founder of “Arpi” NGO
for work with mothers, wives, and children of killed soldiers and people displaced from Artsakh during the Artsakh war, Sofik Minasyan.
The speakers of the event touched upon two topics during their speeches:
– The importance of social inclusion and equality,
– The importance of the individual initiative.
At the end of the event, the participants of the 44-day Artsakh war performed.
Today, on April 24, the traditional march in the memory of the victims of Armenian Genocide started from Constitution Square of Ijevan.
“ I should like to see any power of the world destroy this race, this small tribe of unimportant people, whose history is ended, whose wars have all been fought and lost, whose structures have crumbled, whose literature is unread, whose music is unheard, whose prayers are no longer uttered.
Go ahead, destroy this race. Let us say that it is again 1915. There is war in the world. Destroy Armenia. See if you can do it. Send them from their homes into the desert. Let them have neither bread nor water. Burn their houses and their churches. See if they will not live again. See if they will not laugh again. See if the race will not live again when two of them meet in a beer parlor, twenty years after, and laugh, and speak in their tongue. Go ahead, see if you can do anything about it. See if you can stop them from mocking the big ideas of the world, you sons of bitches, a couple of Armenians talking in the world, go ahead and try to destroy them.”, William Saroyan, (“The Armenian and the Armenian”)
From the studio to the exhibition. The exhibition of the students’ works dedicated to Motherhood and Beauty Day took place on April 7, YSU IB Faculty of Applied Arts.
“The exhibited 124 works are all dedicated n to Women, Mothers, and girls.” The exhibition featured a variety of artworks: graphic works, decorative works of applied art, and portraits.
The details: in our Tavush Reportages.
From now on, about 47 000 residents of the Ijevan enlarged community will receive the services related to social insecurity, employment, medical and social examination, and social support on a “One window” basis at the newly opened Ijevan territorial center of the unified social services.
RA Minister of Labour and Social Affairs, Narek Mkrtchyan, Tavush Governor Hayk Ghalumyan, the Country Manager of the World Bank (WB) for Armenia Carolin Geginat, Head of the Unified Social Service Eduard Petrosyan, and other guests were present at the official opening ceremony of the center.
RA Minister of Labour and Social Affairs Narek Mkrtchyan mentions, “The Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs realized an important reform, unified social service was created in 2021. It includes four services: social security, social assistance, employment, as well as medical and social examination. By introducing this reform, we enable the residents to receive all the services of the social protection and employment sphere from one state body on the principle of “one window”. This certainly increases the efficiency as well as the quality of the services.”
Unified social service will provide a more targeted and complete assessment of the social needs of the population, will contribute to the improvement of social work, and increase efficiency.
According to the Country Manager of the World Bank for Armenia Carolin Geginat, today, the 17th center of the unified social service was opened “As the social workers are also directly involved in working with citizens, the training courses funded by the World Bank are organized for them.” She hopes that this center of Unified Social Service; “will also work in parallel with the main idea adopted, that is to provide citizens with social services through a unifies system.”
The implementation of Unified Social Service enables to increase the quality of social services and provides the families with various social services packages. Such 49 territorial centers work in the Republic.
The women of Tavush are on Tavush TV. They create, invent, strive, initiate, and prove that they are powerful forces, who are not only not afraid of difficulties, but they challenge them.
We present another important question before making it the subject of a roundtable discussion.
On March 6-8, the Junior Chess Championship organized by the Tavush Region Representation of Armenian Chess Academy took place at Ijevan Secondary School N. 3.
“The tournament is the final round of the Tavush Region Junior Girls and Boys championship, as a result of which the participants of each age group who win get the opportunity to participate in the semi-final tournament of the Armenian Championship. Children of eight age groups play: 5 from boys and three from girls,” tells Artur Gevorgyan, Tavush Region Chess Academy Representative.
The Armenian Chess Academy organizes a chess tournament for 8, 10, 12, 14, and 16-year-olds every year. This year about 80 young people from various communities of Tavush region participated in the tournament.
The coaches note that the role of chess in the lives of children and young people is more prioritized every year and such tournaments contribute to the development of teenagers’ skills. According to Alvard Sahakyan, the coach of the Dilijan Chess club, “Chess is very important for children as they can perceive life correctly, and it also enables them to think a few steps ahead.”