Youth centers will be created with state support

The Ministry of ESCS of the RA announces a tender for the allocation of grants for the “Creation of Youth Centers.”

Within the framework of the contest, grants will be provided to the winners to create youth centers (or youth environments) in the regions of the Republic of Armenia.

The participants can take part in the competition in the order of joint activity (consortium). The total grant fund is 52 million 644 thousand (fifty-two million six hundred and forty-four thousand, including VAT) AMD. More than one participant can win.

The participant (organization) must meet the following minimum qualification criteria to participate in the competition:

• at least 3 years of youth center management experience (experience in organizing youth work with a social entrepreneurial model will be considered an advantage),
• experience of project staff (project staff must have 3 years of youth work experience),
• existence of a social entrepreneurship model,
• space necessary for the operation of the center.

The number of beneficiaries should be at least 200 young people for each year in the programs to be implemented during the following five years submitted by the grant applications of the participants recognized as winners.

Applications must be submitted through the electronic armeps (www.armeps.am) system by February 20, 2023, 11:00 a.m.

Applications that propose to create a youth center in Ijevan and Meghri communities will not be considered within the framework of the competition.