The attitudes and behaviours of Armenian people towards the gender-based violence are deeply rooted in their stereotypes on gender roles and violence. ICHD and its ally-partners in Consortium combating against gender based-violence, supported by UNFPA/Armenia have addressed this issue by raising awareness of over 1650 women and men and young people in 80 one-day open discussions in over sixty urban and rural communities around Armenia...

Around 200 young people in Gyumri and Vanadzor participated in Town Hall meetings on Armenia- NATO cooperation organized by ICHD and Armenian Atlantic Association.

"Support to Migration Policy Development and Relevant Capacity Building in Armenia" 3 year project was implemented by the International Center for Human Development (ICHD) in cooperation with the Migration Agency at the RA Ministry of Territorial Administration (MA MTA) and British Council Armenia. The main results, achievements and lessons learned have been wrapped up at the final conference on 19 February 2010.

"When I first started to interview the Armenian-Turkish reconciliation process, I can tell you how unwilling particularly the Turks were in engaging any kind of dialogue"-said David Phillips during his book presentation on 4th February 2010, in Ani Plaza hotel, Yerevan.The translation of the book "Unsilencing the Past" was published by the ICHD and Eurasia Partnership Foundation with support of USAID.

Fifty young representatives, as well as a number of experts from Armenia, Georgia, Russia, Turkey and Ukraine participated in the regional seminar "South Caucasus Youth Forum: New Strategic Concept of the Alliance - Do we have a Stake?". The seminar was organized by the AAA and ICHD with the assistance of the Norwegian Atlantic Committee (DNAK) on February 4-5, 2010 in Yerevan, Armenia.

Recently the ICHD organised a series of fourteen Town Hall Meeting discussions in all regions of Armenia on possible future of Armenian - Turkish relations under the light of current political developments. The detailed information in Armenian is available.

The war in Georgia has left the countries of the South Caucasus struggling with substantial risks and challenges. As a consequence of the recent crisis, which further exacerbated an impasse created by the existence of the protracted conflicts, the region is deprived of a vital vain to transport goods through the countries of the region.

To get a snapshot of what the Armenian NGO sector thinks of the idea of forming a Public Chammber, ICHD invited a Town Hall Meeting with NGO representatives.

This off-the-record discussion has brought together the major stakeholder institutions dealing with migration issues, namely the Migration Agency at the RA Ministry of Territorial Administration, British Council Armenia, OSCE, Yerevan office, Caucasus Research Resource Center and International Organization for Migration. Participants brainstormed about the possibility of developing a migration policy paper, whether it is necessary, what issues it should address and how it should be developed. The opinions exchanged at session are reflected in the recent policy brief: In Search of a Happy Medium: Does Armenia Need a Concept Paper on Migration?