Civil Youth Center was created in 2015 in the scope of “Demanding Citizenry for Responsible Governance” project run by Journalists’ “Asparez” Club in partnership with Open Society Foundation and Transparency International-Armenia. In 2018 the Center transformed into an independent non-governmental organization with a mission to promote human rights and contribute democratic developments. The organization was largely involved in civic processes to shape demanding behavior among youth and strengthen their leadership capacity to voice about community problems and needs. Currently the organization is cooperating with U.S Embassy, Yerevan and Prague Civil Society Center and looking for new partners to extend its professional network and ability to lead large-scale projects.

AREA / SUBJECT OF THE FELLOWSHIP

The areas will aim at strengthening the relations between Armenia and Turkey through raising public awareness of contemporary developments in Turkey.

DESCRIPTION OF THE PROPOSED FELLOWSHİP ACTIVITY

As a newly established organization working in the civic field, we are mostly interested in new partners to exchange experiences and good practices in empowering citizens and promoting participatory processes. For that purpose, we are willing to host an expert from Turkey and expect that in the future will have an opportunity to organize reciprocal visit to Turkey.

In the scope of the fellowship, it is planned to have a series of round-table discussions on the following topics:

  • Press freedom in hybrid regimes. How to combat fake news in new days.
  • Turkey and its neighbors. The history of political coups in Turkey.
  • Minorities in local governance in Turkey.

We are expecting that after termination of fellowship a strong partnership will be built ensuring implementation of further joint projects with exchange of participants.

EXPECTED PROFILE

The fellow should be a representative of a non-governmental organization specializing in civic projects (active citizenship, accountable governance, human rights) or other professionals familiar with the topics mentioned above.

CONDITIONS OF THE FELLOWSHIP OPPORTUNITY

Expected working days: five working days
Expected working hours: 13:00-17:00

PROPOSED TIME FOR THE FELLOWSHIP

Any one month between May and October 15, 2020 upon the agreement of the host and the fellow.