SHAPING THE POLICY AGENDA LEGISLATIVE AGENDA ADVOCACY DAYS
THE PROCESS
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Legislative Advocacy Days Working Groups
Armenian Voices
STEP
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ARMENIAN VOICES Armenian Voices is an organized effort to bring together experts, advocacy groups and leaders with citizens from all over Armenia around policy topics that affect families and communities. This grassroots movement allows the people’s voice to be drivers of complex policy issues.
THE KEY PLAYERS: CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS
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FIELD EXPERTS
GRASSROOTS ORGANIZATIONS
COMMUNITY MEMBERS
FORUMS PARTICIPANTS COMMUNITIES CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS ISSUES DISCUSSED
STEP
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WORKING GROUPS Working Groups review the feedback and further formulate recommendations from communities and the Armenian Voices process. These refined ideas and recommendations serve as the basis for legislative initiatives. At the start of the parliamentary session, each working group begins interacting with the corresponding Standing Committee in the National Assembly.
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ORGANIZATIONS
MEETINGS
WORKING GROUPS
⚖⚔✐⚑ ☤ State & Legal Affairs
Defense & National Security
Territorial & Education & Local SelfScience Government
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Human Rights
Social Affairs
Healthcare, maternity & childhood
Economic Affairs
FinancialCredit and Budgetary
STEP
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LEGISLATIVE AGENDA ADVOCACY DAYS Legislative Agenda Advocacy Days allow working group representatives to proactively participate in the development of the parliamentary agenda by advocating for the issues and policy recommendations that have been generated in Armenian communities.
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RECOMMENDATIONS RECEIVED COMMITMENT FOR ACTION INITIATIVES IN PROCESS FOR LEGISLATION OR REGULATION
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Figures from 2012
COMMITTEE POLICY JURISDICTIONS