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Open Governance and Participatory Policymaking: the Role of Civil Society in the Czech Republic and Armenia

Labour rights multi-stakeholder open Platform – Civic Voice and Action (CVA) led by OxYGen Foundation in partnership with EDUin from the Czech Republic held the 2nd workshop on the topic of open governance and participative policymaking.

Durig the meetig the spokespersons from the Czech Republic presented the process of realisation of the the fifth Open Governance Partnership Action Plan by the Czech Republic, particularly focusing on how civil society organisations and NGOs influence public policy in a range of sectors including education, justice, or climate change.

The initiative is undertaken within the framework of the Visegrad funded “Knowledge Transfer for Enhanced Government’s Accountability and Citizens Participation in Armenia” and EU Funded “EU4LabourRights: Increasing Civic Voice and Action for Labour Rights and Social Protection in Armenia” projects.

“Knowledge Transfer for Enhanced Government’s Accountability and Citizens Participation in Armenia” project. The Project is implemented by OxYGen Foundation with the financial support of the International Visegrad Fund.

“EU4LabourRights: Increasing Civic Voice and Action for Labour Rights and Social Protection in Armenia” project is implemented by OxYGen Foundation, Socioscope NGO, “Asparez” Journalists’ Club NGO, Armenian Progressive Youth NGO, Media Diversity Institute – Armenia in cooperation with Protection of Rights without Borders NGO, and Eurasia Partnership Foundation. The project is funded by the European Union.

The CVA is a newly formed network for labour rights protection that facilitates the national consultations for policy reforms and legislative changes to address the discrimination and violation of labour rights, with the involvement of grassroots organisations, experts, social partners – private sector, trade unions, CSOs, activists’ nonformal groups and government officials.