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Discussion on Project Implementation Issues

11.06.2021

The representatives of the Project discussed with the Deputy Minister of Labor and Social Affairs of Armenia the course of a number of Project implementation activities.

On the 11th of June, 2021 the representatives of the “Promoting Social Inclusion and Self-Reliant Livelihood Activities in Armenia” Project, Mrs. Mira Antonyan, President the “Armenian Association of Social Workers” and Mr. Ruben Markosyan, Project Manager had a meeting with Mrs. Anna Zhamakochyan, Deputy Minister of Labor and Social Affairs and Chairperson of the Project Implementation Support Committee.

The agreements achieved during the Word Bank Project Implementation Support Virtual Mission held from April 20 to 28, 2021 were discussed during the meeting. In particular, the main issue of the discussion was the training of about 150 social workers (specialists) from the territorial centers of the Unified Social Service and 50 community social workers of the target regions. The participants of the meeting emphasized the importance of conducting similar trainings in either other marzes (regions) or Yerevan, in the future, as well as the effective combination of training activities provided by different projects.



Special attention was also paid to the development of the social case management information system. Mrs. M. Antonyan presented, in details, the approaches contained in the conceptual document of the above-mentioned system developed by the Association, emphasizing the importance of balancing the administrative and professional case management components. Mrs. A. Zhamakochyan, LSA Deputy Minister, mentioned that the system to be developed should be integrated with other information databases (platforms) of the social protection system of the Republic of Armenia, which, of course, complicates the process of implementation of the planned activities; however, as a result, the efficiency of the system significantly increases. An agreement was reached to discuss the issue more detailed with the specialists of "Nork" Social Services Technology and Awareness Center.

Mr. R. Markosyan informed that the regional info-sessions of the Project will be launched in the near future, presented the purpose of those meetings and the scope of the participants and invited the representatives of the MLSA to participate in those events.

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