OXFAM PROGRAM IN ARMENIA

A FUTURE FREE FROM

THE INJUSTICE OF

POVERTY

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Oxfam and its partners are thought leaders, bringing hope and

positive change, inspiring women and youth change agents, and

achieving impact at scale in the lives of poor people.

Programme at scale

Promotion of replicable/ sustainable

models

Quality of Program and Partnerships

Stress on advocacy and policy work

Oxfam as a broker/facilitator,

working with multi- stakeholders

Increase in shared ownership, engaging

and contributing to Oxfam’s global

campaign work

Access to greater resources, influence and

building on our profile

Stronger

identity

Increased

quality

Greater

impact

What country programme is going to be and do

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ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

Oxfam will influence to activate

increased investment in pro-poor rural

economy through alternative public

policy propositions leading to policy and

practice change,

HOW?

Oxfam’s country change objectives in Armenia

Leverage the expertise and experience of key players

Lead and convene multi-stakeholder engagement via Agriculture Alliance,

progressive networks

Foster gender economic empowerment, promote rural women role models

Promote models of collaborative working via agriculture cooperatives, gender

enterprise and marketing, Women only cooperatives

Foster strategic synergies between DRR, livelihoods, crop resilience, and other

themes

Full policy analysis; alternative public policy propositions on pro-poor rural

development

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ACTIVE CITIZENSHIP

Informed, aware, and organised youth and

active women who are willing and able to

hold government accountable to address

inequality, civic apathy, and social injustice.

HOW?

Oxfam’s country change objectives in Armenia

Support women and youth to participate /exercise their voice in decision

making, become self organized though social movements , social media etc.

Organize multi-stakeholder networks with strong accent on women and youth

Influence the government for more transparency and accountability about the

decisions they take affecting women and youth,

Women and youth as agents of change

To foster women and youth movements for the social and economic change,

linking with Diaspora active youth and movements

Improved skills and increased awareness of women and youth leaving in

poverty to access to relevant information/ new technologies – social media,

mobile/, - to clam their rights

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ACCOUNTABLE GOVERNANCE

Increased transparency in

government with participatory

decision making/budgeting, with

human rights protection, equitable

distribution of resources and

proper social services.

HOW?

Oxfam’s country change objectives in Armenia

Promote participatory state budgeting in the fields of agriculture, health and

gender via active active groups at community and CSOs/ movements at the

national levels

Monitor and influence donor and state investments for greater social and

gender focus via alliances, experts, think tanks ,

Our research, campaigning, advocacy work will aim for more investment in

social sector, equal distribution of economic growth and improvement of

legislation

Facilitate people’s awareness and skills for active participation in public policy

development via CSOs and civic centers

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Steps to be implemented to make this change happen

INTEGRATED communication

•joint country narrative embedded within

every person in the team

•Innovations as a core for communication

• joined up local-to-global campaigning

• Increased visibility and profile of Oxfam

as a one organization

•Innovation, hope, and inspiration

•Influence on donors and government

MULTI-STAKEHOLDER

engagement

REVISION of Human Resources

• staff capacity/ competence

development

• staff development plans

• revision of staff job profiles

• recruitment of new staff

-from 8 up to 19

• aim for more strategic teamwork

• engaging with Diaspora

• increased collaboration with

business sector

• working with alliances and

networks

•strengthening accountability

• partner capacity and

competence building

• making new partnership

FINANCIAL Resources

• on going fundraising

-secured ₤ 678 507

-possible ₤3 230 047

• working with non traditional donors

• strengthening Oxfam leveraging

and brokering role - to make other

stakeholders to invest in Oxfam

developed models/ communities

where Oxfam is working

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Oxfam Programme Innovations in Armenia

Oxfam is committed to four innovative projects in Armenia corresponding

to the change objectives that will be initiated in the next 18 months.

Employing computing technologies, -SMS, social media, e-petition, blogging, to raiseawareness amongst rural people and local governing bodies about the rights of ruralpopulations.

Organising events in rural communities in order to engage and activate the youth andshow they can take action, bring change, etc. Local women will attend training on howto blog. There will be a blogging day. Everything from the events will be uploaded ontoblogs from different communities.

Blogging competition to solicit stories and ideas from young women in theircommunities. They will be given pink phones and video cameras to upload media tothe Internet. Stories may relate to jobs, cartoons, intergenerational discussion, ormusic.

Establishing a Rural Enterprise for Women in the Community of Ayrum, TavushRegion