"Situation Analysis of Children in Armenia"

Global Objective: The general objective of the assignment is to conduct a comprehensive and in-depth Situation Analysis of Children in Armenia including major issues and factors affecting the situation of children and the realization of their rights.
Specific objectives :
(a) Present comprehensive gender and geographic disaggregated data and trends on the status of indicators for children and measuring progress against agreed international standards namely Millennium Development Goals, World Fit For Children (WFFC) Goals and Education for All (EFA) Goals;
(b) Identify and describe patterns of inequality, marginalization, vulnerability and exclusion;
(c) Formulate recommendations for the realization of children’s rights in the context of existing capacities: policy and budgeting frameworks, legislation, capacity building efforts, service delivery systems and other strategies and interventions at different levels of society.
(d) Highlight knowledge and information gaps on children for further data collection, research and analysis.
(e) Provide a comparative analysis of the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) and legislation in Armenia, drawing extensively on the CRC implementation guidelines to identify gaps for advocacy;
Identify, prioritise and provide recommendations for a set of key actions related to realization of children’s rights for further support by the European Commission.

Beneficiaries: Decision makers for future projects related to child protection policies.

Stakeholders: Ministry of Education, Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs, Marz Administrations, Civil Society organizations/NGOs, Academia, Private sector, Donors, UN agencies, Women’s groups, Young people

Activities: Interviews and meeting with the stakeholders, focus group discussions, workshops to introduce the findings and situation analysis.

Outcome: Report on the situational analysis of children reflecting social, legal and educational aspects of children in Armenia.