Narrative Description of the Project:

One of the key priorities of public sector reforms in the Republic of Armenia is the training of civil servants and training of trainers aiming at merit-based recruitment and provision of public management sector with professional and skilled cadres. The key priority is to develop new training programs. The programs shall meet the training needs based on the nature, the volume and the scope of responsibilities of civil servants. According to state education criteria the training programs will include the following 3 components: knowledge system, abilities and skills and merit system. It is necessary to develop application tools for the implementation of interactive training methods for each component. In the training programs basic requirements and issues concerning the introduction of distant learning method should be envisaged, as well.

Description of Actual Services Provided by Your Staff:

• Analysis of first training programs and the level of training effectiveness for civil servants
• Study of civil servants’ training needs and outline of outcomes (conduct sociological survey for needs assessment among the civil servants of the RA)
• Study of best international practices on training programs development, training of civil servants and design of proposals on possible application thereof in the Republic
• Development of civil servants training packages
• Development of Training of trainers program trainings
• Implementation of Trainers’ trainings /train-the-trainers within RA Academy of Public Administration system