ARMENIA MAPPING STUDY: “CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS’ ENGAGEMENT IN POLICY-MAKING AND MONITORING OF POLICY IMPLEMENTATION: NEEDS AND CAPACITIES”

The study aims to identify and analyse civil society actors’ needs and capacities to get involved in policy dialogue, as well as the way in which these actors can contribute to specific sectors’ policy dialogues. Desk study of a number of publications and researches in CSO field, and analysis of data from empirical research conducted in the first quarter of 2014 were utilized for producing the report. The research consists of quantitative and qualitative components, including the results of interviews with 150 CSOs and 12 focus group discussions with local and international CSOs, state representatives, and experts in CSOs field.