This Guidebook will help the deputies establish better communication with the state and non-public bodies,non-governmental organizations, think tanks and their voters in order to achieve the set goals and increase the efficiency of the parliament’s work. This Guidebook will also boost the quality of legislative mandates and exercise of electoral representation.

This publication is available only in Armenian.

The Guidelines aim to support the RA NA deputies, standing and ad hoc committees, factions and the staff in the process of acquiring professional consultancy services from organizations and individuals in order to get advisory opinion on NA draft laws, international agreements, NA conclusions, decisions, statements and addresses.

This Guidebook has been developed within the framework of “Strengthening the capacity of the National Assembly in strategic political debate and communication” project. The project is implemented by the International Center for Human Development nongovernmental organization within the framework of UK’s Good Governance Fund, with support of the British people.

The translation of the Guidelines into English has been made within the UNDP “Modern Parliament for a Modern Armenia” project, co-implemented with the OxYGen Foundation, the International Center for Human Development, and the Westminster Foundation for Democracy, in cooperation with the National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia. The project is funded by the United Kingdom's Good Governance Fund and the Government of Sweden.

This publication is available only in Armenian.

This Guide has been developed to support newly elected deputy, representative of the legislative body of the Republic of Armenia and assist in getting to know the constitutional and legal status in the National Assembly, along with the key elements of the National Assembly’s work organization and activities.

This Publication as available only in Armenian

This publication is available only in Armenian.

This publication is available only in Armenian.

The International Center for Human Development is pleased to present the second Monitoring Report on Public Policies and Programs to Prevent Gender-Biased Sex Selection and Sex-Selective Abortions in the Republic of Armenia to policy makers in the government, actors in civil society, stakeholders in academia and private sector, practitioners in local communities and international development partners.

The present public policy analysis was prepared by the International Center for Human Development in close collaboration with the Working Group set up to implement the Program to Prevent Sex-Selective Abortions. In fact, the analysis ranges among the most successful efforts in recent years in collaboration among relevant specialists, NGOs, governmental agencies, international development partners and other stakeholders overcoming the most dangerous challenges facing the public at large. The analysis report and the data, information, evidence, findings and recommendations therein will lay a solid and reliable foundation for mapping out and implementing a public policy on setting up an early childhood care and development system, introducing service models and outlining further actions to achieve enhanced women’s labor force participation and work-family reconciliation, a primary objective of combating gender-biased sex-selection.