The first Draft of the National Action Plan for Combating Gender-based Violence in Armenia for 2011-2015 has been elaborated by the Working Group of the Interagency Commission on Combating GBV in Armenia in mid-October 2010. ICHD is a member of both the Commission and its 5-member Working Group and one of the key contributors to the preparation of the first draft. ICHD has particularly prepared a comparative review of the international best practices in this area and supported the Working Groups in consolidating the first draft based on the comparative review.