ARMENIA LAUNCHES DEVELOPMENT OF STATE CONCEPTION OF INFORMAL EDUCATION
Arka News Agency, Armenia
Aug. 17, 2006
YEREVAN, August 17 /ARKA/. The Armenian Ministry of Culture and Youth
Affairs started implementation of the conception of informal education,
which is included in the program of strategic actions on the state
youth policy for 2006-2007.
The press service of the ministry reported that the work on the
document was included in the plan of actions of the government
for 2007.
With the aim to work out the conception, the ministry of culture
created a working expert group that consists of representatives of
both the public sector and NGOs.
Establishment of cooperation with all the interested structures: public
authorities, international and non-governmental organizations, is to
be carried out within the frameworks of working out the conception.
It is planned to conduct public discussions over the preliminary
version of the conception, which will be organized on
and
The working out of the conception was preceded by a conference,
participated by experts of Informal Education in Armenia and interested
persons on March 3-6. The conference addressed the issues of creating
an effective system of informal education and the current situation
in this sphere.