Armenian Employers Trained To Develop Strategic Position Papers

The training was facilitated by Arnout De Koster, external consultant with extensive experience in training employers’ organizations (EO) in advocacy, and Vladimir Curovic, ILO Moscow Senior Specialist for Employers’ Activities.

The training was devised in three parts; the first one was an introduction in the advocacy process for an EO, followed by the second part on theoretical aspects of development of strategic policy papers and position papers by employers’ organizations.

The concluding part of the training was practical exercises when the participants drafted their own strategic policy papers on Enabling Environment for Sustainable Enterprises EESE). As a first step they were asked to review the EESE report and formulate a set of main conclusions from employers’ perspective and the key recommendations for policy improvement by RUEA. These conclusions and recommendations form a basis for the draft RUEA strategic policy paper on EESE.

The participants were unanimous in their opinion that after the training their knowledge and capacity to develop strategic policy papers and organize effective advocacy campaigns has increased The RUEA staff and management have stressed the need for further training in other aspects of advocacy process. The RUEA will continue to work on its strategic policy document and they will receive an additional practical support from the ILO.