Innovative Solutions for Improving Community Cultural Life and Employment

AIM

By developing proposals aimed at reducing multidimensional poverty in collaboration with the local self-government (LSG) and organizing regularly held fairs filled with innovative solutions, the goal is to contribute to the improvement of community cultural life, enhance local employment, and ultimately reduce multidimensional poverty in the community.

OBJECTIVES

Objective 1: By developing a package of proposals aimed at reducing multidimensional poverty in the community and presenting it at the council meeting, contribute to the implementation of steps to reduce multidimensional poverty in the enlarged community of Dilijan.

Objective 2: By involving multidimensional poor families in the community and organizing regularly held fairs (2-4 times a year) filled with cultural elements, contribute to the reduction of multidimensional poverty in the community.

ACTIVITES

Action 1.1: Organize roundtable discussions with representatives of the local self-government, council members, and other decision-makers to identify possible pathways for reducing poverty in the community.

Action 1.2: Based on the identified pathways, create a package of proposals and present it at the council meeting.

Action 2.1: Map out multidimensional poor families engaged in any form of art or craft in the community and create a database.

Action 2.2: Implement fairs in collaboration with local government and NGOs.

From the above, it is clear that the program targets the tool of “participatory budgeting.“

OUTCOMES

The long-term outcomes of the program are as follows:

  • Each year, 60–120 multidimensional poor families, by engaging in dignified work and participating in regularly held fairs, will have improved the quality of life for their family members, resulting in a reduction in multidimensional poverty in the community.

  • The cultural life in the community has been revitalized by regularly organizing fairs enriched with various cultural elements (concerts, dance performances, small theatrical performances, competitions, games for adults and children).

  • The community budget now includes lines dedicated to improving the cultural life and tourism in the community. As a result, local NGOs and initiative groups regularly organize events aimed at developing community tourism, thereby contributing to the reduction of multidimensional poverty.

  • The community budget also includes other points related to reducing multidimensional poverty.

  • The program has developed tourism in the community by giving tourists the opportunity to purchase local souvenirs, taste local dishes, participate in local cultural life, and interact with the locals.