Coca-Cola Hellenic Armenia starts youth empowerment programDecember 20, 2017 - 17:29 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Coca-Cola Hellenic Armenia has unveiled details of its new initiative – a 3-year youth empowerment program, aimed at coaching the young population and reducing unemployment rate among the youth in the country. The project, hashtagged #DiscoverDevelopSucceed, offers life and business skills coaching for young Armenians both in Yerevan and the provinces. “Youth unemployment is among the biggest problems nowadays in many countries. Unfortunately, Armenia is no exception. The situation is partially caused by the gap in qualities and skills required by employers and the insufficient practical knowledge young people possess. Being a responsible member of the community and one of the largest employers in Armenia, we find it our duty to contribute to creating more opportunities for young people to learn and realize their potential, especially for those living in the provinces”, said Christoph Speck, General Manager of Coca-Cola Hellenic Armenia.
In the first stage of Youth Empowered, program participants will acquire self-development and self-assessment skills, and will afterwards proceed to learning time management, project management, communication, negotiation and sales skills, business planning as well as financial literacy from professional mentors. Apart from Yerevan, trainings will be organized in Shirak, Lori, Tavush, Kotayk, Aragatsotn and Syunik provinces too. “The labor market changes rapidly, while the field of education is one of the most stagnant systems as any progress is conditioned upon changes in people’s attitude. In this regard, cooperation of education with business environment and business structures is very important as the latter dictate conditions that the educational system must meet,” said Armenia’s Deputy Minister of Education and Science Davit Sahakyan, stressing the importance of the involvement of young people residing in the provinces.
Registration, coordination of training sessions, as well as all organizational works of Youth Empowered will be carried out by International Academy of Business. Registration of mentors and participants has already started. In the first year, the Program targets to cover over 2100 participants, extending this number to 8000 by 2020. “Partnering with Coca-Cola Hellenic Armenia in delivering life and business skills trainings for unemployed young people is in line with our mission of providing Armenians with competitive advantages to apply the best and most modern skills needed in the 21st century, guaranteeing their meaningful employment, ensuring growth of Armenia’s public and private sectors and strengthening the Armenian Economy”, said Araksia Martirossian, Founder and CEO, IAB International Academy of Business. Over its 20-year activity Coca-Cola Hellenic Armenia has made more than 40 million euros investments, contributing to the socioeconomic development of the country. A large team of more than 300 employees is directly engaged in the Company’s daily activity, while more than 11.000 clients help deliver its products to consumers. Top stories David Vardanyan is the son of former Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan who who is currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan. Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has met with Stephan Schütz, Executive Partner at Gerkan, Marg and Partners. The number of state universities will be reduced from 23 to 8 by 2030, Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sport Zhanna Andreasyan has said. From September 21 to November 11, a total of 2,820 Russians registered at a place of residence in Armenia, the police has said. Partner news | Ucom Celebrates Telecommunication Day May 17 commemorates the founding of the International Telecommunication Union on May 17, 1865. Armenian, Azerbaijani heads of parliament meet in Switzerland President of the Armenian parliament Alen Simonyan met with the Speaker of the Azerbaijani Milli Majlis Sahiba Gafarova. Azerbaijan extends Rune Vardanyan’s arrest by 5 months A court in Azerbaijan has extended the arrest of former Nagorno-Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan by five months. Armenia border residents dissatisfied with delimitation Residents Kirants are dissatisfied with the results of the delimitation of the border between Armenia and Azerbaijan. |