Civil Security

Armenia Peace Initiative (API) has launched a new phase of its civil security program in the Gegharkunik border region. After over a year of training in Tavush – where more than 600 civilians received training and individual first aid kits – this expansion represents a significant milestone in the organisation’s mission to strengthen emergency response […]

Armenia Peace Initiative has secured a grant from the Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs. Our organisation has also received funding from the Hovnanian Foundation and the Armenian Fund of France, to consolidate and expand its first aid training programme for people living in border villages. This new institutional and private support will strengthen the

On August 18, 2024, Armenia Peace Initiative (API), in partnership with the State Crisis Management Academy of the Ministry of the Interior of the Republic of Armenia, held an awards ceremony for volunteers who had completed the ‘First Aid Elements’ course in the border community of Tavush. Colonel Armine Hayrapetyan, Acting Rector of the Academy,

As part of its civil security programme, API (Armenia Peace Initiative) is stepping up its efforts to build capacity to respond to natural and man-made disasters, targeting people in border towns and villages. To date, API has trained 195 people, including 118 women. Our first aid training courses are aimed primarily at the civilian population

As part of its civil protection programme, API organises first aid training courses. These courses are aimed primarily at people living in border and/or isolated regions, who are both the most likely to be affected in the event of a natural or man-made disaster and the best positioned to react. First aid consists of mastering