The Strategic Management Procedure sets a full cycle of planning, implementation, and monitoring of core national strategies, offering a formal opportunity for CSOs and other actors to contribute at all stages.
This overview highlights the trends, immediate concerns and promising developments shaping the space for civic action since early 2025, pointing to where further investment can amplify impact in the region.
A new legislative package by the Armenian government aims to strengthen public data management and digital services. While reflecting many CSO recommendations, it still awaits parliamentary adoption and leaves some concerns unresolved.
The draft law aims to treat information not accepted by the government as “propaganda” and expands the grounds for restricting freedom of expression and the right to privacy.
Civil society will be a strategic partner helping institutions tackle the main challenges of this age – but only if it has a seat at the table, as highlighted at the CSO Meter Civil Society Days 2025.