PARTNERSHIPS AND COLLABORATIONS WITHIN THE REGION

A number of population and development issues are common to Turkey, Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia:

• Reproductive Health (specifically the need to build capacity and develop legislation)
• The needs of youth and adolescents regarding reproductive health and services
• The need for better data for development

With UNFPA's support, a number of regional initiatives/partnerships are taking place in the region:
 
Partnerships

• Peer education for young people (through Y-Peer) (Armenia-Georgia-Azerbaijan-Turkey)
• Social Marketing (Armenia-Georgia)
• Reproductive Health Crisis Management (Azerbaijan-Georgia)
• Drafting Reproductive Health Law (Armenia-Georgia)
• Capacity building on Data Collection and Analysis (Azerbaijan-Turkey)

Regional Projects

• UNFPA has been carrying out a Reproductive Health Initiative for Youth in South Caucasus (RHYIC) since 2006 covering Azerbaijan, Georgia and Armenia. RHIYC is a project co-funded by UNFPA, the European Comission and European Parliamentary Forum (http://www.iepfpd.org/) aimed at long-term improvement in the sexual and reproductive health and rights of young people in the South Caucasus. RHIYC will empower youth to advocate for their right to accessible, youth friendly, high-quality sexual and reproductive health services and supplies in order to reduce unwanted pregnancies, prevent the spread of STIs including HIV/AIDS, and eliminate gender based violence. (Implementation stage)

For details: www.4uth.ge (RHIYC-youth Website) Tel: + 995 32 23 19 77 RHYIC Coordination Office

• A regional project on Combating Gender Based Violence in the South Caucasus (developed - negotiations with possible partners carrying on)
• A regional initiative on Reducing Reproductive Cancer in the South Caucasus (Planning stage)
• An inter-country intern rotation/exchange program among four country offices

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