On June 13–14, the DeaLoG project team carried out a two-day working visit to the Syunik and Vayots Dzor regions, holding meetings with representatives of the Goris and Yeghegis communities. The DeaLoG project continues its active partnership with communities across different regions of Armenia. This cooperation primarily focuses on the communities participating in the “School–Community” initiative. During these visits, the team discusses existing models of collaboration between schools and communities, explores opportunities for strengthening these partnerships, and highlights the role such cooperation plays in the decentralisation of education.

On May 22, the DeaLoG project team visited Akhuryan to discuss decentralisation and local self-government with community leadership. The Head of the Community expressed strong support for local governance and readiness for continued cooperation. The team also visited the newly built Kaps school, which recently joined the school-community cooperation format. The visit helped strengthen ties between the local government and educational institutions.

From May 5 to 7, Philipp Sandberg, Deputy Mayor of Lund, Sweden, visited Armenia within the framework of the DeaLoG program. This visit took place in the context of Armenia’s ongoing decentralisation and local self-government reforms, aiming at strengthening the autonomy and increase of effectiveness of local authorities.The aim of the visit was to present Sweden’s experience in local self-government, with a particular focus on cross-border cooperation and inter-community associations, and to share relevant insights with both local and central government stakeholders.

On March 13, the city of Aparan officially assumed the title of the 2025 Youth Capital of the Republic of Armenia. The DeaLoG team participated in the opening ceremony, which was attended by the Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sports of the Republic of Armenia Zhanna Andreasyan, Deputy Minister Artur Martirosyan, representatives of local government bodies, as well as community residents and guests.

On February 20, 2025, the second annual Municipal Forum took place in Yerevan, bringing together over 80 participants from across Armenia, including local government representatives, officials from the Ministry of Territorial Administration and Infrastructure (MTAI) and the Ministry of Education, Science, Culture, and Sports (MoESCS), representatives from Swedish Embassy in Armenia, Ministry of Finance, Deputy Prime-Minister office, National Assembly, expert community of Armenia, as well as the experts and representatives of the Swedish Association of Local Authorities and Regions (SALAR) and SALAR International.

The Head of Tatev community, Samvel Lalayan, met with Shane Quinn, the head of the “DeaLoG” program at SALAR International, Varsenik Mnatsakanyan, the Senior Program Manager for the program in Armenia, and communication expert Smbat Ghahramanyan. The meeting was also attended by the community's staff secretary, Mari Tevosyan.

The Deputy Head of Goris community, Irina Yolyan, met with Shane Quinn, the head of the “DeaLoG” program at SALAR International, Varsenik Mnatsakanyan, the Senior Program Manager for the program in Armenia, and communication expert Smbat Ghahramanyan.

The mayor emphasized that they would like to cooperate and receive the technical support of "SALAR International" in the process of strategic development.

On December 18, 2023 online kick-off meeting with the communities and schools selected as a result of Open Call for Partnership announced back in October.

Deputy Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sports of the Republic of Armenia Araksiya Svajyan participated in the "School-Hamaynq Municipality Nexus" conference, which launched by the program "Support to Armenia's Decentralization and Local Self-Government Reforms".

During the working talks, ideas were exchanged regarding the European experience related to political and administrative decentralization.

Deputy mayor of Aparan municipality, Hrayr Mkrtchyan, and the secretary of the community administration, Ida Tadevosyan, hosted the "SALAR International" program staff and members of the Stockholm office.

On February 14, 2023, SALAR international hosted a housewarming event for the Sweden funded “Support to Decentralization and Local Self-Government Reforms in Armenia” (DeaLoG) Project. The project aims at building wider trust, competence, and capacity for decentralization.

2023 on February 15, the representatives of the Swedish Association of Local Authorities and Regions were hosted in Debet village.

Speaking about the promotion of the development of inter-community cooperation, the deputy minister emphasized that this program direction is important especially in the context of the results of the community unification process.

Vahe Ghalumyan, a member of Armenian Parliament, head ofStanding Committee on Territorial Administration, Local Self-Government, Agriculture and Environment discussed the problems related to decentralization, issues.

On April 12, 2023, SALAR International, the subsidiary of the Swedish Association of Local Authorities and Regions (SALAR)) is launching its first Project in Armenia - “Support to Decentralization and Local Self-Government Reforms in Armenia” - #DeaLoG.

Hayk Harutyunyan, the deputy governor of Syunik, today received the executive director of SALAR International, Ryan Knox, and other representatives of the organization.

In the framework of the official visit 2 memorandums of understanding have been signed between the Ministry of Territorial Administration and Infrastructure of RA, the Ministry of Finance of RA, the Swedish Association of Local Authorities and Regions (SALAR) and SALAR International.

In the framework of DeaLoG Project, the Armenian Delegation, comprised of decision makers from 9 Armenian municipalities (Tatev, Vayk, Masis, Artik, Aparan, Ijevan, Pambak, Hrazdan, Vagharshapat).

The Europe Day celebrations reached the city of Goris, Syunik marz, where SALAR International also participated in the demonstration of the programs implemented within the framework of Team Europe Initiative.

DeaLoG Project brought together all the partner municipalities and schools to reflect on the self-assessment workshops, discuss lessons learned, and helped them with planning joint measures to progress in their cooperation maturity continuum on April 26, 2024.

Through presentation and discussion, the participants learnt  international best practice and discuss possible ways of its localization: Contribute to the expansion of cooperation and dialogue between local governments, with the aim of ensuring that local voices and needs are taken into account during the development of the decentralization strategy and road map.

In 2024 In the months of March-April, SALAR International hosted workshops dedicated to community-school cooperation in ten RA municipal halls, during which the "Maturity Model" methodology of organizational development was presented.