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.

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.

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.

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".

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.

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

The call aims to promote human development in Armenian communities working in school governance and Local Development nexus and deepening school-community collaboration. Deadline: 16/11/2023

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.

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

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).

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.