01-03-2019
On February 26, 2019 “Advanced Public Research Group” (APR Group) NGO organized the presentation of the research report on collective labor rights protection mechanisms, as well as public discussions on further trade union reforms and improvement of efficiency of trade union activities.
In her opening speech Somer Bessire Briers, political officer at the US Embassy in Armenia emphasized the importance of labor rights protection and added that strong trade unions are key to protection of those rights and expressed the readiness of the embassy to support efforts targeting labor rights protection.
APR Group published report of the research on the current state of labor rights protection as well as main forms of labor rights violations.
Announcement for advocacy and public awareness services. Text of the announcement is available in 
In September 2018 “Advanced Public Research Group” NGO (APR Group) launched “Supporting to mechanisms for collective protection of labor rights” project with the funding by the US Embassy in Armenia.
Open statement on postponing adoption of the Labor Code of RA is available in
In December 2017 APR Group (“Advanced Public Research Group” NGO) with financial support from Open Society Foundations – Armenia has launched a project aiming at improvement of the level of labor rights protection in Armenia through active engagement and participation of youth.
In May 2017 HCA Vanadzor, jointly with the ‘Advanced Public Research Group’ (APR Group) NGO, conducted a sociological survey throughout Armenia to find out the public positions on international entities (EU, EAEU (Eurasian Economic Union)).
On February 21, 2017 Ruben Sargsyan presented the research results on “Indices characterizing the activity of the law enforcement agencies in 2016” at the discussion on “Situation of Human Rights Violations in Police-Citizen Relations in 2016” organized by HCA Vanadzor office.
During the workshop for journalists on nutrition issues in Armenia organized by Oxfam on October 29 in Tsakhkadzor, Ruben Sargsyan, chairman of APR Group presented the findings of the research on the state of nutrition of the Armenian population.