Republican Association of Communities of Armenia (RACA) is a non-governmental organization founded in 1997. RACA unites all 502 communities of Armenia and acts as the official representative of all Armenian municipalities at the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe. The association participates in the decision-making process at all levels in Armenia, advocating the interests of local authorities and local self-government. It participates in the elaboration of all legal acts regarding local self-governments and lobbies in the Government and Parliament.

During twenty-five years of its activity, the Association has been acting as a unified and representative voice of its members guided by the principles of its members' autonomy, rights protection, collegiality, and non-partisanship in Armenia and the outside world, with strong institutional solidarity and structures.

The missions of the Association are advocacy of LA’s interests, promotion of implementation of the European Charter on LSG in Armenia, support to development of LSG system, strenghthen local demoscracy nad development of LAs, increase skills and competences of the municipal employees and foster cooperation and best practice exchange among Las in Armenia and abroad. The Association has become a supporter of the Covenant of Mayors since January 2014.

More information on RACA can be found here: www.caa.am