Who We Are Honorary Board
Honorary Board
Vartan Oskanian, Armenia
Founder, Civilitas Foundation; former Minister of Foreign Affairs
Lloyd N. Axworthy, Canada
President of the University of Winnipeg; former Minister of Foreign Affairs
Murat Belge, Turkey
Helsinki Committee; Bilgi University, Istanbul
Stephen W. Bosworth, US
Ambassador, Dean of the Fletcher School at Tufts University.
Nino Burjanadze, Georgia
Founder, Foundation for the Democracy and Development; Former Speaker of Parliament
Gerard Chaliand, France
Conflictologist; Board Member of the Center of Conflict and Peace Studies
Armen Darbinyan, Armenia
Dean of the Slavonic University; Former Prime Minister
Atom Egoyan, Canada
Independent Filmmaker
Serge Kalenjian, Russia
Dean, Academy of National Economy, Graduate School of Corporate Management
Peter R. Rosenblatt, US
Ambassador; Member, National Board of Governors for the American Jewish Committee
Yossi Sarid, Israel
Analyst, Former Member of the Knesset, Former Minister of Education
Jivan Tabibian, Austria †
Ambassador; former Representative of Armenia to the OSCE
Serj Tankian, USA
Musician, Human Rights Activist
Valerie Terranova, France
Founding member of the Chirac Foundation; Advisor to the former President of France
Our previous question was: "Do you believe that free elections (one where even an incumbent can be defeated) can change a country?" Opinions were mostly divided. Of those who answered the question, 53% thought that such elections could bring positive change to the country; 43% thought they could not. Around 4% did not have an answer. |
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Sharistan Melkonian is a director at the Armenian Volunteer Corps (AVC), a non-profit that helps skilled Armenian Diasporans come to Armenia to work and live, while at the same time, helping them transition from one society into another by facilitating their placements into schools, non-profit organizations, churches, and the business sector. |
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Vartan Oskanian's interview with Gala TV in the city of Gyumri regarding Armenia-Turkey relations, Nagorno Karabakh, and Armenia's economy.
LIBRARIES AS CENTERS OF CIVIL SOCIETY
The main objective of the project is to support and strengthen the public libraries in a number of rural and urban communities in Armenia, away from the capital, in order to transform them into true centers of community life providing a number of services to the population.
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