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The Civilitas Board of Directors is the body legally responsible to provide overall direction for the Foundation’s work. This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it is the President of the Board.

The Honorary Board offers international perspective on a broad range of matters including the context of international developments and its impact on the Civilitas Foundation’s activities.

This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it and This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it are members of the Board and offer day-to-day counsel.

Director
_HHK3485Salpi H. Ghazarian worked for eight years as Special Assistant to Mr. Oskanian in Armenia’s Foreign Ministry. Prior to that, she was editor and publisher of Armenian International Magazine.

 

 

 

 

ArtashesDarbinianProgram Development Coordinator
This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it is a graduate of France’s Ecole Nationale d'Administration, and was the Head of the UK DFID Office in Armenia in 2007-2008. Previously, he managed Good Governance and ICT for Development projects implemented by UNDP.

 

 

 

HaykPetrosyanPrograms Coordinator
This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it holds a master’s degree in Public Administration from Arkansas State University. He served as program director at the Armenia Fund.

 

 

 

AnnaSaghabalyanCommunications Coordinator
This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it worked as a journalist for the Armenian service of Radio Free Europe for nearly 10 years. She is a graduate of Yerevan State Linguistics University.

 


TatulHakobyanAnalyst
This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it graduated from the Yerevan State University Philological Faculty Journalism Department. He has worked as a journalist for various Armenian and international outlets.

 

 


VikaElchyanProject Coordinator
This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it graduated from Georgian Technical University, Faculty of Foreign Languages. Recently she moved to Armenia.

 

 


SonaNazaryanPrograms Associate and Events Manager
This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it began as an intern at the Civilitas Foundation. She graduated from Yerevan State Linguistic University, but also had a year of studies abroad.

 

 


BellaKarapetyanAdministrative Assistant
This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it began as an intern at the Civilitas Foundation. She is a graduate of the Russian-Armenian (Slavonic) State University.

 

 


Research Assistants
AniNavasardyanAni Navasardyan is a student at Yerevan State University studying Management Information Systems. She began as an intern at the Civilitas Foundation.

 

 


MarineMuradyanMarine Muradyan began as an intern at the Civilitas Foundation. She is a graduate of the Yerevan State University Conflict Studies Department.

 

 


AndreArzooAndre Arzoo graduated in Political Science from the University of California, Berkeley.

 
What Do You Think
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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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Facts for Thought
Recorded crimes/ 1,000 population
2008 2009


Yerevan 4.5 6.5
Lori 2.8 4.7
Tavush 2.0 3.8
Vayots Dzor 2.0 3.6
Kotayk 2.3 3.5
Armavir 1.8 3.3
Syunik 1.8 3.2
Shirak 1.9 3.1
Gegharkunik 1.4 3.0
Ararat 2.0 2.8
Aragatsotn 2.3 2.8
 
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Civilitas Connects

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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Civilitas Spotlight

Vartan Oskanian's interview with Gala TV in the city of Gyumri regarding Armenia-Turkey relations, Nagorno Karabakh, and Armenia's economy.

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Our Projects
The project goal is to stimulate the development and transformation of Armenian society into a functioning polity by promoting a healthy political discourse on the key developmental issues of the country, through the creation of a forum of discussions.

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