Armenia

“Civil society is the backbone of any country and currently it takes over the political and social landscape of Armenia. Thus, to have a prosperous country we must work on the development of the non-profit sector but with systematic and institutional approach,” says Talar Kazanjian, the Executive Director of Armenian Benevolent Union. Following this idea, in December 2018, for the first time in Armenia a Non-Profit Management Certified program was introduced as a result of the flourishing cooperation between AGBU’s EU funded Bridge for CSOs project and the Extensions Office of the American University of Armenia. The program is designed for senior and mid-level managers of non-profit organizations with an aim to up-armor its beneficiaries with the basic skills needed to succeed in the NGO sector. Regional Post talked with the great minds behind this project including Sergey Tantushyan, the Head of AUA Admissions, Talar Kazanjian, the Executive Director of AGBU, and several NGO representatives who went through this enlightening experience during the prototyping phase.

Corporate Social Responsibility has been a part of LaGalleria Boutique’s initiatives for quite some time. No surprise “For the benefit of all” is one of the company’s mottos. Regional Post talked with Zarah Badalyan, Director of Communications at LaGalleria, about the importance of CSR.

To understand the importance of the role of museums in Armenia and to summarize the urgent problems of the field, we talked to Gevorg Orbelyan, museum expert and head of Tourism unit at the Yerevan municipality.

In January of 2019, Bari Tnak inclusive center opened its doors, setting the start of an unprecedented approach to children with special needs and their families in Armenia.

We talked about New Armenia’s foreign policy with Mikayel Zolyan, in the past a well-known political commentator, today member of the standing committee on Foreign Relations of the National Assembly of Armenia, representing “My Step” faction of the parliament. Mikayel Zolyan answers Regional Post’s questions on how Armenia’s new government is going to build its relations with the world: neighbours, Russia, EU, USA, and others.

French-Armenian actor, writer and filmmaker Serge Avedikian has won the Palme D’Or award of the Cannes film festival in shorts competition for his animation film “Barking Island” about the events that took place in Turkey in 1915. ReAnimania festival’s head Vrej Kassouny talked to him about “Barking Island” and animation in general.

Curator Nairi Khatchadourian tells about her experience working with several regional museums far from Yerevan and explains what are the main challenges that need to overcome.