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  • Research on Armenians in the Netherlands

    Federation of Armenian Organisations of the Netherlands (FAON)
    Address: Weesperstraat 91 - 2574 VS The Hague
    Telephone: +31704490209
    E-mail: [email protected]
    Contact: M. Hakhverdian


    PRESS RELEASE

    The Hague, 19 September 2007

    Research on Armenians in the Netherlands

    This week a group of some hundreds of Armenians is receiving a questionnaire
    with the request to cooperate in a research on Armenians in the Netherlands.
    This independent research is an initiative of the Federation of Armenian
    Organisations in the Netherlands (FAON). The Dutch government supports the
    research financially. This support was promised to FAON last year during a
    meeting with the Minister of Integration of the Netherlands.

    The results of the research will enlarge our knowledge about the Armenians
    in the Netherlands, for example about the countries where they are coming
    from, their level of education and occupation and their position in the
    Dutch society in general. By this research it will also be possible to
    estimate more accurately the number of the Armenian-Dutch population, since
    there are no official figures on the ethnic Armenians living in the
    Netherlands.

    The group receiving the questionnaire is a random sample taken from some
    thousands of addresses of Armenians. The selection of the group has been
    made by the researcher.

    The establishment of the questionnaire, as well as the selection of the
    group were made carefully after a long preparation work and the collection
    of available data on ethnic Armenians of the Netherlands. The investigation
    is conducted by the Dutch sociologist Mr. G.J. Veerman for the FAON. The
    research is closely followed by a supervising commission chaired by the
    research specialist of the Dutch Ministry and includes, among others, the
    Armenologist Prof. Dr. J. Weitenberg and the former deputy director of the
    Dutch Social and Cultural Planning Office C. van Praag.

    After this phase of the inquiry, the outcome will be analysed. The result of
    the research together with an introduction on the background of the
    Armenians will be published by the FAON in a booklet. The FAON hopes to
    offer this booklet to the Dutch Minister beginning of next year.
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