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    INDEED ONLY 10% OUT OF NEARLY 5000 NGOS REGISTERED IN ARMENIA FUNCTION

    Noyan Tapan
    March 18, 2009

    YEREVAN, MARCH 18, NOYAN TAPAN. A conference on the subject Civil
    Society's Current Condition, Development Prospects was held on March
    18 in Yerevan. It was dedicated to UN Armenian Association's Founding
    Chairman Karen Asatrian's memory.

    According to Association Chairwoman Armine Poghosian, K. Asatrian
    devoted the best years of his life to the issue of formation and
    establishment of civil society in Armenia. According to her, the goal
    of the conference is to reveal the sphere's problems, to assess the
    role of NGOs, and to outline their development prospects.

    Karen Zadoyan, the Chairman of the Association of Young Lawyers of
    Armenia, said that nearly 5000 NGOs are registered in Armenia at
    present, but indeed only their 10% function. According to him, NGOs
    mainly work actively in Yerevan, Gyumri, and Vanadzor. According
    to K. Zadoyan's observation, the main obstacle to development of
    NGOs is those structures' financial instability. According to him,
    that is why the Armenian NGOs financially depend on foreign and
    international donors.

    According to the estimation of Hakob Abrahamian, the Chairman of the
    Pyunik Union of Disabled, the NGOs functioning in Armenia mainly
    work without cooperating and coordinating their activity with one
    another. According to him, that circumstance also hinders sphere's
    development.

    It was also mentioned that a book dedicated to K. Asatrian's memory
    will be published in April.
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