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    #AGBUTALKS: FIRST PANEL IN ARMENIA FOCUSES ON HUMAN CAPITAL AND DIASPORA

    NEWS | 02.04.15 | 12:30

    By SARA KHOJOYAN
    ArmeniaNow reporter

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    Increasing opportunities inside Armenia, combining the potential
    of all Armenians of the world, promoting the birthrate, presenting
    Armenia success stories to Armenians worldwide, etc. were the topics
    discussed during a unique panel held in Armenia as part of the Armenian
    General Benevolent Union's (AGBU) 88th General Assembly.

    The first of the three #AGBUTalks panels took place at Ayb School in
    Yerevan on April 1.

    The panelists at the first event entitled "Human Capital in Armenia
    and the Diaspora" were frank during the discussion as was Armenia's
    Minister of Education Science Armen Ashotyan who joined them. This
    made it possible to raise issues of efficient use of the potential
    of Armenian children and young people and discuss solutions.

    "People are the potential of Armenia, but using only the potential
    of Armenia we can't develop our country, the human capital of
    the Diaspora should also be used and bridges need to be created,"
    American University of Armenia (AUA) President Armen Der Kiureghian
    said during the discussion.

    Der Kiureghian and three other speakers that day who were not born
    in Armenia, but at one point in their lives decided to bring their
    experience to their historical homeland consider this to be the
    best solution.

    Meanwhile, many Armenians born in Armenia see their future outside
    the country, said AGBU Vice President Sam Simonian, the founder of
    the Simonian Educational Foundation and the Tumo Center for Creative
    Technologies.

    It was upon his initiative that a study was conducted among 6,000
    schoolchildren that showed that only 29 percent of them see their
    future in Armenia, while 24 percent see their future in the United
    States, 23 percent in Europe, 11 percent in Russia, and 11 percent
    in other countries.

    "They would all leave for a better career as they think that there
    are no good conditions for their careers here. The new generation is
    ready to stay if they have these opportunities here," said Simonian.

    Simonian believes that Diaspora youths and children need to be brought
    to Armenia to strengthening ties between the Homeland and the Diaspora.

    "This cooperation should be established from early on. They should
    study together and when they grow up they should be able to establish
    structures together and cooperate with each other. If we start from
    early on, the future will be secured," he said.

    Der Kiureghian, for his part, described the AUA as one of the
    successful examples of creating and promoting these ties.

    "We can bring people to Armenia for a career. We are a kind of hub
    that gathers around itself specialists, experts who cooperate and
    continue to stay in Armenia. In other words, such collaboration
    creates intellectual bridges," the AUA president said.

    Only by creating centers of excellence, developing the technological
    sector, offering quality education and good jobs will it become
    possible to keep young people in Armenia and attract others to come
    to the country, the panelists agreed.

    http://armenianow.com/news/61993/armenia_agbu_general_assembly_talks_panel_discussi on


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