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  • AUA and AIPRG Sign MOU to Advance Armenian Policy Research

    PRESS RELEASE

    July 1, 2004

    American University of Armenia Corporation
    300 Lakeside Drive, 4th Floor
    Oakland, CA 94612
    Telephone: (510) 987-9452
    Fax: (510) 208-3576

    Contact: Gohar Momjian
    E-mail: [email protected]

    AUA and AIPRG Sign MOU to Advance Armenian Policy Research

    The American University of Armenia (AUA)and the Armenian International
    Policy Research Group (AIPRG) signed a memorandum of understanding on June
    16, 2004 with the goal of strengthening policy research in Armenia, the
    region, and the Diaspora.

    As AIPRG-Armenia Chairman, Nerses Yeritsyan, explained, `AUA and AIPRG will
    jointly organize conferences and seminars designed to initiate policy
    dialogue on important Armenian and Diaspora-related issues, and we look
    forward to collaboration on major policy research programs.'

    The Armenian International Policy Research Group is a new nonpartisan
    association that researches and promotes discussion of public policy issues
    both in Armenia and the Diaspora. AIPRG aims to consolidate existing
    expertise on Armenian policy issues by bringing together accomplished
    researchers and practitioners who specialize in economics, political
    science, law, and government affairs.

    The American University of Armenia is an affiliate of the University of
    California system and is the joint undertaking of the ROA Ministry of
    Education and Science and the American University of Armenia Corporation
    (AUAC) in the U.S. AUA's Research Centers comprise one of the many
    strengths of the University and are important in achieving AUA's objective
    of stimulating positive change in Armenia and the region through policy
    research and analysis.

    AIPRG is housed temporarily in AUA's School of Political Science and
    International Affairs and will have the support of the Turpanjian Center for
    Policy Analysis. The School's Associate Dean, Dr. Lucig Danielian, stated,
    `This is a wonderful opportunity to bring together experts from the Diaspora
    and Armenia to address policy solutions to the critical problems facing the
    nation and region. Our collaboration will be gearing up soon and we look
    forward to making an impact on policy deliberation in Armenia.'

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    The American University of Armenia is registered as a non-profit educational
    organization in both Armenia and the United States and is affiliated with
    the Regents of the University of California. Receiving major support from
    the AGBU, AUA offers instruction leading to the Masters Degree in eight
    graduate programs. For more information about AUA, visit www.aua.am.

    Photo: L to R: AUA President, Haroutune Armenian and AIPRG-Armenia
    Chairman, Nerses Yeritsyan
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