 2nd Annual PFA Forum on Armenia-Diaspora Relations
Raffi Hovannisian to Deliver the Keynote Luncheon Address SAVE THE DATE To provide an opportunity for policy practitioners, academics, and the public to discuss Armenia-Diaspora relations—perspectives on and approaches to the present-day challenges facing the Armenian nation—Policy Forum Armenia will hold its 2nd Annual Forum in Washington, DC on February 28-March 2, 2010. For its 1st high-level Forum on the global economic crisis, held in Yerevan on May 25, 2009, PFA brought together an unprecedented line-up of academics and policymakers from Armenia, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, and UAE, including Armenia’s five former Prime Ministers, to discuss the implications of the crisis for Armenia and help devise policy prescriptions to mitigate them. As in the 1st Forum, the 2nd (Armenia-Diaspora) Forum will gather a large number of intellectuals—academic and public policy practitioners—to discuss challenges and help devise new modes of engagement between Armenia and its Diaspora. ...more...
PFA Launches a Series of Seminars on Armenia-Turkey Protocols
In collaboration with academic and policy institutions in Washington, DC and New York City, Policy Forum Armenia will hold a series of seminars titled "Armenia-Turkey Protocols: Reality and Myths" in November, December, and January.
The first seminar was hosted by the George Washington University International and Comparative Law Program and held on November 19. It featured Professors Susan Karamanian and Henry Theriault, and Gregory Aftandilian. See the first seminar in pictures and the media (The Armenian Reporter and Voice of America). The audio recording of the presentations and the Q&A session that followed are available here.
The second seminar was held at Fordham University, in collaboration with the Fordham Armenian Student Association, on December 17 and featured Professors Ani Kalayjian and Asbed Kotchikian, and Dr. Antranig Kasbarian.
The third seminar was held in Washington on January 25, 2009 in collaboration with The American Society of International Law and The George Washington University Law School. The seminar's speaker was Professor Catherine Kessedjian of Pantheon-Assas University, Paris (France) with Professor Professor Sean Murphy, the Patricia Roberts Harris Research Professor of Law and GWU Law School, presiding. See the third seminar in pictures.
Full video recording of the third seminar can be watched on PFA's YouTube channel.
Yerevan's May 2009 Municipal Election: Statistical Analysis Download Full Report Table of Content I. Introduction.........................................................................................................................5 II. Test 1: Distribution of Voter Turnout..............................................................................5 III. Test 2: Distribution of Individual Parties’ Votes..........................................................8 IV. Test 3: Relationship Between the Votes Cast and Voter Turnout.........................11 V. Test 4: Distribution of Invalid Ballots............................................................................14 VI. Conclusion.......................................................................................................................16
Ombudsman Talks about Human Rights at a PFA Event
On April 3, 2009, Policy Forum Armenia, in collaboration with the National Endowment for Democracy (NED), hosted a roundtable with Armenia’s Human Rights Defender, Armen Harutyunyan. Following is a summary of the session, a video report of which is available on PFA’s YouTube channel. More...
PFA Activities Discussed in Nice, France
As part of a wider effort to reach out to Armenian communities around the world with a record of strong ties with Armenia, on March 22, members of the Policy Forum Armenia (PFA) met with the Armenian community of Nice, France. More...
PFA Issues a Statement on the Dram Devaluation in Armenia
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STATEMENT
The decision of the Central Bank of Armenia (CBA) to return to a de facto free floating exchange rate regime, announced on March 3, 2009, has led to a swift reaction from economic agents. Within minutes of the announcement, some stores in Yerevan were closed, prices across a wide range of products were adjusted, and the buy-sell margins for dollar trading by banks ballooned. Following the initial reaction, at present the risk of escalation appears to have been contained. more...
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