The International Center for Human Development (ICHD) () is a

think tank A think tank, or public policy institute, is a research institute that performs research and advocacy concerning topics such as social policy, political strategy, economics, military, technology, and culture. Most think tanks are non-governme ...

and

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Armenia Armenia, officially the Republic of Armenia, is a landlocked country in the Armenian Highlands of West Asia. It is a part of the Caucasus region and is bordered by Turkey to the west, Georgia (country), Georgia to the north and Azerbaijan to ...

. It was established in March 2000 and is headquartered in

Yerevan Yerevan ( , , ; ; sometimes spelled Erevan) is the capital and largest city of Armenia, as well as one of the world's List of oldest continuously inhabited cities, oldest continuously inhabited cities. Situated along the Hrazdan River, Yerev ...

History and mission

The ICHD undertakes various projects and activities in the areas of regional integration and peacebuilding;

civil society Civil society can be understood as the "third sector" of society, distinct from government and business, and including the family and the private sphere.good governance Good governance is the process of measuring how public institutions conduct public affairs and manage public resources and guarantee the realization of human rights in a manner essentially free of abuse and corruption and with due regard for t ...

and transparency; economic development; local governance, migration, primary health care; and culture. The ICHD also supports the

European integration European integration is the process of political, legal, social, regional and economic integration of states wholly or partially in Europe, or nearby. European integration has primarily but not exclusively come about through the European Union ...

of Armenia and seeks to accelerate Armenia’s

integration Integration may refer to: Biology *Multisensory integration *Path integration * Pre-integration complex, viral genetic material used to insert a viral genome into a host genome *DNA integration, by means of site-specific recombinase technology, ...

with the

European Union The European Union (EU) is a supranational union, supranational political union, political and economic union of Member state of the European Union, member states that are Geography of the European Union, located primarily in Europe. The u ...

. The ICHD supports the goals and initiatives of the

Eastern Partnership The Eastern Partnership (EaP) is a joint initiative of the European Union, together with its member states, and six Eastern Europe, Eastern European countries. The EaP framework governs the EU's relationship with the post-Soviet states of Armen ...

. The ICHD maintains a partnership agreement with the Armenian Atlantic Association. Both structures support the strengthening of relations between

NATO The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO ; , OTAN), also called the North Atlantic Alliance, is an intergovernmental organization, intergovernmental Transnationalism, transnational military alliance of 32 Member states of NATO, member s ...

and Armenia. Since 2007, the ICHD is a member of th
PASOS
network of independent think-tanks in Central and Eastern Europe and Central Asia. The Global Think Tank Index ranked ICHD among the 25 top think tanks in

Eastern Europe Eastern Europe is a subregion of the Europe, European continent. As a largely ambiguous term, it has a wide range of geopolitical, geographical, ethnic, cultural and socio-economic connotations. Its eastern boundary is marked by the Ural Mountain ...

in 2008 and among the top 30 in Central and Eastern Europe in 2009.

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International Center for Human Development
on Facebook Think tanks based in Armenia Cross-European advocacy groups Armenia–European Union relations Non-profit organizations based in Europe Organizations established in 2000 {{Armenia-stub

History and mission

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