"Noravank" Foundation was established in 2000 with the support of the

Government of Armenia The Government of the Republic of Armenia () or the executive branch of the Armenian government is an executive council of government ministers in Armenia. It is one of the three main governmental branches of Armenia and is headed by the Pr ...

with an aim to conduct strategic research in cooperation with

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n and foreign senior staff, to analyze problems facing

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, the

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, church-state relations, and to promote Armenology.
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. Currently, the Executive Director of the Foundation is Gagik Harutyunyan.

Functions

The Noravank Foundation also carries out an educational program to inform young researchers about up to date ideas prevailing in social and political sciences via seminars and conferences, and through the multi-language journal of "21st Century" and "Noravank Foundation Bulletin".

Publications

More than 300 books, journals, and other publications have been produced by Noravank, including: *The Armenians and Baku (in Russian), 2007, by Khachatur Dadaian *The Armenian Question and the Armenian Genocide, 2006, by Arman Kirakossian *Some issues on Armenians’ ethnogeny, 2006, by Armen Petrosyan *The problems of economic security: methodology and results, 2005, by Ashot Markosyan; etc. *ANALYTICAL CENTERS OF THE REGION (Georgia, Azerbaijan, Turkey), Arestakes Simavoryan, Anushavan Barseghyan, Jonni Melikyan, 2015. *CENTERS FOR ARMENIAN STUDIES ABROAD: ASSESSMENT OF POTENTIAL, Arestakes Simavoryan, Vahram Hovyan, Tigran Ghanalanyan, 2014. *ARMENIAN CATHOLIC AND EVANGELICAL COMMUNITIES IN TURKEY: MODERN TENDENCIES, Arestakes Simavoryan, Vahram Hovyan, 2012. *SCIENTIFIC AND ANALYTICAL COMMUNITY OF THE ARMENIAN DIASPORA. Organizational matters and cooperation prospects, Arestakes Simavoryan, Vahram Hovyan, Tigran Ghanalanyan, Gagik Harutyunyan, 2013. *CONFESSIONAL AND RELIGIOUS ORIENTATIONS OF THE ARMENIANS IN RUSSIAN FEDERATION, Arestakes Simavoryan, Vahram Hovyan, 2011. *ISSUES OF THE ARMENIAN COMMUNITIES IN EASTERN EUROPE, Anna Jhamakochyan, Arestakes Simavoryan, Vahram Hovyan, Diana Galstyan, etc.; 2011. *PROBLEMS AND POSSIBILITIES OF THE CONFESSIONAL SEGMENTS OF DIASPORA, Arestakes Simavoryan, Vahram Hovyan, Hovhannes Hovhannisyan, Ruben Melkonyan, etc.; 2011. *ARMENIAN COMMUNITY IN THE USA, Haykaram Nahapetyan, Arestakes Simavoryan, Karen Veranyan, Tigran Ghanalanyan, 2010. *SOME MAIN ISSUES OF THE ARMENIANS IN JAVAKHQ The study of the religious and information situation of the Armenians in Javakhq, Arestakes Simavoryan, Vahram Hovyan, 2009.

References

External links

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