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AGBU Press Office
55 East 59th Street
New York, NY 10022-1112
Phone: 212.319.6383, x118
Fax: 212.319.6507
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.agbu.org
PRESS RELEASE
Monday, March 2, 2009
AGBU Europe Partners With Spanish Armenian Organization
On January 17, 2009, Spanish Armenians and their supporters from across
Europe, 150 people in total, attended an AGBU-ACAB (Armenian Cultural
Association of Barcelona) partnership event followed by a gala dinner on
the magnificent premises of NH Podium Hotel in downtown Barcelona.
The evening featured the presentation of AGBU and ACAB goals, activities
and projects, as well as an Armenian music concert and an Armenian
cuisine tasting. ACAB had also organized an exhibition of photographs
depicting their activities, in addition to paintings and handcrafts from
the local ACAB-organized Armenian Saturday School.
The launch event formally marked the expansion of the world's largest
Armenian nonprofit organization into one of the major countries of the
European Union, as well as the continuation of the partnership between
AGBU and ACAB.
For the last two years, AGBU and ACAB have been developing a mutually
beneficial relationship that began in April 2006 during the first AGBU
Project Exchange & Development Seminar (PEDS) in Brussels, Belgium.
ACAB, with AGBU's support, runs an Armenian Saturday School for Spanish
Armenian youth and has organized various activities in Barcelona, which
contribute to the preservation of the Armenian identity and culture.
Alexis Govciyan, AGBU Europe chairman, explains the goal of AGBU's
Spanish partnership: "AGBU is extending its activities to Spain, because
the presence of global Armenian organizations seem necessary in a
country with a newly established Armenian community. Moreover, Spain
plays an important political role in the European Union."
Gor Abgaryan, ACAB chairman, also applauded his organization's evolving
relationship with AGBU: "The presence of the AGBU Europe in Barcelona
opens new perspectives for the friendship between Catalans/Spaniards and
Armenians, as well as for the future of the Armenian community in
Catalonia and Spain."
AGBU Central Board established AGBU Europe on January 1, 2008 to
coordinate and develop pan-European activities. AGBU Europe promotes
important initiatives in areas as diverse as academic research,
conservation and promotion of heritage, culture, education, including
Armenian language teaching and European policies, as well as training of
future community leaders, providing children's and youth programs.
Established in 1906, AGBU (www.agbu.org) is the world's largest
non-profit Armenian organization. Headquartered in New York City, AGBU
preserves and promotes the Armenian identity and heritage through
educational, cultural and humanitarian programs, annually serving some
400,000 Armenians on five continents.
55 East 59th Street
New York, NY 10022-1112
Phone: 212.319.6383, x118
Fax: 212.319.6507
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.agbu.org
PRESS RELEASE
Monday, March 2, 2009
AGBU Europe Partners With Spanish Armenian Organization
On January 17, 2009, Spanish Armenians and their supporters from across
Europe, 150 people in total, attended an AGBU-ACAB (Armenian Cultural
Association of Barcelona) partnership event followed by a gala dinner on
the magnificent premises of NH Podium Hotel in downtown Barcelona.
The evening featured the presentation of AGBU and ACAB goals, activities
and projects, as well as an Armenian music concert and an Armenian
cuisine tasting. ACAB had also organized an exhibition of photographs
depicting their activities, in addition to paintings and handcrafts from
the local ACAB-organized Armenian Saturday School.
The launch event formally marked the expansion of the world's largest
Armenian nonprofit organization into one of the major countries of the
European Union, as well as the continuation of the partnership between
AGBU and ACAB.
For the last two years, AGBU and ACAB have been developing a mutually
beneficial relationship that began in April 2006 during the first AGBU
Project Exchange & Development Seminar (PEDS) in Brussels, Belgium.
ACAB, with AGBU's support, runs an Armenian Saturday School for Spanish
Armenian youth and has organized various activities in Barcelona, which
contribute to the preservation of the Armenian identity and culture.
Alexis Govciyan, AGBU Europe chairman, explains the goal of AGBU's
Spanish partnership: "AGBU is extending its activities to Spain, because
the presence of global Armenian organizations seem necessary in a
country with a newly established Armenian community. Moreover, Spain
plays an important political role in the European Union."
Gor Abgaryan, ACAB chairman, also applauded his organization's evolving
relationship with AGBU: "The presence of the AGBU Europe in Barcelona
opens new perspectives for the friendship between Catalans/Spaniards and
Armenians, as well as for the future of the Armenian community in
Catalonia and Spain."
AGBU Central Board established AGBU Europe on January 1, 2008 to
coordinate and develop pan-European activities. AGBU Europe promotes
important initiatives in areas as diverse as academic research,
conservation and promotion of heritage, culture, education, including
Armenian language teaching and European policies, as well as training of
future community leaders, providing children's and youth programs.
Established in 1906, AGBU (www.agbu.org) is the world's largest
non-profit Armenian organization. Headquartered in New York City, AGBU
preserves and promotes the Armenian identity and heritage through
educational, cultural and humanitarian programs, annually serving some
400,000 Armenians on five continents.