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The Civilitas Foundation
One Northern Ave. Suite 30
Yerevan, Armenia
Telephones: +37494.800754; +37410.500119
email: [email protected]
web: www.civilitasfoundation.org
ARMENIA 2011 -- WITHOUT ILLUSIONS
The fourth annual Civilitas Foundation report on the politics and economics
of Armenia and the region has just been published, in Yerevan. It remains
the only one of its kind publication about Armenia, written by an Armenian
organization and presenting a comprehensive annual look at changes and
developments in the country.
The report begins with an assessment of the year 2011. `If there was a
single unifying theme to 2011, it was confusion, frustration and anxiety,
all around the globe. This was coupled with the loss of any lingering
illusions, as the world marked the 20th anniversary of the collapse of the
Soviet Union.' The introduction continues, `But in the 20-year-old Republic
of Armenia, the historic anniversary came and went with no search for new
political answers to society's economic ills, no urge to move forward with
additional reforms, no talk of austerity and debt, no compulsion to compete
with the neighbors.' Still, the introduction goes on to state that there
are ideals that are now taken for granted by the independence generation.
`They still do not know how to strategize, organize, make change or make
policy, but they do know they have rights and have no fears about
exercising those rights.'
The report's three sections cover events as well as institutional
developments that affected both political and economic processes. At the
end of each section, there are two sets of conclusions - an outlook for the
coming year, as well as possible policy options that ought to be considered.
The first section - on regional developments - covers not only Armenia's
relations with each of its neighbors, but also relations of those neighbors
with each other, and the consequences for Armenia. The report also examines
Armenia's relations with each of the world's power centers - Brussels,
Washington and Moscow.
The exploration of domestic developments in Armenia in 2011 consists of a
chronology of major political developments as well as a look at some civil
society movements and institutions including civic activism, the parliament
and non-governmental organizations, the police and army.
The review of Armenia's economic situation in 2011 begins with a brief
analysis of the important economic sectors and, with statistical data,
continues with an analysis of fluctuations in the financial sector, in
economic activity and in institutional growth.
The annual report includes a poster-size visual representation of Armenia's
budget for 2012. A special publication this year, to complement the report,
is a unique booklet, called ARMENIA AND NEIGHBORS - 20 YEARS IN FIGURES. It
offers a statistical view of demographic, political, social and educational
developments for Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia, as well as Turkey, Russia
and Iran. There is a special section for Karabakh.
To launch the publications, the Civilitas Foundation held its traditional
end-of-the-year meeting to a packed audience at Yerevan's Golden Tulip
Hotel, on Thursday, December 29, 2011. The program, moderated by Civilitas
analyst Tatul Hakobyan, featured guest speakers Lilit Galstyan, Member of
the National Assembly, Ethnographer Hranush Kharatyan and Andranik
Tevanyan, director of the Politeconomia Institute and editor of the
7or.amnews site.
The discussion in its entirety, as well as the report, can be found at
www.civilitasfoundation.org. Hard copies of the publications are available
upon request.
The Civilitas Foundation, established by Armenia's former foreign minister
Vartan Oskanian, is a not-for-profit tax-exempt organization, registered in
Armenia and in the US, and dedicated to strengthening Armenia's civil
society. In the spirit of the Latin `Civilitas' - citizen's responsibility
to society - the Civilitas Foundation encourages the responsibility of
every citizen to contribute to the realization of a functioning and
prosperous democracy and promotes the right of every individual to benefit
from his/her full potential.
One Northern Ave. Suite 30
Yerevan, Armenia
Telephones: +37494.800754; +37410.500119
email: [email protected]
web: www.civilitasfoundation.org
ARMENIA 2011 -- WITHOUT ILLUSIONS
The fourth annual Civilitas Foundation report on the politics and economics
of Armenia and the region has just been published, in Yerevan. It remains
the only one of its kind publication about Armenia, written by an Armenian
organization and presenting a comprehensive annual look at changes and
developments in the country.
The report begins with an assessment of the year 2011. `If there was a
single unifying theme to 2011, it was confusion, frustration and anxiety,
all around the globe. This was coupled with the loss of any lingering
illusions, as the world marked the 20th anniversary of the collapse of the
Soviet Union.' The introduction continues, `But in the 20-year-old Republic
of Armenia, the historic anniversary came and went with no search for new
political answers to society's economic ills, no urge to move forward with
additional reforms, no talk of austerity and debt, no compulsion to compete
with the neighbors.' Still, the introduction goes on to state that there
are ideals that are now taken for granted by the independence generation.
`They still do not know how to strategize, organize, make change or make
policy, but they do know they have rights and have no fears about
exercising those rights.'
The report's three sections cover events as well as institutional
developments that affected both political and economic processes. At the
end of each section, there are two sets of conclusions - an outlook for the
coming year, as well as possible policy options that ought to be considered.
The first section - on regional developments - covers not only Armenia's
relations with each of its neighbors, but also relations of those neighbors
with each other, and the consequences for Armenia. The report also examines
Armenia's relations with each of the world's power centers - Brussels,
Washington and Moscow.
The exploration of domestic developments in Armenia in 2011 consists of a
chronology of major political developments as well as a look at some civil
society movements and institutions including civic activism, the parliament
and non-governmental organizations, the police and army.
The review of Armenia's economic situation in 2011 begins with a brief
analysis of the important economic sectors and, with statistical data,
continues with an analysis of fluctuations in the financial sector, in
economic activity and in institutional growth.
The annual report includes a poster-size visual representation of Armenia's
budget for 2012. A special publication this year, to complement the report,
is a unique booklet, called ARMENIA AND NEIGHBORS - 20 YEARS IN FIGURES. It
offers a statistical view of demographic, political, social and educational
developments for Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia, as well as Turkey, Russia
and Iran. There is a special section for Karabakh.
To launch the publications, the Civilitas Foundation held its traditional
end-of-the-year meeting to a packed audience at Yerevan's Golden Tulip
Hotel, on Thursday, December 29, 2011. The program, moderated by Civilitas
analyst Tatul Hakobyan, featured guest speakers Lilit Galstyan, Member of
the National Assembly, Ethnographer Hranush Kharatyan and Andranik
Tevanyan, director of the Politeconomia Institute and editor of the
7or.amnews site.
The discussion in its entirety, as well as the report, can be found at
www.civilitasfoundation.org. Hard copies of the publications are available
upon request.
The Civilitas Foundation, established by Armenia's former foreign minister
Vartan Oskanian, is a not-for-profit tax-exempt organization, registered in
Armenia and in the US, and dedicated to strengthening Armenia's civil
society. In the spirit of the Latin `Civilitas' - citizen's responsibility
to society - the Civilitas Foundation encourages the responsibility of
every citizen to contribute to the realization of a functioning and
prosperous democracy and promotes the right of every individual to benefit
from his/her full potential.