International Center for Human Development
{{Short description|Organization in Armenia}}
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|leader_title = Executive Director
|leader_name = Armen Galstyan
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The International Center for Human Development (ICHD) ({{langx|hy|Մարդկային զարգացման միջազգային կենտրոն}}) is a think tank and non-governmental organization in Armenia.{{cite news|url=http://www.panorama.am/en/society/2010/02/19/tpoghosyan-centre/|title=The International Center for Human Development to hold its status with virtue, T. Poghosyan says|date= 19 February 2010 |work=Panorama|accessdate=11 May 2010}}{{cite news|url=http://www.panarmenian.net/eng/politics/news/28009/|title=Armenia-Diaspora cooperation concept discussed in Yerevan|date=December 24, 2008 |publisher=PanArmenian.net|accessdate=11 May 2010}}{{cite news|url=http://www.themoscowtimes.com/news/article/worries-loom-for-sargsyan-at-home/361664.html|title=Worries Loom for Sargsyan at Home |last=Saradzhyan|first=Simon |date=April 9, 2008|work=The Moscow Times|quote= ... by initiating real and immediate reforms," said Tevan Poghosyan, head of the International Center for Human Development, a leading Armenian NGO. ... |accessdate=May 11, 2010}} It was established in March 2000 and is headquartered in Yerevan.
History and mission
The ICHD undertakes various projects and activities in the areas of regional integration and peacebuilding; civil society strengthening; good governance and transparency; economic development; local governance, migration, primary health care; and culture. The ICHD also supports the European integration of Armenia and seeks to accelerate Armenia’s integration with the European Union. The ICHD supports the goals and initiatives of the Eastern Partnership.{{Cite web|url=https://www.ichd.org/?laid=1&com=module&module=menu&id=25|title=ICHD - International Center for Human Development|website=www.ichd.org}}
The ICHD maintains a partnership agreement with the Armenian Atlantic Association. Both structures support the strengthening of relations between NATO and Armenia.
Since 2007, the ICHD is a member of the [https://www.pasos.org/ PASOS] network of independent think-tanks in Central and Eastern Europe and Central Asia.{{Cite web |url=http://www.pasos.org/www-pasosmembers-org/news/international-center-for-human-development-armenia-becomes-newest-member-of-pasos |title = PASOS | International Center for Human Development, Armenia, becomes … |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130415135405/http://www.pasos.org/www-pasosmembers-org/news/international-center-for-human-development-armenia-becomes-newest-member-of-pasos |archive-date=15 April 2013 |url-status=dead}}
The Global Think Tank Index ranked ICHD among the 25 top think tanks in Eastern Europe in 2008{{Cite web |url=http://www.sas.upenn.edu/irp/documents/2008_Global_Go_To_Think_Tanks.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090708112853/http://www.sas.upenn.edu/irp/documents/2008_Global_Go_To_Think_Tanks.pdf|title=2008_Global_Go_To_Think_Tanks.pdf|archive-date=8 July 2009 |url-status=dead}} and among the top 30 in Central and Eastern Europe in 2009.{{Cite web |url=http://www.ony.unu.edu/2009%20global%20go%20to%20think%20tank%20report.pdf |title=2009_Global_Go_To_Think_Tanks.pdf |access-date=2010-05-14 |archive-date=2012-03-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120301184412/http://www.ony.unu.edu/2009%20global%20go%20to%20think%20tank%20report.pdf |url-status=dead }}
See also
References
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External links
- [https://www.facebook.com/ThinkTankICHD/ International Center for Human Development] on Facebook
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Category:Think tanks based in Armenia
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Category:Non-profit organizations based in Europe
Category:Organizations established in 2000
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