Diaspora Youth Ambassador Program in Armenia (Formerly Diaspora Young Leaders Program)

Beneficiaries Description: 25 Youth from Armenian communities of the Diaspora, and 1750 Armenian Diaspora community members

Project Areas: Armenia & Artsakh

Project Goal: to enhance youth empowerment and expand opportunities for civic engagement through the implementation of community‐based projects in the various regions of the Armenian Diaspora. 

Project Objectives:

  • To increase knowledge and awareness about pressing Armenian issues and major political and social challenges in Armenia
  • Promote activism, advocacy and participation within the Armenian communities of the Diaspora
Project Type: Unsolicited Grant 
Start Date:June 1, 2021
End Date:August 31, 2022
Coordinator / Responsible Person:Zara Janibekyan
Implementer:Office of the High Commissioner for Diaspora Affairs
Project Cost by JMF:AMD: 12,234,500  USD: 24,469
Project Cost by Office of the High Commissioner for Diaspora Affairs:AMD: 152,500  USD: 305
Beneficiaries Number:1,775