Армянская Социологическая Ассоциация (Ереван)

Шаблон:Unitedt Armenian Sociological Association (Yerevan) Армянская социологическая ассоциация (Ереван) http://www.asa.am/

Founded in 1992, became the member of International Sociological Association in 1993. Armenian Sociological Association is a non-profit, non-governmental organization. The goal of ASA is to develop and disseminate the sociological knowledge in Armenian and to develop of the methodology of sociological surveys. The activities of ASA members are focused on the development of the essential branches of sociology in Armenia.

Funding and Current President: Dr.Gevork Pogosian Total number of individual members: 45

ASA has a big experience in the following spheres:

Conducting sociological research, working out of questionnaires, conducting focus groups, expert surveys, public opinion polls.

Marketing researches, studying the influence of advertisements, mass media.

Publication and dissemination of information materials in Armenia and in Transcaucasus; preparing of information for international Network and electronic mail.

Main implemented projects: permanent Public Opinion Polls; large investigation "An Armenian's Life in Armenia" (1993); the National Report for UN "Conditions of Women in Armenia" (1994); the Report for Open Society Institute of Soros Foundation "Conditions of Refugees in Armenia" (1995); International Project "Democracy and Local Governance" (1995); Report for UNISEF "Skills for Life in Armenian Schools" (1995), Transcaucasian Subregional Conference "Common Migration Space" on Refugee and Migration Issues (Sevan, 1996), Human Development Report – Armenia 97, for UNDP (1997), NGO Migration Sector Development Project with IOM (1997-1998), Transcaucasian Common Migration Space – NGO Computer Network and Quarterly Subregional Bulletin with NRC (1997-1998). ASA participates in two international networks: "Forced Migration Project", OSI, USA; "Creation of Data Base on Migration and Refugee Issues", Berlin, TSMS – South Caucasus.

ASA is founding member of two international organizations Euro-Asian Marketing Research Association (EMRA, 1999) and International Nongovernmental Partnership on Migration (INPM, 1999).

ASA cooperates with Sociological Institute of Russian Academy of Sciences; Sociological centers of Ukraine, Belarus and Georgia; Disaster Research Center of University of Delaware, Universities of Pennsylvania and Reno, Nevada, USA; Forced Migration Project, Open Society Institute of Soros Foundation, USA; Institute for Social Conflict Research, Hungary; Armenian offices of UNICEF, UNDP, UNHCR, International Organization for Migration, Norwegian Refugee Council, Intermedia (USA), International Foundation for Election Systems , GTZ (Germany), SIBLEY International, RONCO Consulting LTD, and many others. ASA has a big number of partners abroad among reputable universities of Europe and the USA.

Mail: 44 Aram Street Yerevan 375010 ARMENIA Tel: 374-2-530571 Fax: 374-2-505947 Email: gevork@sci.am Website: http://www.asa.am