Diaspora should not be used `only for raising quality of life’

Diaspora should not be used `only for raising quality of life’

08-02-2008 12:02:03 – KarabakhOpen

`I think the establishment of the State Center for International
Cooperation happened on time. The coordination of activities of funds
in Karabakh is necessary, since often different funds do the same
thing, without awareness of one another,’ said the director of the
Rehab Center of Stepanakert Vardan Tadevosyan. The head of the NGO was
invited to the ceremony of dedication of the State Center for
International Cooperation of the NKR foreign ministry.

The heads of NGOs invited to the ceremony said the Center may
facilitate fundraising and relations with the government.

The director of the center Janna Krikorova says `it is time to move
beyond Diasporan, peace building programs.’ `These are very important
programs but we already need to present NKR to the world and give our
culture to the world,’ Janna Krikorova says.

She said the Center will publish materials, have a board of experts and
set up an online journal about the international activities of NGOs.

As to relations with the Diaspora, Janna Krikorova says it is time to
stop using the idea of the Diaspora `only for raising quality of life.’