GULBENKIAN FOUNDATION DONATES $50,000 TO ARF ARCHIVES INSTITUTE
By Allen Yekikian
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May 22, 2009
The Armenian Revolutionary Federation (ARF) Archives Institute
announced last week that it has received a $50,000 grant from
world-renowned Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, based in Lisbon,
Portugal. The grant will fund the upgrade and advancement of the
institute’s technological capabilities, which will greatly enhance
the activities of the organization..
In thanking the Armenian division of the Gulbenkian Foundation, ARF
Archives Institute director Vatche Proodian and publications director
Yervant Pamboukian have welcomed the grant, emphasizing the important
role Gulbenkian Armenian Division director Zaven Yegavian has played
in the preservation of Armenian culture and national ideals.
The archives institute leaders have singled out Yegavian’s important
role in garnering financial assistance to Armenian national and
cultural institutions, expressing hope that similar programs will
continue in the future.
The ARF Archives Institute was founded in July 2008 with the mission to
categorize and process the archives through technologically advanced
methods, prepare them for publication, and make them available for
academic research in an internationally accepted manner. The archives
are currently being digitized.