“One nation, one culture” Fund celebrated it’s creation’s 5^th Anniversary in Komitas Chamber Music House, on November 13, 2009.
The aim of the event was to represent Fund’s 5 year’s activity results, Fund’s staff and partners, in virtue of whose joint efforts and cooperation were realized numerous projects in Armenia, Artsakh and Diaspora.
During the event were invited and participated several departments’, RA Regional Councils’, creative unions’, state ensembles’ and other structures’ representatives, Fund’s Trustees’ Councils’ members, culture workers and other entities.    
With her welcome speech performed RA Minister of Diaspora, Trustees’ Council’s President Hranush Hakobian during the Jubilee evening.

     With her welcome speech performed RA Minister of Diaspora, Trustees’ Council’s President Hranush Hakobian during the Jubilee evening.
She congratulated warmly Fund’s Trustees’ Council’s members, Executive authority’s staff and all the present ones apropos of Fund’s 5^th jubilee, particularly mentioning Fund’s Executive director Tamara Poghosian’s and art director Armen Manoukian’s expended efforts in Fund’s realization and organization and arrangement of 2004-2008 “One nation, one culture” Pan Armenian Festivals process.
The Minister ended her speech with the following words:
- “We are sure, that 5 years old “One nation, one culture” Fund will continue its further activity – in favour of our spiritual cultural Homeland’s subsequent development”.
    

Then, performed Vice-minister of RA Ministry of culture – Davit Muradian.
In his word of thankfulness he highly estimated the role of the Fund to join folk wide mass round national- artistic values, favour to cultural life’s enlivening in regions of Armenia, as well as, Armenia – Diaspora cultural ties’ strengthening process. After all, Davit Muradian represented also the jubilee congratulation – sent by RA minister of culture, simultaneously announcing the minister’s order – to reward with diploma of RA Ministry of culture to “One nation, one culture” Fund. 
     



     Informational and community relations’ deputy head of department of RA Ministry of Defence, colonel  –Felix Poghosian also congratulated Fund’s Jubilee by RA Ministry of Defence.

     Highly estimating the cooperation between the Fund and Ministry of Defence of previous years – directed to young generations’ military – patriotic upbringing, by order of RA Minister of Defence, Fund’s Executive director Tamara Poghosyan was awarded with Garegin Nzhdeh medal of RA MD, art director Armen Manukian – with Andranik Ozanian medal, several employees were awarded with diplomas and valuable souvenirs.    


RA language State inspection – in virtue of head of inspection – Laurenti Mirzoyan also congratulated the Fund, who awarded the Fund with inspection’s diploma apropos of having a great deposit in Armenian language’s propagandize, development and dissemination and Fund’s foundation’s 5^th Anniversary process.
     

    

RA Shirak regional governor’s advisor, RA Honoured culture worker Hasmik Kirakosian also congratulated Fund’s jubilee with particular warmth. In her welcome speech, she particularly attached importance to the active cooperation between the Fund and regional council, in myriad essence cultural projects’ realization process in regions. 
    


      

     Fund’s Trustees’ Council’s previous President Karine Khodikian also congratulated Fund’s 5^th Anniversary. Highly estimating Fund’s past years’ activity and its leaders – Executive director T. Poghosyan’s and art director’s A. Manukian’s great investments in Fund’s realization process, she wished success to Fund’s all staff – in forthcoming years’ all undertakings and programs’ realization process. 



     During the evening were also represented letters of congratulations received from several organizations of Diaspora, Armenia during the year, among them – Armenian Choreography Union of  California, ARF /Armenian Revolutionary Federation/ Supreme Body, “Narek” culture and education center of Krasnodar, Armenian Catholic Union’s “Knar” chorus /Damask, Syria/, Armenian cultural “Nairi” Union /Iran/, “New generation” cultural union / Syria, Damask /, Pan Armenian games’ participants’ International Association /Georgia, Tbilisi/, “Khachqar”Armenian cultural center /RF, Krasnodar/, “Nairi” Armenian Folk dances’ ensemble /RF, Nizhni Novgorod/ and many others.  
   During the whole evening, congratulation speeches and videos of realized different projects’ by the Fund, particularly, all videos of previous all “One nation, one culture” Pan Armenian cultural Festivals, during previous years, followed each other, making the total Fund’s 5 years’ activity and events’ intention.

During the evening RA Honoured artist, International  Competitions’ laureate, professor Anahit Nersisian, RA Honoured artist Silva Yuzbashian, RA Folk artist Raisa Mkrtchian gave a holiday mood to the evening with their speeches.
     At the end of the evening performed Fund’s Executive director Tamara Poghosyan, who first thanked Fund’s whole staff and Trustees’ Council for joint work and undertakings of 5 years, then, all those organizations, who estimated Fund’s 5 year’s activity with different encouraging awards, congratulatory messages and letters. 
     With special gratitude Executive director directed her word of thankfulness to Fund’s those partners, with whom, within different project spheres, constantly cooperated the Fund, particularly, “Ovacia” Production Center, “Twiga” Advertising Company, “Shirak” Hotel, Armenian educational and cultural Union of Hamazgain, AGBU, several state ensembles of Armenia, RA Regional Councils, famous workers of culture and etc.
At the end of her speech, Executive director expressed her thankfulness to Fund’s constant partners and evening announcers – Zaruhi Karapetian and Karen Kocharian, awarding them Fund’s letters of thanks.

Evening was ended with Arno Babadzanian’s song “Azg Parapants”, performed by Raisa Mkrtchian.

“One nation, one culture” Fund’s Trustees’ Council’s sitting was held on September 9, which was presided over by RA Minister of Diaspora, Council’s president Hranush Hakobyan.

On the sitting’s agenda was the question of “One nation, one culture” Pan Armenian cultural Festival” program of 2010, where “One nation, one culture” Fund’s Executive director Tamara Poghosian performed with the report of the above mentioned. She mentioned that Festival’s arrangement conception comes from the theses of RA national security strategy, RA president’s political program and RA government program.

In 2010 “One nation, one culture” Pan Armenian Festival will be arranged during the whole year in the capital of RA, regions and Artsakh. Besides, cultural events will be combined with cultural workers’ professional congresses’, “round tables” and discussions’ arrangement. Is foreseen, that with those results will be established four Pan Armenian escorts of Armenian executive art, theatrical workers, painters and sculptors, journalists.

In April will be arranged events of fine arts and sculptor sphere, among them – Fine art’s Pan Armenian exhibition devoted to Great Genocide’s 95^th Anniversary. On May 3^rd ten- day period will be organized weeks of Armenian literature, on August 3^rd ten- day period – theatrical art, on October 3^rd ten- day period – Armenian press. Summarizing program’s discussion results, Mrs. Hakobian mentioned, that are formed           “One nation, one culture” Festivals’ arrangement traditions, and that Pan Armenian event receives a new respiration in virtue of  newly  - created RA ministry of  Diaspora’s active participation to the Festival organization. She attached importance to Festival’s organization works’ on time realization, specially Diaspora communities’ cultural workers’, ensembles’ and groups’ participation duly organization.

Mrs. Minister offered creative unions’ leaders to lucidity the programs of 2010 Festival arrangements, according to spheres and submit proper suggestions during one month, also with Festival arrangement’s expenses’ budget application form’s mount aim. She attached importance to the conference hold, devoted to “One nation, one culture” Festival hymn’s competition, Western Armenian language teaching in Diaspora, as well as, master classes’ programs’ increase, according to spheres.

Mrs. Hakobian underlined, that with the aim of Diaspora greater number communities’ and creators’ participation secure, will be activated works with RA diplomatic representatives’ and Pan Armenian structures’ church dioceses in other states, will be used Armenia and Diaspora printed, launched and online mass media opportunities, also – “Armenians today” online newspaper of RA Ministry of Diaspora.

Source:  www.mindiaspora.am

     We inform, that “One nation, one culture” Fund submitted an application form for Black Sea Basin Joint Operational Programme 2007-2013 (ENPI CBC), for declared grant competition. Information about the mentioned competition is located in www.blacksea-cbc.net  web-site.
     You can get acquainted with the Project Idea, represented by the Fund for the competition here:
     For cultural cooperation realization within the sphere of the program, Fund searches for partners in Black Sea Basin Area countries, which can be the following types of organization:

     Taking into consideration the fact, that the deadline of application forms’ submission of the mentioned grant project is till September 27, we ask to submit the application forms of cooperation organizations till September 1.

     The official language of information exchange, within the project sphere, is English and partner organizations, who submit application forms, must submit their applications to the Fund in Armenian and English.

 
Today, RA minister Hasmik Poghosian rewarded Fund’s Executive director Tamara Poghosian with ministry gold medal –for active activity, promoted in cultural life, as well as, for Birthday’s Jubilee.
     During the rewarding ceremony, were present RA Prime-Minister of culture Davit Muradian, heads of Ministry departments, culture and art workers, Fund’s staff representatives, as well as, “One nation, one culture” Fund’s partner organizations’ representatives, in the person of “Ovatsia” Production center and “Twiga” Advertisement Agency.   
 

        
“Tavush” Compatriot Union and RA Armenian Language State Inspectorate, on behalf of head inspectorate, pedagogical candidate of sciences, professor, RA PSA academic Lavrenti Mirzoyan congratulated the Executive director on her Birthday Jubilee Anniversary. Inspectorate rewarded the Executive director with diploma of RA Armenian Language State Inspectorate, for having a great deposit in Armenian culture and Armenian language advocation, development and dissemination process and for Birthday Jubilee Anniversary.

     On June 29, 2009 took place chamber music concert, with “Bravo” triple and pianists –Christina and Regina Mehrabova sisters’ participation, arrived from Georgia in Yerevan Komitas Chamber Music house. The concert was devoted to “One nation, one culture” Fund’s creation’s
5^th Anniversary. Georgia delegation was directed by Pan Armenian Games’ participants’ International Association Co-Presidents Gurgen Heyranov and Valery Hunanyants.
      In the program were included A. Khachaturian,
A. Dvorzhak, S.Rakhmaninov, Brams, M. Ravel and other composers’ creations.
      During the concert were invited RA Ministries, Yerevan Municipality, Embassy of Georgia in Armenia, cultural hearths’ of Armenia, as well as Georgia Armenians’ and Georgian Community in Armenia and other organization representatives.
With their perfect performances, Mehrabova sisters’ and “Bravo” triple’s musicians Galina Bandura /violin/, Nana Kobaladze /piano/ and Anatoly Danielian /alt/, granted great inspiration and pleasant moments to the audience.  | Photos |

     Within the frames of Vazgen Sargsyan’s birthday’s 50^th Anniversary commission events,                                    “One nation, one culture” Fund organized symbolic vow ceremony of top classes’ 500 pupils’                                of Yerevan school providing general education, near the bust of Vazgen Sargsyan                                 /V. Sargsyan street/ on May 8, 2009.
     During the ceremony participated RA Ministry of Defence, Yerevan Municipality,                    “One nation, one culture” Fund representatives. Then, event participants moved to “Yerablur” pantheon with solemn march, put flowers and wreaths on Vazgen Sargsyan, perished warriors’ graves.: | Photos |
           

    

     An event - with a title-leaf “We swear…” devoted to the national hero, statesman, political figure Vazgen Sargsyan’s birthday’s 50^th Anniversary, was organized by the Fund in
V. Sargsyan military unit of RA Ararat region’s Ararat country on 29 April, 2009. 
     During the event participated creative groups of RA Ararat region, RA Ministry of Defence, Etchmiadzin Municipality, as well as region’s schools’ providing general education top classes’ pupils.           

     Аn event started next to the bust of V. Sargsyan, with flower basket’s and flowers’ putting ceremony. Then took place pupils’ symbolic vow ceremony and concert program in military unit square. 
     Аt the end of the event was organized delegations’ from Yerevan and Ararat region’s pupils’ visit to Vazgen Sargsyan’s house-museum of Ararat country.  | Photos | Video |

      “EXPO-MEDIA” exhibition draft center organized “ART EXPO-2009” exhibition, undertaken by RA Ministry of culture from February 13 to 14, 2009 in the exhibition pavilion of Artists' Union of Armenia. More

     In 2009 expires “One nation, one culture” Pan Armenian cultural Festival’s 10^th Anniversary, as well as Fund’s creation’s 5^th Anniversary.
     In that respect, in June 2009 several events will be organized in Yerevan by the Fund- devoted to the above mentioned 2 Anniversaries.

     Within the frames of the Festival with a title-leaf “20 years ago”, devoted to Spitak earthquake’s 20^th Anniversary, took place Shirak region’s creative groups’ concert in the culture house of NKR, Stepanakert, on December 11, 2008, undertaken by “One nation, one culture” Fund and RA Shirak regional council. The audience, in the rows of which were also soldiers – serving in Stepanakert army, accepted guests’ performances with warm. On the next day of the concert, delegation members visited and put wreaths on Stepanakert Unknown Soldier’s, as well as, earthquake victims’ memorials. There was also a visit to St. Ghazanchetsots Church of Shushi, where Gyumri folk instruments’ state ensemble soloists perform Armenian Church psalms. The delegation returned from Artsakh with great impressions.

     Cultural Festival’s recurrent event - with a title – leaf “20 years ago”, devoted to Spitak earthquake’s 20^th anniversary took place in Gyumri on November 21, 2008, with participation of Yerevan, Shirak and Lori regions’ creative groups and soloists.
     Within the frames of the event, Festival delegations put wreaths on the memorial complex of earthquake victims’, and in the evening took place the concert in V. Achemian Dramatic Theatre’s hall.

     Cultural Festival’s recurrent event - with a title – leaf “20 years ago”, devoted to Spitak earthquake’s 20^th anniversary – with participation of Yerevan, Shirak and Lori regions’ creative groups and soloists, took place on November 14, 2008 in Vanadzor.

     The cultural Festival – with a title-leaf “20 years ago”, devoted to Spitak earthquake’s 20^th anniversary, undertaken by “One nation, one culture” Fund was organized on November 7, 2008 in Spitak, where Yerevan, Shirak and Lori regions’ creative groups and soloists participated.

     Dear visitors!
     In web site’s “Projects” section are set photos of “One nation, one culture” Pan Armenian cultural III Festival, which will be completed in future, as well as scientific – cognitive trips’ project, organized for children and youth of calamity zone – Shirak and Lori regions, from October 10 to 12, 2008 in Yerevan.

     For information You can call – 56.45.46.

      RA President Serzh Sargsyan signed a decree in view of Republic Anniversary – about Republic of Armenia honorary titles’ award on May 26, 2008.
     According to that decree, “One nation, one culture” Fund’s Art director Armen Manukian was also deserved with Honoured title of “Honoured Culture Worker”.
     In that view, we sent our warm congratulations to Mr. Manukian.

    Dear Visitors!

     Puppet Theatres’ Republican III Festival will be organized in RA Tavush region from October 18 to 20, by “One nation, one culture” Fund.