EDUCATION

2010-2012

Armenian State University of Economics, Armenia

MS in Finance

Thesis title: “The Problems of Public Procurement System’s Development in Armenia”

2007-2009

Agribusiness Teaching Center, Armenia

Certificate in Agribusiness and Marketing from Texas A&M University (UAB)

2007-2009

Armenian National Agrarian University, Armenia

BS in Agribusiness and Marketing

2005-2007

Armenian National Agrarian University, Armenia

Finance department

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

2014, Aug.– Oct.

World Vision Armenia, Yerevan, Armenia

Researcher, “Analysis of Strategic, Legal and Institutional Framework Related to Youth Employment and Participation in Armenia” Project

2014, June-July

World Bank, Yerevan office, Armenia

Translator of the working paper “Monitoring of Public Procurement System in 2011-2013”

2009-2010

UN ILO, Geneva, Switzerland

Researcher, ILO project “Comparative Study on Social Dialogue and Gender Equality in Armenia”

PRACTICAL EXPERIENCE

2018 present

National Center of Public Policy Research NGO, Yerevan, Armenia

Executive Director

2017-2018

U.S. Embassy in Armenia, Public Affairs Section, Yerevan, Armenia

Project Coordinator for “Democracy Commission Small Grants Program”

·  Collecting data on civil society members and other interested groups in Armenian regions

·  Mapping the activist groups for each region to be invited to the trainings

·  Assisting in the preparation of the trainings in each region 

2010-2013

Multilateral University Consortium to Strengthen Tourism Education, Research, and Industry Outreach

University Partnership Program funded by U.S. Department of State and administrated by University of Florida (Agency award-569,235 USD) 

Program team member, coordinator

2009, June – August

Coca-Cola Hellenic Bottling Company Armenia, Yerevan, Armenia

Internship

2008 –2009

US Peace Corps Armenia, Yerevan, Armenia

Programming and Training unit, manager assistant

·  Managing Peace Corps training events and various administrative tasks

·  Providing general support to staff

2008, June – August

Caucasus Research Resource Centers (CRRC), Yerevan, Armenia

Internship and paid activities

·  Managing the organizational tasks of special events (conferences, seminars, projects, etc.)

·  Serving as an administrative assistant to the center’s project (“Unbiased Media Coverage of Armenia-Azerbaijan Relations”)

PROFESSIONAL TRAININGS, AWARDS AND CERTIFICATES

2012

University of Florida, Gainesville, FL

Certificate of completion of the course titled “Destination Marketing and Management”

2009-2010

School for Young Leaders, Yerevan, Armenia

Leadership courses

2009, July

First Regional Summer School on “Vertical Coordination in Agri-Food Chains”, Yerevan, Armenia

Certificate of participation in the summer school organized by the ICARE and the Leibniz Institute of Agricultural development in Central and Eastern Europe (IAMO). Working language-English

2009, March

International School of Economics in Tbilisi (ISET), Yerevan, Armenia

Award certificate of ISET Spring School on “Data analysis, Forecasting and Economic Policy Design” (the course included Statistical and Macroeconomic Framework modules). Working language – English.

2008, November

 “2nd Armenian Republican Model United Nations”, Tsaghkadzor, Armenia

Certificate of contributive participation in the conference organized by Armenian UN Association (topics of report-Climate Change: Alternative sources of energy; Maternal and Child Health; Managing Globalization: Knowledge-based economy). Working language – English.

PUBLICATIONS

1. Burnazyan A. and Manukyan A., “The Concept of Cittaslow in Tourism as a way of collaboration between Armenia and Turkey”, submitted for the international conference “Armenia-Turkey: Paving the Way for Dialogue and Reconciliation”, Yerevan, Armenia, 2017, in progress for publication

2. Burnazyan A. and Manukyan A., “Youth Policy and Youth Employment Characteristics in Armenia”, Conference Proceedings, “The Development Priorities of Scientific-Educational System in the Regions of the Republic of Armenia”, pp 189-195, Yeghegnadzor, 2015

3. Burnazyan A. and Manukyan A., “The benefits of E-Procurement Implementation: Lessons for Armenia”, Conference Proceedings, “Sustainable development problems of regions in Armenia”, pp 40-42, Yeghegnadzor, 2013

4. Burnazyan A. and Manukyan A., “The possible directions of adoption of hotel industry standards in Armenia”, Conference proceedings, pp. 180-186, Gyumri, 2012

5. Burnazyan A. with coauthors “Tourism for Peace: Theory put in practice for Turkey and Armenia”, The Journal of Tourism and Peace Research, 2(2), 2011, pp. i-viii

6. Burnazyan A., ” Peculiarities of Corporate Social Responsibility in Transition Economies”, “Information technologies and Management”, collection of scientific articles No 6, pp 88-97, Yerevan 2008

7. Burnazyan A., “Export Promotion Issues and Development Perspectives in Armenia”, “Information technologies and Management”, collection of scientific articles No 2, pp 228-243, Yerevan 2009

LANGUAGES

Armenian(Native), English(Fluent), Russian (Fluent)

COMPUTER SKILLS

Microsoft Office Package (Word, Excel, Power Point, Access ), SPSS, STATA

REFERENCES

Available upon request