HRACHIA A. KAZHOYAN
24B Sarian Street, Apt. 27, Yerevan 375002 Armenia • (37410) 587124, (37491) 500131 • email
  • Experienced in project development, administration and evaluation, proficient in USG and EC regulations for grant administration, program management, development and implementation of projects and reporting
  • Proficient in advanced social research, adult education, institutional capacity building, and public relations
Professional History
February 2006 - present:
Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Mission in Kosovo, Human Dimension Officer
- Coordinates a municipal team that monitors local government activities and implements projects, facilitates the return process and helps IDPs reintegrate
- Organises exchange meetings and advises municipal officials in strategic planning, outreach, budget process
- Works with the developing civil society, consults local NGOs and media that monitor the municipal activities in project management and institutional development; organises roundtables, publishes papers
- Participates in the preparation and operational phases of elections.
February 2004 - February 2006:
International Organization for Migration (IOM) Mission in Armenia, NPO, Acting Chief of Mission
- Oversaw the activities of the Mission
- Developed and managed twelve projects and identified new programmatic approaches including the counter-trafficking programme, border management project, community building and education initiatives
- Fundraised for projects and secured the Mission’s long-term funding
- Prepared implementation and evaluation plans and reports
- Facilitated the exchange of ideas among central/local authorities, donors, embassies, media, international community and NGOs.
March 2003 - December 2004. Please see the Evaluator, Trainer, and Consultant Section below.
March 1999 - March 2003:
The Eurasia Foundation, Program Officer, Senior Program Officer
- Led the Yerevan and Gyumri program staff in strategic planning and implementation of grantmaking
- Managed a portfolio of 200 projects totaling $5 million- Liaised with government
- Reviewed thousands of open-door project proposals
- Designed and rolled out coutrywide/regional programs
- Progressively improved the evaluation, due diligence and financial monitoringpractices
- Trained over 150 NGOs.
February 1999 - present:
Institute of Philosophy and Law, National Academy of Sciences, Senior Researcher
Conducts doctoral research on modern civilization and global communications, facilitates group discussions, organizes and participates in seminars and conferences.  The leading media expert at the Institute.
March 1998 - March 1999:
ATLANTA Ltd. [Rep. of Kenwood, Daewoo, and Philips], PR Manager
Designed and led countrywide PR actions and promotion campaigns for Kenwood, Daewoo and Philips products. Instituted a practice of promotion strategy planning.
August 1995 - November 1995:
State Pedagogical Institute, Yerevan, Lecturer
Introduced communication studies at the Faculty of Culture.
August 1990 - November 1995:
ARARUM Group, CEO, Producer and Director
Founded and led one of the first private film and video production companies in Armenia which produced over 100 films, television and video programs.
May 1990 - July 1992:
Armenian Scientific Film Studio (ASFDS), Chief Engineer, Film Director
Developed and maintained the technical infrastructure of the studio, directed documentaries.
1987 - 1990: Armenian Club of Filmmakers, Senior Methodologist, Deputy Director
Developed new film teaching methods that were taken up and replicated in Russia, Ukraine and Latvia. Initiated the Society of Friends of Film. Oversaw the activities of the Armenian Children Studio and undergraduate work of the State Pedagogical University students.
1987: ARMENFILM, Assistant Film Director
1984-1987: State Broadcasting Center, Engineer, Head of Shift
1981-1995: Free-lance Correspondent of AVANT-GARDE and RESPUBLIKA ARMENIA Newspapers
Evaluator, Trainer, and Consultant
December 2004: OSCE/ODIHR, Evaluator, Institutionalization of Gender Studies in Higher Education in Armenia

October 2004: Center for Community Dialogues and Initiatives (CCDI), Trainer, Sustainability

July 2004: International Foundation for Election Systems, (IFES) Trainer, Fundraising, Donor Relations

January 2004 - May 2004: School of Civil Society, Gyumri, Trainer, Communication for Social Change

December 2003: Caucasus Network of NGOs dealing with Refugees and IDPs (CRINGO), Trainer, Networking

September 2003 - January 2004:
IOM Armenia, Consultant, Micro-enterprise Development Project, Counter-trafficking Programme

May - July 2003: IFES, Evaluator, Institutional Assessment of the Women’s Republican Council of Armenia

April - May 2002:
IOM, Consultant, Steering Committee Member, Campaign for the Prevention of Irregular Migration

October 2001: USAID, Expert NGO Sustainability Index

February 2001: Internews, Expert, TV Competition

May 2000: IREX, Expert, Investigative Journalism Competition

 
Education and Training
July 2007: Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, Pisa, Italy
The Civilian Personnel of Peacekeeping and Peace-building Operations		 Certificates
November 2004: IOM, Vienna, Austria
Advanced Project Development
February 2002: ProSME, GTZ, Germany
Staff and Organization Development
January - February 2001: knowise®, San Jose, CA
Global Teamwork [Online cross cultural competence and virtual team leading]
October 2000 - May 2001: Open University, London
Effective Manager
July-August 2000: The Eurasia Foundation, Washington, DC
Internal Controls
1999 - present: Institute of Philosophy and Law, National Academy of Sciences
Doctoral Thesis: Media and the Modern Civilization		 PhD expected, November 2007
1993, 1998: United States Telecommunications Training Institute
WRAL TV, Raleigh, NC, Overview of High Definition Television
Howard University, Washington, DC, Telecommunications Programming
WHUT TV, Public Television
KHTV, Houston, TX, Introduction to Independent American TV Broadcasting
Paramount Pictures, Hollywood, CA, Television Program Production		 Certificates
 
1995-98: Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana (Slovenia)
and Institutum Studiorum Humanitatis (Graduate School of Humanities)
M. A. Thesis: Communication of Visual Experience in the Modern Mass Media		 M. A., Sociology
of Culture
1979-84: State Engineering University, Yerevan
1979-84: Faculty of Technical Cybernetics, Engineer of Microelectronics
Major: Architecting Microelectronic Systems
1982-84: Faculty of Social Sciences, Information Technologies and Technical Translation		 Diplomas

(M.S. equiv.)
1983-85: School-Studio of Drama, Yerevan State Academic Theatre
Acting & Directing		 Diplomas
1977-79: Public University, Yerevan, Photo Journalism
1969-79: Yerevan Secondary School # 55
1970-77: Yerevan School of Music # 10
 
Affiliations
International Program Evaluation Network, Member May 2003 - present
Yahoo!GeoCities, Community Leader 1998-2000
European Institute for the Media, The 10th European Film and TV Forum, Helsinki
Speech: Public Media and Global Communications		 September 1998
Armenian Sociological Association, Member May 1998 - present
International Association for Key Survival-Development Strategies, Secretary General March 1998 - present
HTML Writers Guild, Member 1997 - 1999
New Media and Democracy Workshop, IWM, Vienna
Speech: 'Microphysics of Power' in the Internet		 June 1997
Salzburg Seminar Do Films Matter? The Artistic, Political and Moral Impact of Film
 		 June 1994, and others
Skills
Languages: Armenian, Russian, English, Slovene, elementary knowledge of French
Computer: Adobe: Acrobat, GoLive, Illustrator, PageMaker, Photoshop, Premiere  • Autodesk: AutoCAD, 3D Studio Max  • CorelDraw • Jasc PhotoPaint • Macromedia: Dreamweaver, Flash • Microsoft: FrontPage, Office (Access, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook,  Project, Visio, Word), Producer, Publisher  • Quark Xpress • SPSS and others
 
Grants and Awards
Open Society Institute Foundation, Hungary
The 1997 East-East Program		 1997-1998
Open Society Institute Foundation, Slovenia
Four grants		 1995-1996
Feature Film Dialogue
All-Union Film Festival, Daugavpils (Latvia), Special Prize		 1985
Documentary And spring is coming...
ECOFILM-88 Festival, Lvov (Ukraine), First Degree Diploma
 		 1988,
and others
Countrywide and Regional Initiatives Designed and Implemented
Caucasus Rule of Law Competition:  This regional Anti-Corruption Competition was a part of the Eurasia Foundation’s efforts to promote more effective and responsive governance by encouraging civic participation and empowering citizens to hold public officials accountable for their actions.
Technology Transfer Competition:  In support of the creation and development of marketing centers that promote the commercial viability of Armenia's high-tech industry in world markets.  By realizing the potential of skilled professionals, the centers contribute to the advancement of traditionally developed sectoral know-how, nurture R&D capacities and increase the high-tech industry's contribution to the country's economic growth.
Information Technologies Authorized Training Centers:  Competition among universities and training companies supported the establishment of Cisco, Microsoft and Oracle authorized training centers. The centers offer intensive training courses and certification to information systems professionals.
Business Advocacy Competition: To help business advocates acquire and improve networking and coalition-building skills. Grants also supported the creation of non-formal advocacy committees comprised of highly experienced professionals from government structures, businesses, NGOs, legal and investment communities.
PUBLIC DIALOGUE CAMPAIGN:  To promote open dialogue through live broadcasting; enhance local governance by modernizing municipal services and encouraging civic interaction; empower public libraries as centers of civic discourse; and develop community-based organizations dedicated to advocating for local social and economic agenda. Currently more than 40 organizations are taking part in the Public Dialogue Campaign in various regions of Armenia. Comprising the following four distinct initiatives, it fosters grassroots activism and citizen participation in decision-making processes at the local level.
  • Public Dialogue in Live Broadcasting (Georgia and Armenia): To enhance public awareness in local economic and political issues, a grant was provided to Internews to implement an intensive training course and ten grants of equipment to enable as many independent regional TV stations to produce non-partisan public affairs programming in the form of live interactive debates with a call-in component.  These discussions, conducted in an impartial environment, focus on issues facing local communities.
  • Countrywide Network of Municipal Information-Analytical Centers:  With the establishment of more than 20 information-analytical centers in municipalities throughout Armenia, the initiative was designed to improve local governance and promote active civic participation in administrative processes. Municipalities have enhanced data-gathering and overall responsiveness through automation and training; improved public information dissemination and fiscal management; and developed mechanisms for citizen feedback.
  • Libraries as Civic Communication Centers:  Grants to UNDP-Armenia and libraries from Armavir, Gyumri, Kapan, Noyemberyan and Vanadzor to support the organization of budget hearings and public discussions of local economic and political issues, as well as the creation of NGO resource centers, community information networks – Freenets, and distance learning facilities for civic education. More than 500 new books in law, NGO issues, economics, and business have expanded the holdings of each of these public libraries.
  • Development of Community-Based Organizations: In support of increasing civic participation in local decision-making. Funds and technical assistance to nine community centers, community foundations, condominium associations and other grassroots organizations that crystallize their constituents’ social, political and economic agenda and advocate for it with government entities. Resource centers were created, hands-on training provided and the foundations of a culture of local philanthropy was laid.
Publications
Communication for Social Change: Networking Essentials, Yerevan 2004
Quality of Peace, Yerevan, Noyan Tapan 2002
Historical Varieties of Visual Experience, IN VITRO June 1998
Analiza medijskega spremljanja, (in Slovenian), Ljubljana, ISH 1997
Komunikacija vizualne izkusnje v sodobnih medijih: specificno in splosno
(Slovenian & English), Ljubljana, ISH		 1997
The Charm and Vapidity of Dilettantism, RESPUBLIKA ARMENIA October 1995
Hello America, RESPUBLIKA ARMENIA August 1995
Thoughts of the Lost, RESPUBLIKA ARMENIA
 		 December 1993,
and others
Films & Television Programs Directed and Produced
Artnin - Interviews with celebrities, 30 min. National TV 1998
Welcome To Armenia! - Travelogue. 15 min. National TV and Hotel Armenia 1994
American Footage - Interviews in Armenian community in the United States.
22 min. ARARUM and National TV		 1993
The Cinema - The past and present of the oldest movie theatre in Yerevan.
35 mm, 11 min. ARARUM		 1992
Source of Life - Blood donors. 35 mm, 10 min. ASDFS, Ministry of Healthcare 1991
Let It Be Water! - The water supply in Armenia 35 mm, 10 min. ASDFS
 		 1990, and others
Websites Developed and Maintained
New Noyan Tapan 2005
Femida 2004
satron.net 2002
pyunic.org 1999
Three Corners [http://www.hrachia.com/]
 		 1995-1999, and others
References
Thomas Weiss, Regional Rep. for Baltic, Nordic and European Neighborhood Countries, IOM Helsinki
13 Unionikatu, FI-00130 Helsinki, Finland
Tel: +358 9 6841150 Email:tweiss@iom.int
A letter of reference is available at http://ref.hrachia.com
Horton Beebe-Center, President, The Eurasia Foundation
1350 Connecticut Avenue, NW Suite 1000 Washington, DC 20036
Phone: 1-202-234-7370 Fax: 202-234-7377
E-mail: hbeebe-center@eurasia.org
A letter of reference is available at http://ref.hrachia.com
Albert Decie, Project Director, IFES/Armenia
9 Alek Manoukian Str., Yerevan 375070 Armenia.
Phone: 374-1-51-2016
E-mail: agdecie@ifes.am
A letter of reference is available at http://ref.hrachia.com
Prof. Edward S. Markarian, Head of Department, Institute of Philosophy and Law, National Academy of Sciences
4 Arami Street, Yerevan 375001 Armenia. Phone: 374-1-58-2275, 374-1-53-1891
 
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