Contributing to the Development of Armenia

Contributing to the Development of Armenia

CONTRIBUTING TO THE
DEVELOPMENT OF
ARMENIA
Yerevan
Armenia
2014
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Dear Friends,
We set out on a journey a few years ago with a group
of like-minded individuals to foster the growth of
sustainable development in Armenia and to help
the country move from survival to prosperity.
Initiatives for Development of Armenia (IDeA)
focuses on the implementation of large-scale
projects, designed to advance Armenia, with its
ancient history and rich culture, as a modern nation.
Below please find a brief overview of IDeA’s projects
in Armenia, which are being carried out thanks to the
generosity of many people from around the world.
We are deeply grateful to those who support IDeA’s
projects and vision, and are confident that our joint
efforts will contribute to Armenia’s bright future.
Veronika Zonabend and Ruben Vardanyan
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DILIJAN
Dilijan is located on the ancient silk route at a crossroads of Europe, the Middle East and
Russia and has a rich history as a popular resort which attracted many famous people by
its natural beauty. It has a great potential to become a major tourist destination.
Dilijan Development
The Dilijan Development project aims to build up the cultural, educational and resort hub
of Dilijan. The main areas of activity are the enhancement of urban infrastructure and
services; education, culture, and social life; establishment of educational, scientific and
cultural infrastructures in the city and surrounding communities; preservation of cultural
and historical heritage; and participation in local community life while promoting its
development.
Estimated cost: $250 million
Project start: 2014
Project end: ongoing
Funds raised as of 1 September 2014: $100 million
Total number of donors who have contributed to the project: 5
UWC Dilijan College
UWC Dilijan will play a major role in the development of Dilijan. It already contributes to
the region’s economy and provides major employment. The school’s mission is to work,
through education, towards fostering sustainable social, economic and environmental
development, and to promote peace in the region as well as the world as a whole.
The school will become an important centre for building the Dilijan community and
developing activities especially for children.
Estimated cost of the construction: $190 million
Estimated annual cost of operation: $8 million
Project start: 2006
Construction end: 2017
Funds raised as of 1 September 2014: $85 million
Total number of donors who have contributed to the project: 201
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HALIDZOR
STATION
TATEV REVIVAL PROJECT
The Tatev Revival Project is designed to revitalise the IX century Tatev Monastery and its
surrounding region, highlighting its religious, academic and cultural legacy, and making
it a world-class destination. The project consists of several components: restoring the
monastery, reviving its monastic and scholarly tradition, and developing tourist attractions
and infrastructure in the adjacent villages, including the world’s longest aerial tramway.
Built in 2010 the tramway was recognised by the Guinness Book of Records as the world’s
longest reversible cable car. This project is a public-private partnership and the Armenian
Government has invested $10 million in its implementation.
Estimated cost of the project: $80 million
Project start date: 2008
Project expected finish date: 2017
Funds raised as of 1 September 2014: $2.4 million
Total number of donors who have contributed to the project: 146
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KARABAKH
IDEA together with the Government of Nagorno-Karabakh are developing an Eco-village
in the beautiful mountainous Askeran region of Karabakh. The aim of the Eco-village
is to establish a sustainable project engaging the local population that creates and
offers work opportunities, respects local history, protects and nurtures natural resources,
guarantees income and prosperity on a long term basis as well as encouraging tourism.
Estimated cost: $50 million
Project start date: 2014
Project expected finish date: 2020
Funds raised as of 1 September 2014: $5 million
Total number of donors who have contributed to the project: 3
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SURB GEVORG CHURCH RESTORATION (Tbilisi)
The project to restore the Cathedral Church of the Diocese of the Armenian Apostolic
Orthodox Holy Church in Georgia – church Surb (Saint) Gevorg in Tbilisi – was initiated
by a special fund that was established to support the reconstruction of Surb Gevorg
church and putting it on a strong financial footing. A significant part of Armenian
religious tradition, it involves restoration of the building itself as well as murals and
other religious objects.
Estimated cost: $10 million
Project start: 2012
Project end: 2015
Funds raised as of 1 September 2014: $7.1 million
Total number of donors who have contributed to the project: 11
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LIST OF ALL DONORS BY PROJECT
DILIJAN DEVELOPMENT
Gagik Adibekyan
Ruben Vardanyan &
Veronika Zonabend
Asian Development Bank
UWC DILIJAN COLLEGE
Gagik Adibekyan
Samvel Aghababyan
Levon & Ana Afeyan
Noubar & Anna
Afeyan
Bagrat Alekyan
Nuna Alekyan
Ameria Group
Artur Amirkhanyan
Arthur Andreasyan
Emilia Arakelyan
Raffy Ardhaldjian
ARDSHININVESTBANK
Yegishe & Lusine Areyan
Vladimir Artyakov
Anushavan Arzumanyan
Artur Asiryan
Mikael Asiryan
Kamo Avagumyan
Vladimir & Anna
Avetissian
Margarita Ayupova
Sergey Azatyan
Arthur Babayan
Ara Bagdasaryan
Oleg Bakhmatyuk
BAL
Gregory Baltser
Bars Media Documentary
Film Studio
Andranik Barseghyan
Arman Barseghyan
Ilya Baybus
Maria Baer
Alexandr Bazarov
Olga Beituganova
Anna Bityurina
Igor Blinov
Kairat & Sholpan
Boranbayev
BOSCO
Brinpak Universal LLP
Mikhail Broitman
Tatiana Bryukhanova
Erik Bugulov
Yelena Chebotar
Sergey Chemezov
Ronald L. & Janet A.
Christenson
Anatoly Chubais &
Avdotia Smirnova
DAR Foundation
Andrey Datsenko
Evgeny Demin & Elena
Belous
Jacques Der
Megreditchian
Eivind & Gwenn Djupedal
Andrey Donskikh
Movses Dzavaryan
Vladimir Dzhabarov
Artur Dzhanibekyan
EY
Raffi & Nina Festekjian
Foundation
Tim Flynn Architects
Anastasia Fomina
Football Association of
Armenia
Ronald & Helen
Freeman
Igor & Larisa Fuksman
David Gabrielyan
Karen Galustyan
Ara Gasparyan
Maria Gavrilova
Natalia GermanovaBatyuk
Ruben Gevorkyan
Armine Ghazaryan
Mickael Gibault
Tatiana Glyadkova
German Gref
Vitaly Grigoryants
Kirill Gromov
Timur Guguberidze
Pierre & Anne-Sophie
Gurdjian
Alexandra Gurvich
Norair Gyuzalyan
Hakob Hakobyan
Lusine Hakobyan
Ruben Harutyunyan &
Anahit Antonyan
Ruben Hayrapetyan
Irina Ikonnikova
Arman Jilavian
Henry Johnston
Tigran Jrbashyan
Armais Kamalov
KAMAZ Crane Centre
Igor Kamenskoi
Anton Karamzin
Samvel Karapetyan
Artashes & Anait
Kazakhetsyan
Suleyman Kerimov
Danil Khachaturov
Gohar Khachatryan
Yelena Kisel
Sergey & Alfia Kogogin
Natalia Konnova
Dmitry Konov
Anastasia Kreps
Yelena Kudryashova
Mark Kurtser
LORE Foundation
Tatiana Lysova
Ziyavudin & Olga
Magomedov
Anastasia Makryashina
Ina Mandre
Anton Manyashin
Alexander Margulis
Irina Markitan
Grigory Mazmanyants
Alexander Mazunin
MEDIACRAT
Gevorg Megrabyan
Artak Melkonyan
Valery Mezhlumyan
Alexander Mikheyev
Nikita Mishin
Oleg Mkrtchan
Andrew Mkrtchyan
Arno Mosikyan
Burastan Movsisyan
Gor Nakhapetyan
Ara & brothers Nersesian
Galina Nesterova
Konstantin Nikolaev
Polina Novoselova
Michael & Marianne
Obermayer
Elena Orlova
Vera Orlova
Elizaveta Ovchinnikova
Alexander Pankov
Aram Pakhchanyan
Nana Paradzhanyan
Alexander Pertsovsky
Tatiana Pirogova
Grant & Natalia Pogosyan
Mikhail Pogosyan
Roman Popov
Vladimir Preobrazhensky
Anna Primakova
Yekaterina Putivlskaya
Andrey Rappoport
Mark Rawlings
Yulia Reutskaya
Rostelecom
Svetlana Sagaidak
Andrey Sapelin
Eduard Sarkisov
Sergey Sarkisov &
Rusudan Makhashvili
Armen Sarkissian
Hakob Sarkissian
Natalia Sinitsina
Sergey & Yulia Skvortsov
Vladimir Skvortsov
Vladimir Smirnov
Yulia Solers
Konstantin Sorokin
Star for Life
Natalia Starodubtseva
Olga Surikova
Tim A. Tacchi and Betina
Kuenzl-Tacchi
Ashot Tamrazyan
Gevorg Tarumyan
Nikolai Tokarev
Nikolai Tsekhomsky
Konstantin Shapovalenko
Akhat Urmanov
Alisher Usmanov
Samvel Vagradyan
Jacobus Van den Heuvel
Tomas Lode Van Stappen
Ruben Vardanyan &
Veronika Zonabend
Niko Vardapetyan
Sofia & Andrey Vdovin
Viktor Vekselberg
Semyon Vinokurov
Vizerra
Grigory Volkenstein
Margarita Volkova
Arman Voskerchyan
Liu Xinyu
Renata Yambayeva
David & Alyona Yan
Ekaterina Zaborovskaya
Gagik Zakaryan
Maria Zalunina
Sanya Zezulin
Oleg Zhukov
Maria Zhog
Boris Zimin
Natalya Zolotova
Anonymous
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TATEV REVIVAL
Mukhtar Ablyazov
Gagik Adibekyan
Noubar & Anna Afeyan
Ruben Aganbegyan &
Veronika Misyutina
Natalia Agapova
Marine Ales
Boris Aleshin
Artur Amirkhanyan
Arthur Andreasyan
Aren Apikyan
Babken & Aida Arakelyan
Levon Arevshatyan
ARGA Foundation
Garo & Alice Armen
Vladimir Artyakov
Anushavan Arzumanyan
Artur & Armine Asiryan
Mikael & Ani Asiryan
Margarita Avdonina
Vladimir Avetissian
Ashot Bablumyan
Gregory Baltzer
Maria Baer
Mkhitar Beglaryan
Norair Belluyan
Valeriy Belotserkovskiy
Frederick & Lori Berliner
Artem Bikov
BIS ART CJSC
Igor Blinov
Mikhail Broitman
Erik & Zarema Bugulov
Avetik Chalabyan
Artak & Irina
Chibukhchyan
Vartan Darbinyan
Andrey Datsenko
Jaques & Patricia Der
Megredichian
Igor & Olga Dergunov
Armen Dishdishyan
Eivind & Gwenn Djupedal
Aleksey Dolgikh
Movses Dzavaryan &
Gayane Antaranyan
Aleksandr Faifman
Timothy Flynn
Igor & Larisa Fuksman
David Gabrielyan
Karen Galustyan
Armen Garslyan
Araik Gasparyan
Armen Gasparyan
Mikhail Gaukhman
Evgeniy Gavrilenkov
Ararat Gevorkyan
Ruben Gevorkyan
Roman Goryunov
Aram Grigoryan
Norair & Anna Gyuzalyan
Artak Hanesyan
David Harutyunyan
Ara Hayrapetyan
Levon Hayrapetyan
Irina Ikonnikova
David Ioseliani
Arman Jilavian
Igor Kamenskoy
Anatoliy & Nina
Karachinskiy
Ashot Karakhanyan
Andranik Karapetyan
Aram Karapetyan
Samvel Karapetyan
Azamat Karimov
Ainitdin Karjauv
Artashes & Anahit
Kazakhetsyan
Danil Khachaturov
Ashot & Karina
Khachaturyants
Aslan Khalishkov
Maria Korneeva
Sergey & Tatiana Krasavin
Mark Kurtser
Mikhail Kusnirovich
Eleonora Malkhasyan
Denis Manturov
Ruben Matevosyan
Vladimir Mau
Anna Mazmanian
Gevorg Megrabyan
Leonid Mikhelson
Nikita Mishin
Hakop Mkhitaryan
Andrew Mkrtchyan
Julia Moeckli
Aleksey Mordashov
Robert Musin
Zelimkhan Mutsoev
Artak Nahapetyan
Gor Nakhapetyan
Galina Nesterova
Geoffrey & Tessa
Nicholson
Konstantin Nikolaev
Leonid Novoselskiy
Michael & Marianne
Obermayer
Richard Ogdon
Elena Orlova
Roman Pakhomov
Viktor & Valentina
Pakhomov
Alexander Pankov
Gaspar & Irina Petrosyan
Emil Pirumov
Mikhail Pogosyan
Sergey & Marina Prudnik
Gedrus Pukas
Andrey Rappoport
Igor & Irina Sagiryan
Gagik Sahakyan
Vahan Sakanyan
David Sargsyan
Armen Sarkisyan
Vazrik Sekoyan
Andrey Sharonov
Mikhail Shelkov
Sergey & Yulia Skvortsov
Vladimir & Liana Smirnov
Yulia Solers
Konstantin Sorokin
Olga Surikova
Artur Trofimov
Ashot & Olga Tumasyan
Samvel Vagradyan
Willfried Vanhonacker
Ruben Vardanyan &
Veronika Zonabend
Vahan Vardanyan
Sergey Virabyan
Aleksander Volkov
Andrey Volkov
Marianna Vorobieva
Arman Voskerchyan
Ward Howell/Zest
Leadership - Stanislav
Shekshnya
William Winters
Askar Yelemesov
Gagik & Irina Zakaryan
Valentin & Svetlana
Zavadnikov
Sanya Zezulin &
Alexander Yushkevich
Igor & Lidia Zavyalov
Aleksandr & Larisa
Zhirkov
Natalya Zolotova
KARABAKH
Ruben Vardanyan &
Veronika Zonabend
Anonymous
SURB GEVORG
Albert Avdolyan
Bidzina Ivanishvili
Arman Jilavian
Danil Khachaturov
Irina Kondratova
Rusudan Makhashvili
Konstantin Markaryan
Andrew Mkrtchyan
Gor & Boris Nakhapetyan
Sergey Sarkisov
Ruben Vardanyan &
Veronika Zonabend
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IDeA FOUNDATION
Initiatives for Development of Armenia (IDeA) is a charitable foundation that promotes the idea of social
entrepreneurship in Armenia by investing in long-term projects and helping them become self-sustainable.
The Foundation focuses on projects that will have a tangible social and economic impact and will help the
country move from a survival model to a prosperity model.
Initiated by the family of Ruben Vardanyan and Veronika Zonabend, the Foundation unites family, friends,
business partners and other benefactors who represent various countries and share the same ideas and
values.
IDeA Foundation projects are guided by seven principles:
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Large scale
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Long-term vision and perspective
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Global scope and collaboration
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Spillover effect
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Engagement of local population
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Sustainability
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International standards
IDeA Foundation
6 Baghramyan St., Yerevan 0019, Armenia
Phone: +374 060 700 800
Email: info@idea.am