Expert Competition Announced On "Armenia’s Communication Security, P

EXPERT COMPETITION ANNOUNCED ON "ARMENIA’S COMMUNICATION SECURITY, PRESENT SITUATION, CONCLUSIONS AND PROSPECTIVE"

Regnum, Russia
March 15 2007

"Noravank" Foundation announces a research work competition on the
subject of "Armenia’s communication security, present situation,
conclusions and prospective." As REGNUM is told at the foundation,
the following problems will be welcomed:

The problems connected with Armenia’s communication security.

The influence of up-to-date communication means on Armenia’s defense,
foreign policy economy (particularly energy) and demographic picture.

The main factors threatening Armenia’s communication security:
Azerbaijan’s and Turkey’s strategy directed to Armenia’s blockade
and, in this connection, international legal norms referring to
communication problems.

Georgian-Russian boarder problems caused by Russian-Georgian conflicts,
the influence of RA-Javakhk communication-economic problems and
the scenario of possible destabilization of Georgia’s situation on
Armenia’s economy.

Armenia-Iran communication problems.

Air-communication problems.

Initiatives/projects directed to ensuring Armenia’s communication
security: Foreign policy initiatives, Economic field (for example,
the steps undertaken by state and business structures), Energy field
(the problems of developing alternative energy or its private energy
potential and the ones of supply and diversification).

International-legal field (which are the leverages that can further
deblocking Armenian-Turkish and Armenian-Azerbaijani borders),
Information field.

The works are accepted only in electronic version (MS Word program):
the works, which should not exceed 25 pages, are to be presented in
Armenian, Russian and English languages.

In addition to research works are also accepted projects of innovation
character and conceptual approaches directed to securing Armenia’s
communication security, which should not exceed 3 (three) pages.

All interested and qualified candidates are encouraged to email their
applications to [email protected] till June 1, 2007. Attach your
Curriculum vita (CV) to your application please.

The three best works will be awarded. The competition commission may
also pay encouraging rewards. Best works (including prize-winning ones)
will be published by the Noravank Foundation and presented at the
"Armenia’s communication security, present situation, conclusions
and prospective" scientific conference.