GAYANE AFRIKIAN APPOINTED PROJECT MANAGER OF NATIONAL COMPETITIVENESS COUNCIL

Noyan Tapan
Dec 19, 2007

YEREVAN, DECEMBER 19, NOYAN TAPAN. By the decision of the Armenian
prime minister Serge Sargsian, Gayane Afrikian has been appointed the
project manager (executive director) of the National Competitiveness
Council established by the government of the RA, NT was informed by
the RA Government Information and PR Department.

G. Afrikian was born in Yerevan on November 4, 1967. In 1991, she
graduated from the Armenian philology department of Yerevan State
University, in 1996 – from London School of Economics and Political
Science (LSE), receiving a degree of Master in economy and politics
of the post-Communist transitional countries. In 2005 she graduated
from Harvard University with a degree of Master of state governance
and management. In 1989-1991, G. Afrikian worked in Estonia where
she participated in activities on organization and management of the
Armenian Cultural Society and the Sunday Armenian school.

In 1991-1995, she was a special correspondent of France Press in
Armenia, while in 1996-1998 she worked as a reporter in the "The
Independent" and "The Economist Intelligence Unit" magazines in
London. In 1998-2000, she headed the newly-opened the Council of
Europe Information Office in Yerevan.

In 2000-2002, G. Afrikian served as a UN official in Kosovo, being in
charge of the regional economic and poliical development strategy’s
implementation.

In 2002-2004, she was a UN official in Afghanistan. In 2005-2006,
she was an expert of Harvard’s Center for International Affairs,
conducting studies on Armenia’s national competitiveness and regional
cooperation. In 2006-2007, she was the chief advisor to the chairman
of the Kazakh government’s Sustainable Economic Development Fund.