Civilitas Foundation

Civilitas Foundation
Founder	Vartan Oskanian
Founded at	Armenia
Type	Nonprofit
Legal status	Foundation
Headquarters	One Northern Avenue, Suite 30, Yerevan, Armenia
Location	Armenia;
Official language	Armenian, English
Website	civilitasfoundation.org

40°11′01″N 44°30′55″E / 40.183701°N 44.515191°E / 40.183701; 44.515191The Civilitas Foundation (Armenian: Սիվիլիթաս հիմնադրամ) is an Armenian non-profit organization based in Yerevan,^[1] and established in October 2008 by Armenia's former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Vartan Oskanian.^[2]^[3]^[4] It is a development agency and think tank currently directed by Apo Boghigian^[3] that works to strengthen civil society, promote democracy, economic development and education in Armenia, and facilitate dialogue between Armenia and the international community on a number of pertinent political issues. In doing so, Civilitas has strengthened the ties between Armenia and the Armenian Diaspora.

The name was derived from the Latin word Civilitas.^[5]^[6]

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^ "About Us". CivilNet. Archived from the original on 2021-03-04. Retrieved 2021-03-25.
^ ^a ^b "Boghigian Named Director of Civilitas/CivilNet". Asbarez. 5 August 2019. Archived from the original on 2019-08-07. Retrieved 2019-08-07.
^ "THE POLITICAL CONTEXT". Civilitas Foundation. 2 July 2012. Archived from the original on 2021-03-25. Retrieved 2021-03-25.
^ "WHO WE ARE". Civilitas Foundation. Archived from the original on 2015-11-07. Retrieved 2021-03-26.
^ "Mission". Civilitas Foundation. 11 January 2009. Archived from the original on 2021-03-26. Retrieved 2021-03-26.