Suren Mkhitaryan

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Executive Director

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“International Center for Intercultural Research, Learning and Dialogue” NGO

Suren Mkhitaryan has over 7 years of professional experience in the field of civil society, social entrepreneurship, non-formal education and quality assurance of higher education. He is currently Executive Director at “International Centre for Intercultural Research, Learning and Dialogue” NGO.

Suren has extensive experience in managing various local and international projects focused on social entrepreneurship (SE) where he managed to connect with 300+ social entrepreneurship representatives worldwide.

 

During the last 3 years he was the project manager of “Community Development through Social Entrepreneurship” (CODE-SE) EU-funded long-term project. Within the framework of the project, among other accomplishments, Suren managed to establish effective collaboration schemes between various players including public, international, educational and other institutions working in the field of SE and support establishment of 10 social enterprises in Armenia.

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In addition, Suren has extensively contributed to the development of the concept of SE in Armenia through continuous collaboration with state institutions, as well as promoted the development of educational courses on SE in the educational sector.

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Suren has organized and supported many national and international conferences, training courses and seminars (including Erasmus+ projects).

Currently Suren is also an individual entrepreneur, providing trainings, consultations on self-development, entrepreneurship and social entrepreneurship.