Our Mission and Values

APRI Armenia’s mission is to shift Armenia’s trajectory toward a more stable, sustainable, and democratic future.

Our organizational values:

Collegiality and collaboration: Knowledge and connections are shared, not kept to oneself. We operate in a culture of openness and meritocracy.

Respect for diversity (cognitive and geographical): We value and respect people who are not like-minded, even within our organization; we value and respect the expertise and skill set colleagues can bring.

Constructive and solution-oriented: We go beyond elegantly articulating a problem and seek concrete recommendations to solve big or small issues. We have a learning culture in which we listen to and welcome feedback from colleagues or relevant stakeholders, not disregard or disparage it.

Independent and nonpartisan: We engage with policy influencers and stakeholders in a civic and constructive spirit, regardless of their political standing; we work with the government, not for the government. We maintain strict intellectual independence in all of our projects and publications. Donors agree that our prerogative is to maintain independent control of our initiatives’ selection, content, and conclusions.

Operational excellence: We have an on-time culture in our activities. We respect people’s time and expect the same from others. We pride ourselves on our forward-planning and project-management competencies. We will meet the best-in-class standards of think tank transparency.