ARPA Institute

ARPA Institute (Analysis Research & Planning for Armenia) is a non-profit tax-exempt organization under section 501(c)(3) and was founded in 1992 in Los Angeles, California. ARPA promotes international cooperation and understanding for the Republic of Armenia through the provision of consulting, analysis, research and planning services in various fields. ARPA experts have served as consultants to public organizations and the government of Armenia in matters pertaining to education, economy, technology, energy, transportation, industry and Armenia-Diaspora relations. Our members are experts in various fields. ARPA helped organize the first energy conference held in Yerevan, Armenia in 1992 where the re-start the Medzamor Nuclear Power Plant was decided. Our economists consulted with the Ministry of Finance on establishment of the Central Bank and lawyers critiqued the Constitution in its early development. ARPA established the first modern Blood Bank in Yerevan in 1998 (“Sarko Tilkian”) and helped establish the Gyumri blood bank through Global Healing International more recently. The ARPA Health Education & Lifestyle Program (HELP) has taught more than 30,000 students in Armenia and Artsakh about the health risks of smoking, alcohol and drug abuse, and the health benefits of a good diet and exercise, among others. The ARPA Institute promotes innovation in young scientists through its annual “Invention Competition”. ARPA promotes technology transfer through technical seminars with its “Distance Learning” program. Our current initiatives include guidance and technical advice to young scientists in the NAS Institutes and the universities, as well as donation of important instrumentation and equipment for advanced scientific research in various fields of technology, both to the Institutes of the Academy and universities. Most recently ARPA is proposing to establish the first scientific clean room in the Physics Inst and Quantum/Nanotechnology Center in Armenia.