CAMBRIDGE, MA — Joseph S. Nye, dean of Harvard’s Kennedy School of
Government, announced today the creation of a program to educate new leaders
for the free and prosperous development of Armenia and the good of her
citizens and countrymen around the world. The Manoukian Public Service
Program for Armenia is supported by a gift from the Manoukian Foundation in
London and will provide funds for three areas of collaboration:
* A degree program titled “Manoukian Public Service Fellowship;”
* An executive program titled “Manoukian Executive Education for Armenia;”
* A partnership between the Manoukian Foundation and the Kennedy School.
“As Armenia emerges from the Soviet era and works to build a democratic and
free market infrastructure, the training and support networks of those who
will lead the new society will be tremendously important,” said Nye. “We are
grateful to the generosity and vision of Mr. Vatche Manoukian and Dr. Armen
Sarkissian whose passionate commitment to education and to their homeland
has led to this important new program. It will bring to the Kennedy School
talented young people who will lead Armenia in the future, and current
leaders who can reap immediate benefits for Armenia through their
participation in our Executive Education Programs.”
The Manoukian Public Service Fellowship has been designed to help build
leadership capacity for promising civil servants, government leaders, and/or
nonprofit and NGO practitioners to help build a free and democratic society
through advanced training and study at the Kennedy School. The fellowship
will provide full tuition and cover fees, living expenses, and travel for a
student to participate in either the one-year mid-career Master in Public
Administration (MPA) program or the two-year Master in Public Policy (MPP)
or Master of Public Administration/International Development (MPA/ID)
programs. It will be available to current civil servants, government
officials, nonprofit practitioners, or non-governmental organization leaders
in Armenia, individuals of Armenian descent, or Armenian citizens of the
world who early in their careers show promise for such leadership.
The Manoukian Executive Education for Armenia program will provide executive
training to current Armenian officials charged with the daunting task of
leading Armenia in the new era. In addition to funding participation by
Armenians in regularly scheduled executive programs such as Leaders in
Development; Managing Political and Economic Reform; The Practice of Trade:
Economics, Negotiations and Rules; Global Financial Systems; and
Infrastructure in a Market Economy, the Manoukian Foundation will also
sponsor a special program in Cambridge, designed in consultation with the
Manoukian Foundation and the EURASIA Centre at the University of Cambridge.
Curriculum for this session will include both substantive and skill building
topics. “Armenia’s place in the world, as well as domestic concerns, will be
of highest relevance to the design of the curriculum,” stated Peter
Zimmerman, senior associate dean for Executive Education.
“The Kennedy School of Government’s mission is to train world leaders and to
contribute to the solution of global public policy challenges. We are
honored to have begun this partnership and look forward to working together
to employ educational resources and international bridge building to help
the Armenian people into a new era of independence, freedom and prosperity,”
observed Nye.
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