<p><span style="font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); line-height: 18px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; ">In a report entitled&nbsp;</span><a href="http://www.nuim.ie/nirsa/diaspora/PDFs/Armenia%20report%202011.pdf" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204); font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); line-height: 18px; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; " target="_blank">Diaspora Strategies in Transition States: Prospects and Opportunities for Armenia</a><span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">,&nbsp;</span><span style="font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); line-height: 18px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; ">presented to the Armenian government in 2011, professors Rob Kitchin and Mark Boyle of the National University of Ireland listed the following as Priority No. 1 for Armenia in its efforts to enhance cooperation with the Diaspora</span><span style="font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); line-height: 18px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; ">: &quot;Armenia needs to continue to work collaboratively with the diaspora so to harness to the resources, energy and self-organizing capacities of the diaspora. Its new and strong institutions capacities notwithstanding, it must work find a way to bring its new diaspora planning infrastructure into partnership with the diaspora.&nbsp;<b>Policy Forum Armenia (PFA)</b>&nbsp;which has hosted two conferences thus far in Yerevan (2009) and Washington (2010) provides an important vehicle for dialogue&quot; (see page 34 of the attached report).</span></p>