<p>&nbsp;</p><p>In a report entitled&nbsp;<strong><a href="http://www.nuim.ie/nirsa/diaspora/PDFs/Armenia%20report%202011.pdf" target="_blank">Diaspora Strategies in Transition States: Prospects and Opportunities for Armenia</a></strong>,&nbsp;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: &quot;<em>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;<strong>Policy Forum Armenia (PFA)</strong>&nbsp;which has hosted two conferences thus far in Yerevan (2009) and Washington (2010) provides an important vehicle for dialogue</em>&quot; (p. 34).</p>