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On January 17, 2009, Spanish Armenians and their supporters from across Europe attended an AGBU-ACAB (Armenian Cultural Association of Barcelona) partnership event in Barcelona, Spain. The launch event marked the expansion of the world's largest Armenian nonprofit organization into one of the largest countries in the European Union.
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AGBU Europe Partners With Spanish Armenian Organization
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3/2/2009 |
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AGBU Press Office |
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press@agbu.org |
On January 17, 2009, Spanish Armenians and their supporters from across Europe, 150 people in total, attended an AGBU-ACAB (Armenian Cultural Association of Barcelona) partnership event followed by a gala dinner on the magnificent premises of NH Podium Hotel in downtown Barcelona.
The evening featured the presentation of AGBU and ACAB goals, activities and projects, as well as an Armenian music concert and an Armenian cuisine tasting. ACAB had also organized an exhibition of photographs depicting their activities, in addition to paintings and handcrafts from the local ACAB-organized Armenian Saturday School.
The launch event formally marked the expansion of the world's largest Armenian nonprofit organization into one of the major countries of the European Union, as well as the continuation of the partnership between AGBU and ACAB.
For the last two years, AGBU and ACAB have been developing a mutually beneficial relationship that began in April 2006 during the first AGBU Project Exchange & Development Seminar (PEDS) in Brussels, Belgium.
ACAB, with AGBU's support, runs an Armenian Saturday School for Spanish Armenian youth and has organized various activities in Barcelona, which contribute to the preservation of the Armenian identity and culture.
Alexis Govciyan, AGBU Europe chairman, explains the goal of AGBU's Spanish partnership: "AGBU is extending its activities to Spain, because the presence of global Armenian organizations seem necessary in a country with a newly established Armenian community. Moreover, Spain plays an important political role in the European Union."
Gor Abgaryan, ACAB chairman, also applauded his organization's evolving relationship with AGBU: "The presence of the AGBU Europe in Barcelona opens new perspectives for the friendship between Catalans/Spaniards and Armenians, as well as for the future of the Armenian community in Catalonia and Spain."
AGBU Central Board established AGBU Europe on January 1, 2008 to coordinate and develop pan-European activities. AGBU Europe promotes important initiatives in areas as diverse as academic research, conservation and promotion of heritage, culture, education, including Armenian language teaching and European policies, as well as training of future community leaders, providing children's and youth programs.
Established in 1906, AGBU (www.agbu.org) is the world's largest non-profit Armenian organization. Headquartered in New York City, AGBU preserves and promotes the Armenian identity and heritage through educational, cultural and humanitarian programs, annually serving some 400,000 Armenians on five continents.
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