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Curriculum Vitae

 

Personal Data

First Name:

Arman


Last Name:

Manukyan

Birth Date:

May 23, 1975

Nationality:

Armenian

Marital Status:

Married, 3 children

Address:

25 Ordjonikidze st., Apt. 36, Echmiadzin, Armenia, 1101

Phone:

(+374) 93 315680

E-mail:

arman.manukyan(at)gmail.com


Education

2004 - present

Central European University (CEU), Budapest, Hungary
PhD candidate in Environmental Sciences and Policy

2003 - 2004

Central European University (CEU), Budapest, Hungary
MA degree in Environmental Sciences and Policy
(Degree is accredited by Manchester University, UK)

1992 - 1997

State Institute of Public Economy, Yerevan, Armenia
Bachelor’s degree in Mathematical Methods and Models in Economy


Work experiences

April 2010  - present,
State Agricultural University of Armenia,
Department of Information Technologies
Yerevan, Armenia

Head of the Department
Worked on improvement of Information Management issues inside the University and Knowledge and Information exchange in general.

April 2009  - present,
FAO UN,
Regional Office for Central and Europe,
Yerevan, Armenia

Consultant
Working as a national expert in the project "Establishment of a virtual extension and research information and communication network"
 

January 2006 – June 2010

PROGIS Software AG,

Villach, Austria

Marketing Director

Found new markets and partners in different countries, made presentations, carried out negotiations and signed cooperation agreements.

September  - November 2006,
FAO UN,
Regional Office for Central and Europe,
Vilnius, Lithuania

Consultant
Worked on Information and Communication Strategy for Organic Agriculture in Lithuania.
 

March  - June 2006,
FAO UN,
Regional Office for Central and Europe,
Kiev, Ukraine

Consultant
Worked on Information and Communication Strategy for Agricultural Sector of Ukraine.

February - September 2005,
FAO UN,
Sub regional Office for Central and Eastern Europe,
Budapest, Hungary

Consultant
Worked on the development of principles and standards for building specialized networks or so called "Communities" in the structure of the AgroWeb Network.

December 2004 - January 2005,
FAO UN,
Sub regional Office for Central and Eastern Europe,
Budapest, Hungary

Consultant
Trained the office staff interested in basic web page design and provided the analysis of FAO SEUR current web pages.

August - December 2004,
FAO UN,
Yerevan, Armenia

Consultant
Established Animal Genetic Resources (AnGR) Network in AgroWeb structure for CEE countries.

September 2002 – July 2004,
"Agro Web Caucasus" NGO,
Yerevan, Armenia

Director

November 2003,
World Bank, FAO and DFID joint mission,
Yerevan, Armenia

Short term consultant
Participated in the development of the strategy and the preparation of the agenda of the mission. Organized meetings and provided translations when needed.

September 2003 – May 2004,
Global Forum on Agricultural Research,
Rome, Italy

Consultant.
Organized pre-workshop preparations, proposed list of participants, co-chaired during working sessions, prepared final documents and reports, as well as the strategic document on development of Regional Agricultural Information System (RAIS) for the Central Asia and Caucasus (CAC) region.

November- December 2002,
FAO UN,
Sub-regional Office for Central and Eastern Europe,
Budapest, Hungary

Visiting Expert
Developed and new standards for AgroWeb portals implemented in 25 CEE and FSU countries, including closer collaborations of CSOs and NGOs with International Organizations.

 

Language skills

Armenian - native 
English, Russian - fluent

 

Interests

Bible, Chess, Farming