Environmental business ideas competition

“Dilijan Youth Cooperation Center” NGO has announced a competition of ideas on the environmental theme among families for the Yenokavan and Sevkar communities within the framework of the “Support for the Creation of Ecological Corridors” program in Armenia.

Ideas should be about how to improve the living conditions of rural families in a sustainable way without harming the environment.

Three main competition places are defined:

1․՝200,000 AMD

2․ 150,000 AMD

3․ 100,000  AMD

Applications must be submitted online or in paper (print) form.

Application

The application should be sent to ararat.alikhanyan@yccd.am. 

The printed (paper) versions need to be completed (handwritten) and submitted to the municipality in a closed envelope, indicating the applicant’s name and contact information.

The deadline: June 15

For more details you can contact Ararat Alikanyan 091727941,093316748; email: ararat.alikhanyan@yccd.am

This competition is carried out by the “World Wide Fund for Nature” Armenian office within the framework of the “Implementation of a participatory financial approach for socio-economic development in Armenia” component of the “Promotion of Ecocorridors in the South Caucasus – II” program. The project is implemented in Tavush region with the partnership of “Dilijan Youth Cooperation Center” NGO.




Memorial day of RA National Hero Colonel Tatul Ghazaryan and Lieutenant Colonel Armen Ohanyan in Ijevan community

October 19 is the day of commemoration of the National Hero of the Republic of Armenia, Colonel Tatul Ghazaryan, and Lieutenant Colonel Armen Ohanyan. Yesterday, on the day of their immortality, family members, high-ranking officers, regional and local authorities, clergy, and fellow soldiers paid their respect to the graves of the fallen commanders.

57 heroes from the Military Unit of Ijevan  died during the 44-day Artsakh war.

Eternal glory to them






Tavush Sketches: Sevkar from the height of the bird’s flight

This time our camera tells about Sevkar. The history of the village is full of many heroic episodes since the period of Arab rule. Sevkar is also the homeland of Sevkaretsi Saqo, a figure of the Armenian national liberation movement.

Author of series: Artyom Dalyan
Music: Vishup Ensemble – Anush Ghayda






The Heroes. Artur Hovsepyan

The Army and Homeland were in the first place for Artur. The hero of our today’s “The Heroes” program is Lieutenant colonel Artur Hovsepyan.

Artur Hovsepyan was born in 1987 in Sevqar, Tavush region. He studied at Sevqar Secondary School, and then, in 2004, he got admitted to Vazgen Sargsyan Military University. In 2008 he graduated from the university with excellence as an artilleryman. After graduation, he held various positions in a number of military units.

 

 

IIn September 2018, the Ijevan anti-tank N military unit was formed, and Artur Hovsepyan was appointed its first commander. The process of establishing the newly created military unit was completely organized by Lieutenant Colonel Hovsepyan, who was able to turn it into a combat-ready military unit in a short period of time. During his service, he was awarded many medals and certificates.

Lieutenant Colonel left for Artsakh on September 30, 2020. He died on October 13, 2020, in Mataghis.

 




“Next to Sevqaretsi Saqo” a monument dedicated to those who fell during the 44-day Artsakh war was unveiled in the frontier Sevqar

On January 28, the opening ceremony of the memorial dedicated to the victims of the 44-day Artsakh war took place in frontier Sevqar.

The monument consists of three parts:  the bust of the RA national hero, colonel Tatul Ghazaryan, Lieutenant colonel Arthur Hovsepyan and between them the memorial plaque commemorating the other victims of Sevqar.

A number of military and civilian officials were present at the opening ceremony of the monument. The commander of the 3rd Army Corps Alexander Tsakanyan was also present, who emphasized in his speech: “The heroic deeds of Colonel Tatul Ghazaryan, Lieutenant colonel Arthur Hovsepyan and the impossible of our heroic boys like them will be remembered for a long time and will teach and educate our generations. Our future soldiers will be educated by their example. They consciously went to the war, definitely knowing that they might not return. They lived devoting their whole conscious life to the homeland; contributed in the establishment and glorification of the army and immortalized by the death of the hero, their death also serving for the Homeland.”

The monument was built on the initiative of Tatul Teloyan, the administrative head of Sevqar. According to him, the day of the opening of the 30th anniversary of the Armenian Army was not chosen by chance; “Today we organized this ceremony to perpetuate the name and memory of our heroes, to pass it on to our next generation to know that there were such commanders, such soldiers, who fought heroically in the 44-day war and kept the borders of our country inviolable. Unfortunately, today they are not with us, we have to keep forever the name and honor of our heroes, who got their place next to General Varshamov and Sevqaretsi Saqo.”

The opening of the monument was made by priestly consecration, the relatives of the victims were honored to open the monument, after which those present laid flowers at the memory of the heroes.

According to Aram Hovsepyan, Lieutenant Colonel Arthur Hovsepyan’s brother, Army Day has always been a celebration in their family, it is a holiday now, too. According to him, this is “a monument to remind that we need to learn lessons in building our future.”

The people of Sevqar, killed in the 44-day Artsakh war are RA national Hero Colonel Tatul Ghazaryan, Lieutenant Colonel Arthur Hovsepyan, Samvel Sahakyan, and Artak Khemchyan. Eternal glory to the memory of the immortals of the Homeland.