General Country Information
Capital: Yerevan
Population: 2,966,802 (July 2010)
Form of Government: Presidential Republic
Telephone and Internet Communications in real numbers
Telephone - main lines: 650,000 (2008)
Telephone - mobile: 2.336 million (2008)
Internet hosts: 36,354 (2009)
Internet users: 191,000 (2008)
Country Ranking
DOI* 2005/2006: 0.33
World Rank 2005/2006: 117
*The Digital Opportunity Index (DOI) evaluates the opportunity, infrastructure and utilization of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) worldwide and was created by the Korea Agency for Digital Opportunity and Promotion (KADO) and the International Telecommunication Union (ITU). The DOI is based on a scale of 0-1, where 1 is ideal, and the World Rank is taken into consideration out of 181 countries, based on the DOI.
National Disability Action Plan
National Strategy for Social Protection of Persons with Disabilities (2006–2015)
http://bit.ly/GGFzSd
Disability Organizations and Contact Information:
Armenian Association for the Disabled (PYUNIC)
P.O. Box 59
16 Tsitsernakaberd Road
Yerevan 375059
Armenia
http://www.pyunic.org
Email: pyunic@arminco.com
Tel: +374-10-565607
Fax: +374-10-560817
Armenian Association of the Blind
18 Isahakyan Street
Yerevan 375025
Armenia
http://www.mdsupport.org/resources/agencies_international.html
Email: armblind2000@yahoo.com
Tel: +374-1-560-521 / +374-1-560-572
Fax: +374-1-582-266
Armenian Deaf Association
Vahram Papazian 23
Yerevan 375012
Armenia
Email: marmdeafas@yahoo.com
Tel: +374-1-22-0457 TTY: +374-2-262-720
Fax: +374-1-22-0450
Bridge of Hope NGO
Koriuni 19a, 0009
Yerevan
Armenia
http://www.bridgeofhope.am/system/index.htm
Email: bridge@arminco.com
Tel: +374-10-56-0143 / +374-10-56-0143
Full Life
Garegin Njdeh 17/23a
Stepanavan, Armenia
http://www.fulllife.am
Email: office@fulllife.am
Tel: +374-60272777
Fax: +374-25623023
Kamk ev Korov NGO of Young Disabled
Komitas 19, Apt. 41
Yerevan 375012
Armenia
Email: mkamkorov@netsys.a
Tel: +374-10-53-8541 / +374-10-53-8541
Meghvik NGO
52 Building, Nizamu Street
Noravan, Gyumri
Shirak Marz
Armenia
Email: meghvik@web.am
Tel: +374-312-44327
Unison NGO for Support of People with Special Needs
Contact Person: Rasmila Alaverdyan
http://www.unison.am
Email: unison@unison.am
Tel: +374-10-522170