Grigor Yeritsyan

President, Armenian Progressive Youth NGO

Armenia

Grigor Yeritsyan is a Co-Founder and President of the Armenian Progressive Youth NGO, founded in 2009. Mr. Yeritsyan has been working for the civil society development in Armenia since 2007. His main areas of expertise are in the fields of democratic education, education for sustainable development, gender equality and education for active citizenship. Additionally, he is One Young World Ambassador, a coordinator of the “People to People Contacts” working group of the Armenian National Platform of the Eastern Partnership Civil Society Forum and a coordinator of the Youth Sub-Group at the Eastern Partnership Civil Society Forum. In the aftermath of the successful Velvet Revolution in Armenia in 2018, Mr. Yeritsyan was elected a member of the City Council of Yerevan to the "My Step" faction and is involved in the Committee of Education, Culture, Social Affairs and Youth.