Did you know that – according to the 2019 Armenian Diaspora Survey – 39% of Diaspora Armenians had never visited the Republic of Armenia or Artsakh?

This year, Armenians living in the United Kingdom, Belgium, Paris and Rostov-on-Don are encouraged to take the anonymous survey which enables the diaspora and its beliefs to be recorded and studied.

ADS started with a pilot study in 2018 in four communities: Boston, Cairo, Marseille and Pasadena. Following the successful pilot, in 2019 four more communities were surveyed: Argentina, Lebanon, Canada (Montreal) and Romania. The communities in the current survey were to be studied in 2020, but the fieldwork was postponed due to the pandemic and the second Artsakh war last year. In the Fall of this year, plans are underway to survey communities in North America. This would complete the three-year cycle of the project.

The Diaspora survey is now live for the Armenian communities in Britain (especially London, Manchester, Birmingham), Paris and its environs, Belgium (especially Brussels and Antwerp) and Rostov-on-Don, Russia.

The results of the 2018 and 2019 studies have been published separately. In addition to English, the 2019 study is also available in Armenian and Spanish. All of the reports could be downloaded for free from ADS website: www.armeniandiasporasurvey.com.

ADS2021 is your chance to share your views in the community, which are are important for our Diaspora!