Thursday, December 19 2019 15:05

ArmInfo. Armenian PR Association in cooperation with Beeline Armenia has held IV Armenian PR Awards, bestowed on PR and communications experts, authors of the  year's best programs and ideas.

"This isn't the first time we actively participate in organization of  the ceremony. Year by year, we see the PR sector grow. The jury's job  gets progressively more difficult, because more and more great  projects are implemented every year," said Beeline Armenia CEO Andrey  Pyatakhin.

According to the report, the Armenian PR Association conducted a  study in three stages. During the first stage, 1015 experts were  delivered questionnaires, of which 890 took part in the survey. At  the second stage, media monitoring was carried out, including  automated. At the third stage, 32 focus groups were formed, in each  of which 11 people were involved. A total of 352 people participated  in focus group discussions during the year. Specialists have  summarized and analyzed the collected information by qualitative and  quantitative research methods.

In December, the top three were formed in accordance with the  nominations, which were sent to the professional commission of  PR-awarding, consisting of both local and international specialists  in the field.  President  of the professional committee was Vazrik  Bazil, a German communications expert, the members of the  professional committee were Naira Nazaryan (head of the Beeline  Public Relations Department in Armenia), Hrachuhi-Mary Boghosian  (professor at the University of California, Los Angeles), Miro  Khanzadian (American-Armenian PR specialist, founder of GlobalHye &  Associates), Astghik Avetisyan (candidate of philological sciences,  associate professor, president of the PR-Association of Armenia),  etc.

The categories and winners of the ceremony are as follows: Cultural  PR-Golden Apricot International Film Festival, Digital PR- Minecraft  initiative, Foreign Ministry of Armenia, Image PR-2019 CONIFA  European Football Cup, hosted by Artsakh (helped build positive image  of Artsakh in search systems), PR Initiative- The park dedicated to  the 2800th anniversary of Yerevan (Vardanyan Family Charitable  Foundation) "Enough" campaign against gender-based abortions (Doping,  advertising company), Mass Media -Public Radio ("Komitas 150  years/minutes" project), Diaspora Media- "Paikar" weekly (USA,  Lebanon),Corporate PR- Yeremyan Projects, PR Event-World Congress on  Information Technology (WCIT) 2019, Politician- Bako Sahakyan  (President of Artsakh Republic), Naira Zohrabyan (Armenian MP,  Prosperous Armenia party),Public Figure-Larisa Alaverdyan (Human  Rights Defender of Armenia in 2004- 2006, CEO of Foundation Against  the Violation of Law (FAVL) NGO),State Institution- Health Ministry  of Armenia, Spokesperson-Anna Naghdalyan (Foreign Ministry of  Armenia), PR Technology-Ararat Challenge (Aurora Humanitarian  Initiative), Woman of the Year-Nouneh Sarkissian, spouse of Armenian  President, Armenian Brand- Charles Aznavour, Friend of  Armenia-Ambassador of Japan to Armenia Jun Yamada To recall, VEON  Armenia CJSC is now VEON Armenia Holdings B.V. (Beeline trademark) is  part of the VEON group of companies, which is one of the world's  largest integrated telecom operators. The group includes  communications companies providing voice and data services based on a  wide range of wireless and fixed-line technologies, as well as  broadband Internet access for subscribers in Russia, Italy, Ukraine,  Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Armenia, Georgia, Kyrgyzstan,  Laos , Algeria, Bangladesh and Pakistan. The companies of the group  provide services under the Beeline, Kyivstar, Wind, Mobilink,  Banglalink and Djezzy brands.