On 16 January, Serzh Sargsyan signed a decree according to which Vache Kalashyan was appointed the member of the Civil Service Council for the term of six years. Here is Vache Kalashyan’s biography.
Education
1983 – 1990: Faculty of Radiophysics, YSU (Diploma with Honours)
1990 – 1993: Five year Diploma with honorurs Graduated from Aspirantura of YSU
1996 – 1998: school (Academy) of Public Administration of RA
17.02.2012: Phd Public Administration
Academic Decree
2012- Candidate of Political Sciences
2014- YSU Professor
Military Service
1984-1986 Compulsory military service in the USSR Armed Forces (Air Force)
Professional experience
2012 – 2013: Country coordinator of GIZ network of Universities
2010 – 2011: Board of Eastern Partnership Civil Society Forum Armenian National Platform
2010 to present: YSU Public Administration Matter of government effectiveness
2009 – 2010: Ethic commission in the Ministry of labour and Social Issues. Member
2008 to present: Assistant at YSU Chair of Public Administration
2008 to present: The Public Council Legal Committee of RA, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Labor and Public Service
1999 – 2008: Public Sector Reform Commission of RA, Member
1994 – 1998: Ministry of Interior of RA, Deputy head of Department
1993 – 1999: Physics Research Institute NA of RA, Senior Researcher
1997 to present: President of the Union of Armenian Government Employees (UAGE)(NGO)
Academic courses
Government effectiveness
Basics of civil service
Integrity in public administration system
Scale of professional interests
Public administration, government-governance, participatory processes, integration processes, civil society
Participation in grant projects
2013 – 2014: ToT in Leadership and Change Management YSU- Tempus (LA MANCHE) “ Leading and Managing Change in Higher Education” held in Braganca
2014: YSU-TEMPUS (PACT)/ 544047- TEMPUS – 1-2013-1 GE- TEMPUS- JPGR/
2014: YSU- ASCN “Social contents of changing housing landscapes of the capital metropolises of Armenia and Georgia: Institutions, stakeholders, policies”
2010: YSU-UAGE- CSC RA – OSCE Integrity training of Civil Servants Director of the project
2009 – 2010: EU commission in RA Yerevan Training of public officials in local authorities on Integrity based approaches Sub director of the project
2008 – 2009: UK Embassy in Yerevan Establishment of Ethics Committees in the Civil Service system of RA, Director of the project
2008 – 2009: OSCE Improving the Civil Service Recruitment and Attestation Processes, Director of the project
2007 – 2008: The Eurasia Foundation “Promotion of civil society monitoring missions in the civil service system as an anticorruption activity – extension”, Director of the project
Languages
Armenian, Russian and English
Professional membership
President of the Union of Armenian Government Employees (UAGE) NGO
Deputy Chairman of Cultural association “Crusader”
Marital Status
Married: Has three children
