Migration Observatory

Aghababyan

2018-12-12T00:00:00+01:00

Head of Asylum Issues Division of Migration Service of Armenia. 20-year work experience in the fields of migration and asylum. 10-year experience of Lecturer of International Law.

Graduate of Law Faculty at the Hrachia Acharyan University of Yerevan (1997); Migration Management Diploma, Maastricht University/United Nations University (2014); Acting Associate Professor at his alma mater; 33 publications on human rights, migration and asylum issues.

Bobrova

2018-12-12T00:00:00+01:00

Head of Department of Human development and demography, Institute of Economics, National Academy of Sciences, Minsk; Researcher in the field of practical and theoretical demography, migration process, social economic research, social and labour policy, including youth; Candidate of Economic Sciences (Demography).

Bolits

2022-03-18T00:00:00+01:00

Georg Bolits is a policy advisor and capacity building expert in the areas of employment, labour migration, skills development and reintegration. As a co-founder of Siloe Labour Solutions, he advises international organizations and governments on migration, labour and skills policies, development strategies and employment programmes as well as regulatory reforms in different industries and sectors. Most recently, Georg provided technical advice on labour migration and inclusive skills development policies in Ethiopia, Albania, Afghanistan, Pakistan and South Sudan. Before working as an international consultant on labour and mobility issues, Georg worked as a technology consultant in Belgium, where he managed market analyses and feasibility studies in the domains of disruptive technologies for the European Commission and EU industry associations. He holds two distinctions in postgraduate degrees from UCL London and from Corvinus University Budapest in economics and political science.

Chobanyan

2018-12-12T00:00:00+01:00

Head of External Relations Division since 2010. Actively involved in different projects with various leading international stakeholders, including GTZ, OSCE, EUI and ICMPD. Research interests: return migration and reintagration, labour migration, migration policy, Diaspora and refugee studies, etc. Author of a number of research articles, policy papers, analytical materials.

Graduate of the Yerevan State Pedagogical University, Department of History; PhD candidate at the Faculty of Sociology of the Yerevan State University of Armenia. She has been working for the Migration Service of Armenia since 2000.

Drangovski

2018-12-12T00:00:00+01:00

President, Macedonian Young Lawyers Association (MYLA). Project coordinator, USAID Refugee and Migrants human rights protection project (till 2017). Field and logistic coordinator, “Rapid Emergency Teams for supporting migrants in the Southern Europe and Western Balkans Region” OXFAM project (till 2016). Asylum and mixed migration lawyer, “Legal aid and representation for asylum seekers in North Republic of Macedonia” UNHCR Skopje, project implemented by MYLA. Master studies of Political Science, University American College, Skopje; Bachelor of Law, University Ss. Cyril and Methodius, Skopje.