The future of Nagorno-Karabakh (NK) stands out as primary both on the political agenda of the Republic of Armenia (RA) and in the dreams and concerns of every Armenian. We often try to provide assistance believing that this or that issue is important. We also think that in future our assistance, investment and our money will be a sufficient lever by themselves for achieving our aspirations.

Issues regarding the civil society institutions in Nagorno Karabakh are not surfaced often, probably because those are closely associated with security issues. It seems that whenever any issue is silenced, there is no need to deal with that issue at all. This results in unawareness and indefiniteness, a situation which in turn becomes a tangible challenge to the security of the country. It is difficult to imagine the further development of the Nagorno Karabakh Republic without overcoming the mentioned challenge.

It is not a secret that for a number of different reasons  some Armenian families would prefer their children to be educated in a foreign  language. Since for over a decade the Armenian compulsory education system has  been failing to provide quality general education and to ensure sufficient  knowledge of foreign languages, such families prefer to educate their children  in schools abroad, where they are not only educated in a foreign language, but  are also brought up in a foreign language environment.

Political intolerance in the South Caucasus continues to  restrict the integration process of the region, significantly impeding the  economic development of the regional countries, whereas established trade  relations could have seriously promoted the process of conflict resolution and  stability in the region.

In the  South Caucasus the roadmap for the process of European integration is defined  by the European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP) and the Eastern Partnership. While  civil society institutions in Armenia and Azerbaijan are fully involved in all  the formats through which European integration is carried out, the Republic of  Nagorno Karabakh (NKR) has been left out of almost all them, and this seriously  impedes the resolution of the conflict.