Armenia Risks Forum

The Global Risks Forum – National Engagement Series: Armenia is a hybrid national initiative organized by NWG Armenia, an independent, multidisciplinary coalition of researchers, youth leaders, technologists, and policy practitioners. Free from governmental or political affiliation, NWG Armenia creates a neutral space for evidence-informed dialogue and innovation in the areas of disaster risk reduction (DRR), disaster risk finance (DRF), and disaster risk intelligence (DRI), tailored to Armenia’s unique geopolitical, environmental, and developmental context.

As part of the broader framework of the Global Risks Alliance (GRA) and the Global Risks Forum (GRF), this series enhances local-global cooperation on complex and systemic risks. Through its alignment with the quintuple helix model—government (as stakeholder), academia, civil society, the private sector, and international partners—the Forum supports cross-sector co-creation and long-term resilience strategy development.

Strategic Purpose

The Armenia edition is designed to:

• Support Armenia’s capacity for multi-hazard risk assessment, forecasting, and mitigation;
• Explore the intersection of conflict risk, climate resilience, and sustainable development;
• Strengthen institutional coordination and anticipatory finance for disaster response;
• Connect local knowledge and diaspora expertise to transdisciplinary innovation in risk governance.

The Forum emphasizes action-oriented outcomes, including co-developed response frameworks, data-driven contingency planning, and ethical technology deployment to advance resilience in Armenia’s urban, rural, and borderland regions.

Governance and Participation

All NWG Armenia activities are independently governed, adhering to the strategic guidelines of GRA and GRF while remaining free from influence by any government or political entity. This ensures that all deliberations, partnerships, and policy innovations remain impartial, inclusive, and anchored in scientific integrity and systems thinking.

Participation is open to professionals and institutions across sectors: from environmental scientists and civil engineers to Indigenous knowledge holders, youth innovators, and regional development agencies. The series is built to enable horizontal learning, cross-sector foresight, and collaborative systems design rooted in Armenia’s realities and aspirations.

Join the Movement

We invite thought leaders, technologists, policymakers, diaspora innovators, and community-based actors to engage in the Global Risks Forum – Armenia Series as speakers, contributors, and partners. This platform offers a timely opportunity to co-create solutions for seismic resilience, ecological security, and risk-informed development—connecting Armenia’s strengths to a global alliance committed to building a safer, more just future.