Project Review - Ruben Vardanyan

Project Review
Phase One
UWC Dilijan College
opened September 2014
Dear Friends,
This very year has been the most important and muchanticipated one in the history of the new international school in Armenia since the project was started in 2006. The Dream
has come true – UWC Dilijan College has opened its doors for the first students in September 2014. The school has seen
tremendous activity in preparation for the opening. It has been a most exciting period for us, witnessing the fruits of almost
ten years’ work.
The highlights of 2013/14 include:
• The school has become a full member of the United World Colleges network and has been accredited to deliver IB
Diploma Programme.
• An engaged teaching and support staff from 11 countries was selected by John Puddefoot, the Founding Head of UWC
Dilijan.
• Admission of students to UWC Dilijan was conducted, in accordance with UWC procedures, through national
committees. 96 students from 50 countries have been accepted to the school based on their merits.
• The Board of Governors and the Board of Trustees put in place all the necessary mechanisms for the school to operate
according to the international best practices.
• The Great Steward of Scotland’s Dumfries House Trust chaired by HRH The Prince of Wales and Scholae Mundi, a
UK-based charity supporting UWC Dilijan and other educational projects, have established a partnership. About 50
students from UWC Dilijan each calendar year for 10 years will participate in special educational courses offered by
Dumfries House. One of the wings of Dumfries House, which was restored with support from Scholae Mundi, was
given the name “Dilijan” to symbolise the partnership and its rooms will be used by UWC Dilijan students when they
visit.
• First phase of the school construction has been completed with the generous support of the Founding Patrons of the
school.
• With the support of an international group of donors we secured US$ 4.75 million for two-year scholarships for
students and for operating expenses.
• The President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan awarded Order of Honor to Gagik Adibekyan for the implementation of
charity programmes in Armenia and for his considerable contribution to the construction of UWC Dilijan College.
We would like to express our sincere gratitude to everyone who helped us make the Dream of the first international
school in Armenia a reality.
Builders, engineers, architects, designers and many other people were working very hard to see the project through. We
hope that you will be very pleased with the quality of staff and students who were selected under the leadership of John
Puddefoot. We have every confidence that John will make the school a jewel in the UWC network and one of the best
international schools in the world.
Our most heartfelt thanks are to those who put their trust in us and joined us by contributing to the project generously.
We hope that this is the beginning of your lifelong relationship with UWC Dilijan.
Warm regards,
Veronika Zonabend and Ruben Vardanyan
On behalf of the Board of Governors and the Board of Trustees of UWC Dilijan College
UWC DILIJAN IS AN INDEPENDENT NOT-FORPROFIT INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL BELONGING TO
CHARITABLE TRUSTS REGISTERED IN ARMENIA AND
THE UNITED KINGDOM SOLELY FOR EDUCATIONAL
PURPOSES AND OVERSEEN BY ALL-VOLUNTEER
BOARDS. PLEASE VISIT WWW.UWCDILIJAN.ORG FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION.
In Armenia
In UK
In Russia
+37460700800
7 Getapnya St., 3903, Dilijan,
Armenia
+442075931953
One Valentine Place
London, SE1 8QH, UK
+74959516486
10, Building 3,
1st Kadashevski per.,
Moscow, 115035, Russia
A group of supporters of the UWC Dilijan - Dumfries House educational
partnership in Dumfries House with HRH The Prince of Wales on 2 May 2014.
26 international students from 15 countries and 20
local children ages 15-17 took part in UWC Short Course
in Dilijan in July 2014 and had a chance to learn about
Armenian culture and people.
Armenian students who were accepted to UWC and
their families joined supporters and friends at a special
celebration on 1 June 2014 to mark International
Children’s Day.
In July 2014 the first board meeting of the Board of
Governors and the Board of Trustees took place at UWC
Dilijan as the school construction was coming to an end.
They were able to see tremendous scope of the site and
cutting-edge design.
96 students from 50 countries arrived in August 2014 to
start their studies at UWC Dilijan.
Ronald and Helen Freeman generously provided support
for scholarships for 10 students.
School Founders - Ruben Vardanyan, Veronika Zonabend,
Gagik Adibekyan and Vladimir Avetissian on a visit to UWC
Dilijan prior to its opening to see their Dream come true.
WE THANK YOU
FOR SUPPORTING
UWC DILIJAN
FOUNDERS
Ruben Vardanyan
Veronika Zonabend
FOUNDING PATRONS
Gagik Adibekyan
Noubar & Anna
Afeyan
Vladimir & Anna Avetissian
Oleg Mkrtchan
Anonymous
Anonymous
Anonymous
Anonymous
PATRONS
Andrey Datsenko
Andrey Donskikh
Hakob Hakobyan
Sergey & Alfia Kogogin
Ziyavudin & Olga Magomedov
Eduard Sarkisov
Oleg Zhukov
Anonymous
Anonymous
Anonymous
Anonymous
DISTINGUISHED
SUPPORTERS
Levon & Ana Afeyan
Ameria Group
ARDSHININVESTBANK
Anushavan Arzumanyan
Sergey Azatyan
Oleg Bakhmatyuk
Ilya Baybus
Alexandr Bazarov
Kairat & Sholpan Boranbayev
BOSCO
Anatoly Chubais & Avdotia
Smirnova
DAR Foundation
Evgeny Demin & Elena Belous
Jacques Der Megreditchian
EY
Raffi & Nina Festekjian
Foundation
Tim Flynn Architects
Football Federation of
Armenia
Ronald & Helen Freeman
Igor & Larisa Fuksman
Vitaly Grigoryants
Kirill Gromov
Pierre & Anne-Sophie
Gurdjian
Ruben Harutyunyan & Anahit
Antonyan
Ruben Hayrapetyan
Arman Jilavian
KAMAZ Crane Centre
Suleyman Kerimov
Financial Report (2007 – 2014)
EXPENDITURE ITEMS PAID
Total ($)
LAND
5,678,255
ARCHITECTURAL AND ENGINEERING DESIGN
6,614,048
CONSTRUCTION
114 767 695
2,696,965
1st Phase Preparatory works
23,074,190
Main School Building
11,938,632
Sports Gym Swimming Pool
2,875,256
Premises under sport fields
3,631,115
Multifunctional Center
2,377,086
Technical Building
1,031,839
Garage
810,731
Medical Center
20,823,609
Boarding House 4,5
1,133,168
Building #37
1,191,782
Preparatory works (RD)
4,942,203
External Networks
6,430,846
Landscaping
6,810,273
Furniture
Remaining investments for the
25,000,000
construction first phase
1,585,552
INFRASTRUCTURE
ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES
6,695,050
TOTAL*
* investments made up to 31.08.14
Mark Kurtser
LORE Foundation
Alexander Margulis
Andrew Mkrtchyan
Gor Nakhapetyan
Konstantin Nikolaev
Michael & Marianne
Obermayer
Mikhail Pogosyan
Roman Popov
Rostelecom
Sergey Sarkisov & Rusudan
Makhashvili
Armen Sarkissian
Star for Life
Tim A. Tacchi and Betina
Kuenzl-Tacchi
Alisher Usmanov
Niko Vardapetyan
Viktor Vekselberg
Sofia & Andrey Vdovin
Vizerra
Gagik Zakaryan
Anonymous
SUPPORTERS
Samvel Aghababyan
Bagrat Alekyan
Nuna Alekyan
Artur Amirkhanyan
Arthur Andreasyan
Emilia Arakelyan
Raffy Ardhaldjian
Yegishe & Lusine Areyan
Vladimir Artyakov
Artur Asiryan
Mikael Asiryan
Kamo Avagumyan
Margarita Ayupova
Arthur Babayan
Ara Bagdasaryan
BAL
Gregory Baltser
Bars Media Documentary Film
Studio
Andranik Barseghyan
Arman Barseghyan
Maria Baer
Olga Beituganova
Anna Bityurina
Igor Blinov
Brinpak Universal LLP
Mikhail Broitman
Tatiana Bryukhanova
Erik Bugulov
Yelena Chebotar
Sergey Chemezov
Ronald L. & Janet A.
Christenson
Eivind & Gwenn Djupedal
Movses Dzavaryan
Vladimir Dzhabarov
Artur Dzhanibekyan
Anastasia Fomina
David Gabrielyan
Karen Galustyan
Ara Gasparyan
Maria Gavrilova
Natalia Germanova-Batyuk
Ruben Gevorkyan
Armine Ghazaryan
Mickael Gibault
Tatiana Glyadkova
German Gref
Timur Guguberidze
Alexandra Gurvich
Norair Gyuzalyan
Lusine Hakobyan
Irina Ikonnikova
Henry Johnston
Tigran Jrbashyan
Armais Kamalov
Igor Kamenskoi
Anton Karamzin
Samvel Karapetyan
Artashes & Anait
Kazakhetsyan
Danil Khachaturov
Gohar Khachatryan
Yelena Kisel
Natalia Konnova
Dmitry Konov
Anastasia Kreps
Yelena Kudryashova
Tatiana Lysova
Anastasia Makryashina
Ina Mandre
Anton Manyashin
Irina Markitan
Grigory Mazmanyants
Alexander Mazunin
MEDIACRAT
Gevorg Megrabyan
Artak Melkonyan
Valery Mezhlumyan
Alexander Mikheyev
Nikita Mishin
% of Total
135 340 600
Arno Mosikyan
Burastan Movsisyan
Ara & brothers Nersesian
Galina Nesterova
Polina Novoselova
Elena Orlova
Vera Orlova
Elizaveta Ovchinnikova
Alexander Pankov
Aram Pakhchanyan
Nana Paradzhanyan
Alexander Pertsovsky
Tatiana Pirogova
Grant & Natalia Pogosyan
Vladimir Preobrazhensky
Anna Primakova
Yekaterina Putivlskaya
Andrey Rappoport
Mark Rawlins
Yulia Reutskaya
Svetlana Sagaidak
Andrey Sapelin
Hakob Sarkissian
Konstantin Shapovalenko
Natalia Sinitsina
Sergey & Yulia Skvortsov
Vladimir Skvortsov
Vladimir Smirnov
Yulia Solers
Konstantin Sorokin
Natalia Starodubtseva
Olga Surikova
Ashot Tamrazyan
Gevorg Tarumyan
Nikolai Tokarev
Nikolai Tsekhomsky
Akhat Urmanov
Samvel Vagradyan
Jacobus Van den Heuvel
Tomas Lode Van Stappen
Semyon Vinokurov
Grigory Volkenstein
Margarita Volkova
Arman Voskerchyan
Liu Xinyu
Renata Yambayeva
David & Alyona Yan
Ekaterina Zaborovskaya
Maria Zalunina
Sanya Zezulin
Maria Zhog
Boris Zimin
Natalya Zolotova
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85
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