Union of Informed Citizens

Name

Union of Informed Citizens

Website

https://uicarmenia.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2014

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Union of Informed Citizens is a Yerevan, Armenia-based civic organization founded in 2014 that monitors elections, conducts fact-checking, and delivers civic research, education, and advocacy.

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akta.pro rank

Product category

Civic Engagement and Election Monitoring Services

NAICS

Human Rights Organizations (813311), Political Organizations (813940)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

akta.pro primary industry

Democracy, Voting Rights & Civic Participation Advocacy (BPAGAFAJ)

akta.pro secondary industries

Electoral Support & Election Observation (BPADAGAA), Government Accountability, Ethics & Anti-Corruption Advocacy (BPAGAFAN)

Keywords

• Election monitoring
• Fact-checking services
• Civic research
• Civic education
• Policy advocacy

Headquarters

HQ city

Yerevan

HQ country

Armenia

HQ region

Asia

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations

Core offering

Union of Informed Citizens monitors elections, runs fact-checking operations, and delivers civic research, education, and advocacy services. The organization is based in Yerevan, Armenia, and operates with a staff of 11-50 employees to support democratic accountability and civic awareness in the Armenian context.

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Broad incumbents

• International IDEA: Intergovernmental organization supporting democratic processes and election integrity worldwide. Comparable to UIC because both work on democracy support, electoral assistance, and civic research, though IDEA operates at a global intergovernmental scale versus UIC's national focus.
• National Democratic Institute (NDI): US-based nonprofit that supports democratic institutions and election integrity worldwide, including in the post-Soviet space. Comparable mission and activities to UIC but operates at a much larger scale with global programs.
• International Republican Institute (IRI): US-based democracy organization working on political party support, civic participation, and election integrity globally including in Armenia. Comparable scope and methodology to UIC's civic and electoral work, though at significantly larger scale.
• Carter Center: Long-established election observation and democracy support organization. Functionally parallel to UIC's election monitoring work, with broader global footprint and additional programming in conflict resolution and public health.
• OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR): OSCE's principal election observation body that deploys missions across Europe and Central Asia including Armenia. Direct functional overlap with UIC's election monitoring mandate, though ODIHR is a large international institution rather than a domestic civic organization.
• International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES): International NGO supporting citizens' right to participate in free and fair elections through technical assistance and observation. Highly comparable to UIC's election integrity work, though IFES operates globally and is much larger.

Direct peers

• Transparency International Armenia: Armenian chapter of Transparency International focused on anti-corruption advocacy and government accountability. Highly comparable to UIC's fact-checking and government accountability dimensions, operating in the same Armenian civic space.
• European Platform for Democratic Elections (EPDE): European network of civic election observation organizations that supports domestic nonpartisan observation across Europe and the Caucasus. Direct functional peer to UIC's domestic election monitoring work and a likely network partner.

Regional players

• Helsinki Citizens' Assembly Vanadzor: Armenian civic and human rights organization focused on rule of law, democracy, and civic monitoring domestically. Direct domestic peer to UIC, working in overlapping civic space advocacy in Armenia.
• Eastern European Center for Multiparty Democracy (EECMD): Regional democracy support organization working across Eastern Europe and the Caucasus on political party and civic engagement programming. Comparable to UIC's civic advocacy and election-related work in the same broader region.

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• Xx.com/uicarmenia
• Facebookfacebook.com/uicarmenia
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/uicarmenia

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