The opening ceremony of the training courses for "Young Leaders of the Diaspora" and "Leaders of Diaspora National Dance Teachers and Choirs" will take place on July 21 at 8:00 pm at the Holiday Inn Express Yerevan Hotel, within the framework of the "Step Home" program of the Office of the High Commissioner for Diaspora Affairs. (Address: Buzand 97/2).

Deputy Head of the Office of the High Commissioner for Diaspora Affairs Yerem Simonyan, Deputy Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sports Narine Tukhikyan, Director of the RA State Revenue Committee Arsen Lokyan, and Vice-Director of Yerevan State University Elina Asriyan will deliver welcoming speeches.

Opening remarks will be followed by the performance of "Newans" jazz band.

Twenty-four young people from Iran, France, Georgia, Ukraine, Russia, national dance teachers and choirs will take part in the training of young Diaspora Armenian leaders: 20 Diaspora Armenians from Iraq, Iran, Greece, Germany, Russia, Georgia.