ARKA News Agency, Armenia
April 7 2007

ARMENIA TO IMPLEMENT RESULTS OF SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITY INTO ECONOMY

YEREVAN, April 6. /ARKA/. Armenia’s main scientific task is to
implement results of scientific activity into economy, said President
of Armenia’s National Academy of Sciences presenting his report
during the ANAS annual meeting. He said that it will give possibility
to provide necessary financial support for this sphere.
"The provision on implementing results of scientific activity into
Armenia’s economy is reflected in the concept of scientific
development, and Armenia’s all science divisions, structures and
departments should be directed to that," Martirosyan said.
He said that Armenia is one of the countries in the world, which
science sector is low-financed. "It is necessary to increase the
volume of budget financing," he said.
Martirosyan added that science’s share in the GDP should make 1%
instead of current 0.1% by 2010.
In 2007 it is planned to allocate AMD 5.5bln to the science sector of
Armenia instead of AMD 5.1bln in 2006. Due to that, the wages of
scientists is planned to increase from AMD 28ths up to AMD 44ths.
The average exchange rate of Armenian Dram against U.S. dollar in
2007 state budget will make AMD 357/$1.
$16mln was allocated to Armenia’s science sector in 2006.
Among the participants of the ANAS annual meeting were: Armenia’s
Prime Minister Serge Sargsyan, Parliament Chairman Tigran Torosyan,
Acting Minister of Science and Education Levon Lazarian, as well as
many representatives of science and academy sector. L.M. -0–

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress