INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC-TECHNICAL CENTER FINANCES 113 ARMENIAN PROJECTS AMOUNTING TO NEARLY 29 MLN USD, 12 OF THEM ARE PARTNER PROJECTS

Noyan Tapan
May 30 2007

YEREVAN, MAY 30, NOYAN TAPAN. More than 360 projects for implementing
scientific elaborations in the spheres of physics, chemistry,
biotechnology, ecology, information and communication systems,
materiology, non-nuclear energy were presented to the International
Scientific-Technical Center by Armenian scientists. 113 projecrts
received financing in the amount of 28.67 mln USD, 12 of them are
partner projects. One joint project presented by scientists of Armenia,
Georgia, Kyrghyzstan and Tajikistan was also financed, another three
projects were financed by Armenian and Georgian scientists and another
seven projects by Armenian and Russian scientists.

As Noyan Tapan was informed from Press Service of RA National Academy
of Sciences, in total, 1150 Armenian scientists and specialists
are included in the projects of International Scientific-Technical
Center. And materials and equipment amounting to more than 1.9 mln
USD were purchased for implementation of projects.

Armenia joined the Founding Agreement of International
Scientific-Technical Center in 1994. The International
Scientific-Technical Center is an intergovernmental organization,
which was founded in 1992 on the basis of mutual consent among
Council of Europe, Russian Federation, United States and Japan. The
Republic of Corea, Canada, Armenia, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan,
Kyrghyzstan and Tajikistan have also joined the Founding Agreement
of International Scientific-Technical Center.

Center’s activity and programs will be aimed at assisting
non-proliferation of arms of mass annihilation. At the last, 42th
session of Board of Managers of Center (March 30, 2007), 22 new
programs with financing of more than 1.3 mln USD were approved, as
well as 4.6 mln euros was allocated for extending activity in Russia,
Armenia, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan and Kyrghyzstan.