FUNDING OF ARMENIAN SCIENCE IS PLANNED TO INCREASE 10 TIMES BY 2020 UP TO 2% OF GDP OF THE COUNTRY

ARKA
Nov 5, 2009

YEREVAN, November 5. /ARKA/. Funding of Armenian science is planned
to increase 10 times by 2020 up to 2% of GDP of the country", said
Radik Martirosyan, President of Academy of Sciences to the journalists
on Wednesday.

According to the draft budget plans to allocate 0,2% of GDP or less
than 1% from the part of expenses in 2010 which is about 8 billion
drams. "The planned allocations are not enough for the development
of science. In Armenian the state allocates 3 thousand EURO for
each scientist and in European countries it makes about 120-130
thousand EURO", he said. Strategy of science development till 2020
was elaborated, according to which funding of science is planned to
reach to 2% in 2020.

But the provision of the given indicator will be problematic and
will fully depend on the economy and development of its priority
directions. "Provision of all the envisaged indictors will allow
to raise the level of Armenian science up to European standards",
said Martirosyan. ($1 – 387.56 drams.