Potential of Armenian Diaspora to be mobilized in educational network
13.02.2010 16:55 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ As part of the "Competitiveness Center for Education
and Research’ program National Competitiveness Foundation of Armenia
(NCFA) is projecting to mobilize the scientific and educational
potential of the Armenian Diaspora to create a pan-Armenian
educational network, Bekor Papazyan , NCFA Executive Director told a
briefing at the Government of Armenia.
According to him, the best world institutions of higher education and
research centers will be involved in this educational network.
All-Armenian Educational Network aims to strengthen connections
between high school-technology-business.
"This is a new ideology for Armenia: young professionals should be
able to transfer their knowledge into creation of new products, the
practice long accepted in the United States," General Director and CEO
of Flagship Ventures Nubar Afeyan said.
The NCFA Board of Trustees held a meeting from 13 to 14 February in
Yerevan under the chairmanship of Prime Minister of Armenia Tigran
Sargsyan.