Armenia to participate in Vocational Education and Training

PanARMENIAN.Net - The European Commission released EUR 3.25 million under Sector Policy Support Programme in Vocational Education and Training (VET). The specific objective of the Sector Policy Programme is to strengthen the reform of the vocational education and training (VET) sector focusing on institutional capacity to steer and monitor the reform process as well as link it with budgeting and resource management. It is coherent with the sector policy support programme funded under European Commission TACIS AP 2006, ENP AP2007 and builds on the reform measures undertaken by the Ministry of Education and Science (MoEs) in 2005-2008.





As it was told to PanARMENIAN.net from Delegation of the European Commission to Armenia, the programme has an overall budget of Euro 16 million, out of which Euro 1 million is earmarked for the Technical Assistance component. The € 15m component of budget support is implemented against satisfactory fulfilment of policy conditions identified and agreed upon by the Commission and the Government of Armenia. Instalments are payable to the Armenian State budget subject to fulfilment of policy conditions. The first fixed tranche of €5 mln was paid to the state budget in June 2008 upon fulfilment of two pre-conditions and signature of Financing Agreement. Second tranche of Euro 3.25 million was paid in February 2009.





Main implementing partners under this Programme are the Ministry of Education and Science, Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Economy as well as social partners.