February 13, 2010 - 16:55 AMT
Potential of Armenian Diaspora to be mobilized in educational network


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.