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STRATEGIC PLAN FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SCIENCES IN ARMENIA DRAFTED FOR THE UPCOMING 5 YEARS
ARMENPRESS
July 24, 2009
YEREVAN, JULY 24, ARMENPRESS: A strategic plan for the upcoming 5 years
is being drafted for the development of sciences in Armenia, in which
special stress is put on the issue of reduction of "brain outflow".
Head of the State Committee of Science of the RA Education and Science
Ministry Samvel Harutyunian told Armenpress that the mentioned strategy
will involve all those priorities that will give an opportunity of
involvement of the youth in different scientific projects and through
them to keep the youth in the state.
According to S. Harutyunian the strategy will also fix the range of
financial-economic privileged conditions of the youth who deal with
science ensured by the state.
Besides that there will be a priority to involve the young specialists
in the grant projects which will somehow prevent the emigration of
young specialists from the country.
According to the strategy additional salary will be set for the
young activists.
According to the head of the committee the average age of the
scientists in Armenia now reaches 60-62 and in a number of professions
- 70-72.
"The real age for dealing with science and launching a serious
scientific activity is considered to be 35-45, but in our country there
are very few scientific workers within that age category," he said.
The State Committee of Science has worked out a draft strategy for
development of science for the upcoming 10 years and presented it
to the Government. Besides that the strategy being designed for the
upcoming five years will cover the concrete steps to be undertaken,
the improvements of the coordinating project which will be presented
to the Government only after the general discussions.
ARMENPRESS
July 24, 2009
YEREVAN, JULY 24, ARMENPRESS: A strategic plan for the upcoming 5 years
is being drafted for the development of sciences in Armenia, in which
special stress is put on the issue of reduction of "brain outflow".
Head of the State Committee of Science of the RA Education and Science
Ministry Samvel Harutyunian told Armenpress that the mentioned strategy
will involve all those priorities that will give an opportunity of
involvement of the youth in different scientific projects and through
them to keep the youth in the state.
According to S. Harutyunian the strategy will also fix the range of
financial-economic privileged conditions of the youth who deal with
science ensured by the state.
Besides that there will be a priority to involve the young specialists
in the grant projects which will somehow prevent the emigration of
young specialists from the country.
According to the strategy additional salary will be set for the
young activists.
According to the head of the committee the average age of the
scientists in Armenia now reaches 60-62 and in a number of professions
- 70-72.
"The real age for dealing with science and launching a serious
scientific activity is considered to be 35-45, but in our country there
are very few scientific workers within that age category," he said.
The State Committee of Science has worked out a draft strategy for
development of science for the upcoming 10 years and presented it
to the Government. Besides that the strategy being designed for the
upcoming five years will cover the concrete steps to be undertaken,
the improvements of the coordinating project which will be presented
to the Government only after the general discussions.