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ARMENIA'S 2012 BUDGET ALLOCATES 7% MORE FUNDS FOR SCIENCE
Tert.am
24.10.11
Armenia's 2012 budget allocates 1.1 billion (approx $2.9 million)
more drams for science to a total of 10.3 billion, Chairman of the
State Committee of Armenia's Ministry of Education and Science has aid.
Speaking to reporters Samvel Harutyunyan said that the amount of the
added funs make 7% increase compared to the 9.4 billion dram spent
on science last year.
According to him, this will bring about a 7% increase in payments in
the sector, adding that a portion of the funds will be used to boost
international programs, assuming that each dollar spent will have a
$3 return.
Harutyunyan attached importance to the cooperation of private sector
with science, noting that it has become what he called "more mannerly
and realizes the profits it can have through cooperation with science".
Further, he said that in developed countries state investments in the
sphere of science do not usually exceed 15-20% and the rest is financed
by private sector which contributes the development of science.
He also pointed to the fact that Armenia is the first in CIS countries
with the quantity of highly-qualified scientific works and the number
of their citations, exceeding Russia by around 10-15%.
"But I do not consider this a serious achievement: we can do more,
especially when the Candle and the nuclear medicine programs are
implemented," said he.
Tert.am
24.10.11
Armenia's 2012 budget allocates 1.1 billion (approx $2.9 million)
more drams for science to a total of 10.3 billion, Chairman of the
State Committee of Armenia's Ministry of Education and Science has aid.
Speaking to reporters Samvel Harutyunyan said that the amount of the
added funs make 7% increase compared to the 9.4 billion dram spent
on science last year.
According to him, this will bring about a 7% increase in payments in
the sector, adding that a portion of the funds will be used to boost
international programs, assuming that each dollar spent will have a
$3 return.
Harutyunyan attached importance to the cooperation of private sector
with science, noting that it has become what he called "more mannerly
and realizes the profits it can have through cooperation with science".
Further, he said that in developed countries state investments in the
sphere of science do not usually exceed 15-20% and the rest is financed
by private sector which contributes the development of science.
He also pointed to the fact that Armenia is the first in CIS countries
with the quantity of highly-qualified scientific works and the number
of their citations, exceeding Russia by around 10-15%.
"But I do not consider this a serious achievement: we can do more,
especially when the Candle and the nuclear medicine programs are
implemented," said he.