27.05.2010 [News]

Belarus, Armenia to boost science and technology cooperation

This spring was marked by several steps to boost the bi-lateral cooperation in science and technology between Belarus and Armenia. In March, the State Committee for Science and Technology of Belarus and the State Committee for Science at the Ministry of Education and Science of Armenia concluded an agreement aimed at development of the S&T cooperation. The document has been signed in Minsk by Igor Voitov and Samvel Arutiunyan, the chairmen of these state bodies.  The parties have stressed their interest in developing the joint projects in different scientific areas, such as chemistry, pharmaceuticals, physics, biology, etc in order to further create the joint research centers and laboratories with the involvement of business.

The other possible area of mutual interest is an exchange of experts for evaluation of the national S&T projects. The system of independent evaluation in Armenia and the appropriate data base of experts are similar to the American one. It includes 1400 evaluators of which 250 are the foreigners. For evaluation, 2 experts are chosen from the data base according to their code numbers. If their opinions differ considerably, the additional expert is chosen for taking the final decision.

The separate agreement on cooperation between the academies of sciences was signed in May 2010 during the visit of the delegation of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus (NASB) to Yerevan. It was led by Chairman of the NASB Presidium Mikhail Myasnikovich. The Belarusian academicians took part in the extended session of the Presidium of the National Academy of Sciences of Armenia where they discussed the ways to boost the S&T cooperation which has a great reserve for expanding. 

The visit of the Belarusian delegation to Armenia will run until 19 May. The program included the meeting of Mikhail Myasnikovich with the President and Prime Minister of Armenia.

Sources: http://gknt.org.by/rus//news/news/news20100319/, BelTA