Armenian Jewelers Association and Education Ministry to cooperate in training jewelers
26.07.2013,
17:54
Armen Ashotyan, Armenian education and science minister, and Gagik Gevorgyan, chairman of the Armenian Jewelers Association, signed a memorandum today to cooperate in training professional jewelers in the country.
YEREVAN, July 26. /ARKA/. Armen Ashotyan, Armenian education and science minister, and Gagik Gevorgyan, chairman of the Armenian Jewelers Association, signed a memorandum today to cooperate in training professional jewelers in the country.
“The aim of the cooperation project is to provide Armenia’s jewelry industry with young skilled jewelers,” he said. “The signed memorandum not only lays legal ground for this, but also outlines key directions for cooperation.”
The minister said that the document also implies provision of young jewelers with jobs.
Cooperation with appropriate education establishments is implied as well.
Gevorgyan, on his side, said that the final goal of cooperation with the ministry is to create a free economic area for jewelry industry in Armenia.
“We want Armenia to become one of the best world centers of jewelry business, and this ambition can come true if a free economic zone is created and investors are attracted, and therefore we need highly-qualified jewelers,” he said. “Unfortunately, our specialists don’t meet international standards.”
Gevorgyan said that the Association is now implementing a program that implies creation of 1,000 to 1,500 jeweler jobs in Armenia by attracting foreign companies to the country.
Under this cooperation agreement, the sides will provide support to the training process, advanced technologies will be introduced and students will be involved in world jewelry exhibitions.
Armenian jewelers’ products make six to eight percent of the world jewelry.
Armenia’s jewelry output totaled AMD 7.8 billion in Jan-May 2013 – 24.1% growth, compared with the same period a year before. ($1 – AMD 410.66). ---0----
“The aim of the cooperation project is to provide Armenia’s jewelry industry with young skilled jewelers,” he said. “The signed memorandum not only lays legal ground for this, but also outlines key directions for cooperation.”
The minister said that the document also implies provision of young jewelers with jobs.
Cooperation with appropriate education establishments is implied as well.
Gevorgyan, on his side, said that the final goal of cooperation with the ministry is to create a free economic area for jewelry industry in Armenia.
“We want Armenia to become one of the best world centers of jewelry business, and this ambition can come true if a free economic zone is created and investors are attracted, and therefore we need highly-qualified jewelers,” he said. “Unfortunately, our specialists don’t meet international standards.”
Gevorgyan said that the Association is now implementing a program that implies creation of 1,000 to 1,500 jeweler jobs in Armenia by attracting foreign companies to the country.
Under this cooperation agreement, the sides will provide support to the training process, advanced technologies will be introduced and students will be involved in world jewelry exhibitions.
Armenian jewelers’ products make six to eight percent of the world jewelry.
Armenia’s jewelry output totaled AMD 7.8 billion in Jan-May 2013 – 24.1% growth, compared with the same period a year before. ($1 – AMD 410.66). ---0----
