Armenia gets discount for its EU Horizon 2020 membership fee
20.10.2015,
10:30
The European Union has given a 75% discount to Armenia for its membership dues in the Horizon 2020 Program, the press office of the Armenia’s education and science ministry reported on Monday after Armen Ashotyan, the Armenian education and science minister, met with Piotr Switalski, the head of the EU delegation in Armenia.
YEREVAN, October 20./ARKA/. The European Union has given a 75% discount to Armenia for its membership dues in the Horizon 2020 Program, the press office of the Armenia’s education and science ministry reported on Monday after Armen Ashotyan, the Armenian education and science minister, met with Piotr Switalski, the head of the EU delegation in Armenia.
The minister presented recent years’ education reforms to Switalski expressing appreciation of the EU support in reformation of Armenia’s education sector, especially higher and professional education.
Pointing out Armenia’s active participation in Erasmus and Horizon 2020 programs, he thanked the European Union for allowing Armenia the discount in Horizon 2020 and expressed hope that the program will provide new opportunities to Armenian scientists.
The ambassador, on his side, stressed the effectiveness of the educational reforms being implemented in Armenia saying that in cooperation programs special attention is paid to education.
He said that Armenia is singled out among former Soviet countries for its high-quality education.
Spanning seven years (2014 to 2020) and working with a budget of €80 billion, Horizon 2020 is the biggest EU research and innovation funding programme ever. Today, the European Commission adopted the second of its two-year work programmes setting out funding opportunities for 2016-2017.
Horizon 2020 will continue to fund researchers and innovators at the cutting edge of their research disciplines, working on the latest breakthroughs in science. It supports projects across the cycle from research to innovation, using a range of financial instruments to facilitate their exploitation and access to markets.
It will also invest in training of researchers including exchanges between industry and academia, create opportunities to build research teams in Member States where the research and innovation potential is underexploited, and take a strategic approach to international cooperation in research and innovation. ---0----
The minister presented recent years’ education reforms to Switalski expressing appreciation of the EU support in reformation of Armenia’s education sector, especially higher and professional education.
Pointing out Armenia’s active participation in Erasmus and Horizon 2020 programs, he thanked the European Union for allowing Armenia the discount in Horizon 2020 and expressed hope that the program will provide new opportunities to Armenian scientists.
The ambassador, on his side, stressed the effectiveness of the educational reforms being implemented in Armenia saying that in cooperation programs special attention is paid to education.
He said that Armenia is singled out among former Soviet countries for its high-quality education.
Spanning seven years (2014 to 2020) and working with a budget of €80 billion, Horizon 2020 is the biggest EU research and innovation funding programme ever. Today, the European Commission adopted the second of its two-year work programmes setting out funding opportunities for 2016-2017.
Horizon 2020 will continue to fund researchers and innovators at the cutting edge of their research disciplines, working on the latest breakthroughs in science. It supports projects across the cycle from research to innovation, using a range of financial instruments to facilitate their exploitation and access to markets.
It will also invest in training of researchers including exchanges between industry and academia, create opportunities to build research teams in Member States where the research and innovation potential is underexploited, and take a strategic approach to international cooperation in research and innovation. ---0----
