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MAIN OBJECTIVE OF NEWLY-CREATED SCIENCE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE IS
IMPLEMENTATION OF SCIENCE DEVELOPMENT POLICY
YEREVAN, DECEMBER 26, NOYAN TAPAN. By the decision of the Armenian
government, a united body on management of the sphere of science - the
Science Management Committee has been created. Its main objective is to
implement a policy on development of science, Karen Hayrapetian, the
head of the Science and Post-Graduate Education of the RA Ministry of
Education and Science, told NT correspondent.
In his words, the creation of the science committee is conditioned by
the fact that in Armenia the science management function was fulfilled
by several state governance bodies, including the ministries of
agriculture, health care, and trade and economic development, the
National Academy of Sciences, etc. "The problem was that each of these
bodies was responsible for a branch of science, so it was impossible to
present requirements to one of them. Whereas, science management
requires a united policy conducted by one body," he underlined.
K. Hayrapetian reminded that Armenia is not in an advantageous position
in terms of its geographical location and natural resources so the main
wealth of the coutry is its human and scientific potential. "If we
succeed in linking science with economy and implementing an efficient
investment policy, we will achieve the development of the country and
economy and ensure an overall development," K. Hayrapetian expressed an
opinion.
The purpose of the newly-created committee is not only to get
scientific products but also to commercialize them. "Taking into
account today's Armenian market, we must be able to patent this
commercialized product in other countries and then to sell it as a
commodity which will bring considerable sums for science," he said.
In his opinion, in order to solve this problem, the state should
implement a definite policy aimed at choosing scientific products in
various directions of science and allocating budgetary resources in
order to patent them abroad.
The science committee is now at the formation stage. Its regulations
and composition have already been approved. The committee will have 40
positions which will be formed at the expense of other ministries'
positions. The committee will function as an independent state
governance body in the system of the ministry of education and science.
By the 2008 state budget, 6 billion 800 million drams has been
allocated to science. Allocations to science make up 2-3% of GDP in
developed countries. According to K. Hayrapetian, like in former Soviet
countries, in Armenia this index makes 1%.
IMPLEMENTATION OF SCIENCE DEVELOPMENT POLICY
YEREVAN, DECEMBER 26, NOYAN TAPAN. By the decision of the Armenian
government, a united body on management of the sphere of science - the
Science Management Committee has been created. Its main objective is to
implement a policy on development of science, Karen Hayrapetian, the
head of the Science and Post-Graduate Education of the RA Ministry of
Education and Science, told NT correspondent.
In his words, the creation of the science committee is conditioned by
the fact that in Armenia the science management function was fulfilled
by several state governance bodies, including the ministries of
agriculture, health care, and trade and economic development, the
National Academy of Sciences, etc. "The problem was that each of these
bodies was responsible for a branch of science, so it was impossible to
present requirements to one of them. Whereas, science management
requires a united policy conducted by one body," he underlined.
K. Hayrapetian reminded that Armenia is not in an advantageous position
in terms of its geographical location and natural resources so the main
wealth of the coutry is its human and scientific potential. "If we
succeed in linking science with economy and implementing an efficient
investment policy, we will achieve the development of the country and
economy and ensure an overall development," K. Hayrapetian expressed an
opinion.
The purpose of the newly-created committee is not only to get
scientific products but also to commercialize them. "Taking into
account today's Armenian market, we must be able to patent this
commercialized product in other countries and then to sell it as a
commodity which will bring considerable sums for science," he said.
In his opinion, in order to solve this problem, the state should
implement a definite policy aimed at choosing scientific products in
various directions of science and allocating budgetary resources in
order to patent them abroad.
The science committee is now at the formation stage. Its regulations
and composition have already been approved. The committee will have 40
positions which will be formed at the expense of other ministries'
positions. The committee will function as an independent state
governance body in the system of the ministry of education and science.
By the 2008 state budget, 6 billion 800 million drams has been
allocated to science. Allocations to science make up 2-3% of GDP in
developed countries. According to K. Hayrapetian, like in former Soviet
countries, in Armenia this index makes 1%.