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ARMENIAN JEWELERS ASSOCIATION AND EDUCATION MINISTRY TO COOPERATE IN TRAINING JEWELERS
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----
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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----
- See more at:
http://arka.am/en/news/economy/armenian_jewelers_association_and_education_minist ry_to_cooperate_in_training_jewelers/#sthash.N6yDYVQU.dpuf