NCFA approves action plan for 2011January 22, 2011 - 14:27 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The National Competitiveness Foundation of Armenia (NCFA) approved the action plan for 2011 during its 18th meeting in the RA government. As NCFA Chief Executive Officer Pegor Papazian told a briefing after the meeting, education will be a priority simultaneously with the implementation of the current programs. “The budget will exceed that of 2010. It will consists of two components: current expenses and target financing of each project, specifically the Tatev Revival Project, the budget of which totaled $20mln in 2010 and will be increased by several millions in 2011. Additional 3 mln euro will be allocated for the development of nuclear medicine,” he said. The amount of funds for educational programs financing has not been determined yet. Top stories Yerevan has dismissed Turkey’s demand to shut down the Armenian nuclear power plant as “inappropriate”. Armenia will loan 2.9 billion drams to Nagorno Karabakh (Artsakh), according to a draft government decision. The Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of Azerbaijan has “strongly condemned” Armenia’s decision. Kerobyan has said that for the first time in the history of Armenia, the volume of foreign direct investments amounted to about $1 billion. Partner news | International cybercrime ringleaders arrested in Armenia, Ukraine Europol, Europe's crime agency, has arrested four ringleaders of several cybercrime networks that used botnets. Armenia skips CSTO Defense Ministers meeting A meeting of the Council of Defense Ministers of the Collective Security Treaty Organization countries began in Almaty. Armenian, Iranian foreigh policy chief talk over the phone The Foreign Minister of Armenia once again expressed condolences to his counterpart on the death of the President of Iran. Armenia, U.S. customs authorities to boost assistance with new deal The government has approved an agreement with the U.S. government on mutual assistance between the customs authorities. |