Yerevan Hosts Eastern Partnership Session on Innovation, Research, Science

The 8th Eastern Partnership Informal Ministerial Meeting is took place in Yerevan on Nov. 17 (Photo: edu.am)

YEREVAN””The 8th Eastern Partnership Informal Ministerial Meeting is took place in Yerevan on November 17, announced Armenia’s Education and Science Ministry press service. The session was hosted by the Armenian Ministry of Education and Science and discussed research, science and innovation.

The new European Union (EU) initiative, EU4Inovation, was launched at the meeting by Johannes Hahn, Commissioner for European Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations and Carlos Moedas, EU Commissioner for Research, Science and Innovation with the Eastern Partnership countries.

The initiative “combines all EU activities that support the development of Eastern Partnership countries (EaP) innovation capacities, notably those funded under the Horizon 2020 program and the European Neighbourhood Instrument”