Within the “Modernizing Vocational Education and Training in Agriculture in Armenia” (MAVETA) project, technical assistance was provided to the Stepanavan State Agricultural College, a project partner, on August 28.
In her welcoming speech, Lilit Hovhannisyan, the MAVETA project manager, emphasized the project’s ongoing commitment to addressing institutional capacity development and the technical re-equipment of colleges, with the goal of making vocational education and agricultural professions more attractive to students.
Armenuhi Poghosyan, Head of the Department of Primary (Vocational) and Secondary Vocational Education at the RA Ministry of Education, Science, Culture and Sports, highlighted the importance of collaboration with the “Strategic Development Agency” NGO and emphasized the MAVETA project’s role in advancing the dual education system in Armenia.
Ara Chobanyan, the director of the college, along with private sector partners and students, also addressed the attendees at the event.
The ceremony concluded with Lilit Hovhannisyan and Ara Chobanyan signing a handover/acceptance act, followed by the official transfer of equipment.
The MAVETA project is funded by a broad coalition of international and local organizations led by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC), including the Austrian Development Agency, the German Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), the Government of Armenia, the Swiss Church Aid (HEKS/EPER) NGO, Izmirlian Foundation, the Strategic Development Agency (SDA) NGO and Vanand Agro CJSC.
The project’s implementing partners are the GIZ and HEKS/EPER with the involvement of SDA and the School of Agricultural, Forest and Food Sciences at the Bern University of Applied Sciences (HAFL).
