On September 4-5, the delegation led by Ursula Läubli, the Deputy Head of Mission of the Embassy of Switzerland to Armenia and Deputy Regional Director of Swiss Cooperation South Caucasus visited the partners of the “Modernizing Vocational Education and Training in Agriculture in Armenia” (MAVETA) project in Syunik.
The delegation was accompanied by Mkrtich Ayvazyan, Chairman of “Strategic Development Agency” NGO, Lilit Hovhannisyan MAVETA project manager, Narine Abrahamyan, business consultant.
During the visit, meetings were planned with the partners of the project, the Sisian Branch of the ANAU and the Goris State Agricultural College – directors, teachers and students studying with a dual educational system.
At the meetings, Ursula Laubli inquired about the attractiveness and demand of the professions introduced and promoted by the MAVETA project, the college-private sector cooperation, as well as the challenges that arose during the organization of studies with a dual educational system.
The delegation of the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation also visited a number of partners of the project in private sector, discussed their involvement in the project and got acquainted with their products, the process of accepting apprentices from colleges and approaches to integrating them into work.
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).
