The RA Ministry of Education, Science, Culture and Sports Higher Education and Science Committee

Offer of cooperation with the Bortnik Foundation

19.04.2016

On April 14-15, a delegation, headed by the Chairman of the MES RA State Committee of Science S. Haroitiunian, visited the National Research Center "Kurchatov Institute" in Moscow. In the course of the visit, the delegation had meetings with the president of the Center V. Kovalchuk, as well as a seminar-consultation was held and several reports were presented concerning the development of bilateral cooperation between the two states in the implementation of joint innovation projects in the spheres of mutual interest.

The possibilities of cooperation with the Foundation for Assistance to Small Innovative Enterprises in Science and Technology were also discussed during the visit. This Foundation (also called the Bortnik Foundation after its initiator) invests in the implementation of promising research and experimental construction, establishment of cutting-edge high-tech small enterprises, as well as active involvement of young people in knowledge-intensive areas of business activity. The Foundation also attaches special attention to the establishment of relations with entrepreneurs from both the Russian Federation and abroad.