Science & Education

Conference on European Higher Education Benchmarks to Kick Off in Tsakhkadzor On Sep 8

YEREVAN, September 5. /ARKA/. An international conference on the Framework of Qualifications for the European Higher Education within the Bologna Declaration (1999) will kick off in Tsakhkadzor resort on September 8.

The organizer of the workshop is the RA Ministry of Education and Science. Delegations from Denmark, Italy, England, Moldova and other CE member-states will participate in the conference.

Armenia joined the Bologna declaration in 2005, making its first step towards developing an over-arching qualifications framework for the European Higher Education Area (EHEA). As a signatory country, Armenia is to reform its own higher education system by 2010.

On November 2, 2006, the RA Government adopted the schedule of reforms within the Bologna Convention. –0—

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Market exchange rates 15/03/2010
Currency Symbol Unit Rate Changes
USA Dollar USD 1 394.48 1.86
Euro EUR 1 540.91 0.9
Russian Rоublе RUR 1 13.44 0.04

Favorable еxchange rates of banks 15/03/2010
Currency Buy Sell
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ArmBusinessBank
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Ameriabank
Ardshininvestbank
Areximbank-Gazprombank Group
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Euro 540
“ArmSwissBank”
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ACBA-CREDIT AGRICOLE BANK
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Indicator Term Figures
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GBP, billion AMD 2009-12 3165.5
inflation, % 2010-01 101.7
Budget deficit (proficit), bln AMD 2009-12 148.3
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foreign trade turnover, mln USD 2009-12 4001.9
foreign trade turnover, % 2009-12 73
Gross External Reserves, mln. USD 2009-12 2003.41
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Money supply, billion AMD 2009-12 815

Financial market
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Legal entities in USD 2010-01 13.5
Individuals in AMD 2010-01 22
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Anual interests on deposits
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Legal entities in USD 2010-01 5.4
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fiscal stock of Armenia, % 2010-01 8.8

The percents of the CBA
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Repo 2010-03 6.5
Credit 2010-03 9.5
Depo 2010-03 3.5



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