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PROG. INFO.- Knowledge for Development Center, World Bank-Armenia and AUA

Posted by: Diana Manukyan <diana at aua.am>



The World Bank Armenia Office and the American University of Armenia 
Jointly Set up Knowledge for Development Center

The World Bank Yerevan Office and the American University of Armenia 
(AUA) held the launching ceremony of a partner initiative - the 
Knowledge for Development Center. The Memorandum of Agreement has been
signed by Mr. Aristomene Varoudakis, WB Country Manager in Armenia, and 
Dr. Haroutune Armenian, President of AUA.

The Agreement outlines the basis for cooperation and joint activities of 
the two institutions in knowledge dissemination, learning and capacity 
building for the development arena. The WB and AUA jointly set up the 
Center within the AUA Papazian Library to provide the public with free 
access to information on development and to encourage knowledge sharing 
and policy dialogue among the widest audiences possible.

The World Bank has partnered with the American University of Armenia
Papazian Library to bring the public up-to-date and thorough information 
on World Bank-sponsored development projects in Armenia, as well as 
research and analytical works on the country and global development 
issues through the Knowledge for  Development Center. The Center 
provides hard copies of recent World Bank publications, reports, 
studies, project information, videos, and documentaries and other 
materials, as well as on-line access to the World Bank archive dating 
back to 1947, with the ability to download and print any publicly 
available document in the database.

"We are very pleased with this cooperation with the American University 
of Armenia, said Aristomene Varoudakis, the WB Country manager for 
Armenia. - The Center also aims to play as a hub for facilitating 
dialogue, consultations, and knowledge-sharing sessions among academia, 
the media, the government, the Civil Society, and as well as the private 
sector in the area."

For Haroutune Armenian, President of the AUA: "This is a great addition 
to what will be available to the broader public of Armenia. In the long 
term history of nations, wealth of intellectual products is more 
consequential and significant than material wealth. A knowledge society 
is what most nations are striving for and we as a University have an 
important role to play in the development of such a society. The World 
Bank has developed so many similar initiatives to help move the nations 
of this world in such a direction."

American University of Armenia
40 Marshal Baghramian
Yerevan, Republic of Armenia

Date: March 9,2009
Time: 11:00 am
Place: AUA Library


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