Monday, March 4 2019 19:41

ArmInfo. The working visit has  begunPrime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan to the Kingdom of  Belgium.As reported by the Press Service of the RA Government, on the  morning of March 4Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia visited  the city of Leuven in the province of Brabant, which is located near  Brussels and is one of the university centers. 

The visit of Nikol Pashinyan began with a visit to the Catholic  University of Leuven.University rector Luke Celse, welcoming the  delegation led by the RA Prime Minister, stressed that the university  is ready to develop cooperation with Armenia. He presented the  activities of the Catholic University, noting that the university is  the largest and most famous university in Belgium, which carries out  international educational and research programs. All programs are  based on innovative research scientists and university teachers.   According to the rector, the Catholic University has 14 branches in  10 cities of Belgium and carries out educational and research  projects in almost all areas. University studies are organized in 15  faculties, and research is carried out through separate departments  and research groups. Faculties and departments are grouped into three  groups: the humanities and social sciences, natural sciences,  engineering and technology, and biomedicine, each of which has  corresponding qualification programs and doctoral schools. 

The Prime Minister was also presented the programs of the Leuven  Office of Technology Research and Development.The RA Prime Minister  noted that it is a great honor for him to be at one of the oldest and  most modern universities in the world, which for almost six centuries  has been engaged in the popularization of European science and is  considered one of the 50 best universities in the world.  According  to Nikol Pashinyan, Armenia is at the stage of major political and  economic reforms, and the government views education as one of the  most important tools for success in the economic revolution.  "The  goal of state educational policy is to ensure effective communication  of education and research. 

We want to carry out real reforms in the education system, and in  this context we note the importance of sharing experience,  implementing joint programs with leading innovative educational and  scientific institutions of the world," the Prime Minister noted.  Minister, expressing satisfaction with the readiness of the Catholic  University to cooperate. During the meeting, issues related to the  possibilities of cooperation in the field of education were  discussed. From the university, the Prime Minister went to the IMEC  Research Center (Interuniversity Center for Microelectronics), where  he got acquainted with its activities and discussed opportunities for  cooperation. Ludo Defferm, Vice President of the Center, presented  the IMEC Prime Minister, noting that this research organization  specializes in research in the field of micro, nanoelectronics and  digital technologies. He noted that about 4,000 people work at IMEC,  and the center has offices in the Netherlands, in Taiwan, in China,  India, the United States and Japan. Nikol Pashinyan visited the  semiconductor cleaning laboratory. The next stop of the visit of the  Prime Minister was the Health Center Leuven, which is a joint project  of the Catholic University of Leuven and the IMEC Research Center. 

Nikol Pashinyan, accompanied by the Director of the Center, Isabel  Francois, inspected the exhibition hall and got acquainted with the  activities and objectives of the Center. According to Isabelle  Francois, the Health Center is a unique experimental institution  whose visitors can get to know the future of healthcare with the help  of modern technologies. Through demonstrations, the Prime Minister  learned about the future of how technology, artificial intelligence,  3D modeling, media, and nanotechnology will affect healthcare.Prime  Minister Nikol Pashinyan informed the Director of the Catholic  University of Leuven, the Vice President of IMEC and the Director of  the Health Center that this year Armenia will host the World Congress  on Information Technologies, which will be held in October in  Yerevan, and invited them to participate in the congress.