OVERVIEW OF ACTIVITIES AT GSU MONITORING BY ERASMUS + OFFICE in ARMENIA 25 MARCH 2016

LOCAL MANAGEMENT OF THE PROJECT AT GSU 25/03/2016 WORKING GROUP FOR THE PROJECT NELLI KUTUZYAN- Project manager, HRACHYA ZAKOYAN-Researcher, CONTACT PERSON FOR VERITAS VARAZDAT AVETISYAN- Technical, FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT GURGEN MURADYAN-Chief Accountant, Financial management is organized based on GSU budget, policy of financial resources management, regulations on accountancy

DEVELOPMENTS WITHIN THE PROJECT RESEARCH UNIT – MANAGEMENT AND FINANCE CHAIR Revision of functions Development of Regulations of management and finance chair of the faculty of economics of GSU ( Strategic plan has been developed ( 25/03/2016 CURRENT AND UPCOMING ACTIVITIES Name of the selected program: Finance and Accounting Taking into consideration the experience gained from the project, preparatory work started on program development.

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DISSEMINATION ACTIVITIES 25/03/2016 Implementation of In-House trainings at GSU in June, 2015 ( 6 trainings) All materials concerning the above mentioned trainings are available on GSU web site Training.pdf Training.pdf DISSEMINATION All Veritas activities are published on GSU Web Site (more than 8 news publications) GSU Veritas web page was developed, where all materials concerning Veritas are available ( ) Within Veritas project GSU- Veritas booklet was developed

IN-HOUSE TRAINING’S LIST TopicFacilitatorTarget GroupDate 1 Salzburg Principles 1-5 in the 3 rd Level /PhD/ of Higher Education Nelli Kutuzyan Members of GSU Scientific Council, Academic staff of the GSU Chair of Management and Finance June 13, Salzburg Principles 6-10 in the 3 rd Level /PhD/ of Higher Education Nelli Kutuzyan Members of GSU Scientific Council, Academic staff of the GSU Chair of Management and Finance June 20, Localization of Salzburg Principles in the 3 rd Level /PhD/ of Higher Education in Armenia /Challenges and Problems/ Hrachya Zakoyan Academic staff of the GSU Chair of Management and Finance June 14, Starting the Third Level of Higher Education at Gavar State University Hrachya Zakoyan Academic staff of the GSU Chair of Management and Finance June 12, TEMPUS-VERITAS Project, Aims, Workpackages and Activities of the Project Marine Badalyan Academic staff of the GSU Chair of Management and Finance, 2 nd year master-level students /departments of Finance and Accounting/ June 18, TEMPUS-VERITAS Project Dissemination Activities at Gavar State University Varazdat Avetisyan GSU Student Scientific Society, GSU Student Council June 17, 2015

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25/03/2016 STUDY VISIT During the study visit the experience of EU partner Universities has been studied and comparison with Armenian existing system has been made Document on GSU suggestions on PhD study and degree awards procedures’ improvements opportunities in RA was submitted to Veritas Management Team ( pdf ) pdf Study visit lessons learnt document has been prepared by GSU working group and submitted to Veritas Management Team

MAIN CHALLENGES/STRENGTHS Differences between Armenian and EU third (post Master ) level of high education and mechanisms of financing. Project allow to understand how it is possible to ensure sustainability of third level of HE and present appropriate suggestions on improvement of the latest in Armenia. 25/03/2016