NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF ARCHITECTURE AND CONSTRUCTION OF ARMENIA

The annual review meeting of the “Armenian Association of Developers” NGO was held today, attended by the public administration and local self-government bodies, as well as interested representatives and leaders of the private sector. The meeting agenda included the review of the association activities of the previous year: the implemented activities and achievements, challenges and issues of the development field were discussed, and the ways to solve them were proposed.

The annual review meeting was also attended by Armen Ghularyan, Chairman of NUACA Board of Trustees, Head of the Urban Development Committee, Yeghiazar Vardanyan, NUACA Rector, Hovsep Hoveyan, Chief of the Staff, Aram Sahakyan, Dean of the Faculty of Construction. Welcoming his colleagues, the Rector in his speech highlighted the activities of the Association, emphasizing the meeting as an excellent opportunity to discuss the implemented work, as well as to sum up the visible results of the cooperation. This cooperation was strengthened by the Memorandum of Cooperation, signed back on November 24, 2021 by National University of Architecture and Construction of Armenia, the RA Urban Development Committee, the “Association of the Armenian Developers”, the “Chamber of Architects of Armenia” and the “Union of Builders of Armenia”. Being one of the most important occasions in the field of urban development, it provided an opportunity to unite the five key partner institutions representing the field, attaching importance to the modern requirements for cooperation in urban planning, development and training of staff in accordance with modern requirements of the given fields, as well as the necessity for increasing the efficiency of cooperation of specialists in the field, taking into account the importance of urban development as a vital branch of the economy development of the country, the necessity of continuous and sustainable development of the sector, setting goals for increasing the efficiency of urban development and activities in line with international standards.

The Rector emphasized that the University is ready to support new investors, manufacturers, who need substantiation for scientific research certification, and cooperation with partners in the field. The University conducts research, prepares substantiation for the introduction and application of new local building materials or structures in the field. Mr. Vardanyan mentioned that a research center for generating investment programs in the field of urban development will be established in the near future, which is a new initiative of the University. NUACA, with its academic staff and students, has the corresponding potential to study and clearly generate investment programs, proposing them to the Government partners. Another important objective that Mr. Vardanyan addressed, was the review of the curricula, discussed with the “Armenian Association of Developers”, as the developers, builders, and architects involved in the field are mostly University graduates.

NUACA Rector drew attention to the abundance of activities to be implemented together, emphasizing that the implementation ways are sometimes not that easy, however with joint efforts it is possible to achieve greater results in education, development and urban planning, with a modest contribution to the prosperity and image of the country. The Rector wished everyone productive activity and fruitful work.

During the meeting, the upcoming activities, the steps and projects to be implemented within the framework of current and prospective cooperation with the legislative and executive authorities, local self-government bodies, the challenges of the sphere and the joint efforts to tackle those challenges were presented.