1 VERITAS PROJECT Workshop on PhD Promotion Tools Yerevan, Armenia June 16-17, 2014

2 PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION ACADEMY OF THE REPUBLIC OF ARMENIA (PAARA) Tereza Khechoyan Vice-rector for International Relations

3 “Dual Master’s and PhD Programs in E-Public Administration and E-Business Administration” Ongoing Project; Competitive Innovation Fund for Armenian Higher Education Dual Diploma Program with Mykolas Romeris University (Lithuania)

Science Po Institute of Aix-en-Provence “Science Po Armenia” Branch at PAARA Strategic Management of Enterprises; 6-month duration courses An opportunity to continue education in France for Master’s Program

5 Public Administration, Economics (Management), Law, Political Science Psychology. Research papers of foreign authors in English and Russian languages are published PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION Journal with International Editorial Board Sections:

Invited Professors from Abroad Deliver Lectures at PAARA Carleton University (Canada), University of Maryland (USA), Cornell University (USA), Haigazian University (Lebanon), Science Po Institute of Aix-en-Provence (France), University of Kansas (USA), etc.

Internships in Abroad (a small number of students), Best Students are offered jobs in the Administration of the President, Government, National Assembly, Ministries, etc. Inter University Student Conference on Public Administration Efficiency, Survey among Governmental Agencies to Reveal correspondence of students’ knowledge and skills to their expectations

About 50 Cooperation Agreements signed Canada, France, Lebanon, Poland, Russian Federation, Belarus, Ukraine, etc.

COOPERATION WITH INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS The Network of Schools and Institutes of Public Administration in Central and Eastern Europe "NISPAcee" (Bratislava, Slovakia) EU TACIS Program, EU Tempus Program Eurasia Foundation, World Bank, International City Management Association "ICMA", Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA), Canadian Bureau for International Education (CBIE), United Nations Development Program (UNDP), Department for International Development (DFID), UK, German Academic Exchange Service Information Center (DAAD) GIZ, TIRI (UK), Open Society Institute (OSI).

PARTNER UNIVERSITIES AND ORGANIZATIONS National School of Public Administration of Poland, The Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies (Geneva, Switzerland), Russian Academy of National Economy and Public Service at the President of RF, Southern Russian Institute-Branch of the Russian Academy of National Economy and Public Service at the President of Russian Federation, Oryol Branch of the Russian Academy of National Economy and Public Service at the President of Russian Federation, Ukrainian Academy of Public Administration at the President of the Ukraine, Academy of Administration at the President of Belarus Republic, Academy of Municipal Administration of the Ukraine, Lugansk Center for Postgraduate Education, Ukraine, Center for Development of Scientific Cooperation, RF, Novosibirsk, Franco-Armenian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Inter-professional International Armenian Group (G2IA), Sciences Po Aix an Provance, France.

11 THANK YOU!