21/04/2011 14:43
PUM, CARD sign Memorandum of Mutual Understanding
PUM Netherlands senior experts and the Center for Agribusiness and Rural Development (CARD)-Armenia signed a Memorandum of Mutual Understanding aimed at rural development.
The signing ceremony was attended by Ambassador of the Netherlands to Georgia and Armenia Peter Langenberg, Armenian Deputy Minister of Economy Karine Minasyan, Deputy Minister of Agriculture Armen Poghosyan.
According to CARD Deputy Director Sevak Manukyan, cooperation with PUM was launched in 2004. Volunteer experts are invited to Armenia under the cooperation program. They hold consultations for enterprises and household farms in Armenia.
25 volunteers visited Armenia in 2010 and 50 are expected to arrive in Armenia in 2011, Mr. Otto Wagenaar, PUM Country Coordinator of Armenia said.