Thursday, March 22 2018 15:44

ArmInfo.On March 22, within the framework of the next visit to Armenia, a group of experts from the NATO Defense Education Improvement Program visited the National  Defense Research University of the Defense Ministry of the Republic  of Armenia. Guests were received by the chief-founder of the National  Defense Research University, lieutenant-general, doctor of political  sciences, professor Hayk Kotanjyan.

Professor Kotanjyan stressed the importance of the support provided  by the NATO expert group in the ongoing reform of the defense  education system in Armenia. He also noted that the educational  process at the University is organized on the basis of the adaptation  of the model of Western research universities and institutions and  the experience of Russian think tanks by transferring the research  component of the scientific and applied research products to the  audience as a teaching aid.

The guests were presented the main results of the four-week course of  in-department retraining conducted at the University in  October-November 2017, as well as the program of an eight-week  refresher course developed in the NIOS in an interdepartmental  format. It was noted that in the courses scheduled for May- June  2018, the deputy heads of the departments that are part of the  defense sector will take part.

Hayk Kotanjyan informed the audience that the National Defense  University of Defense has begun to review the RA National Security  Strategy. The Institute for National Strategic Studies (INSS) of the  MoD was the scientific coordinator of the drafting of the first  national security strategy of the Republic of Armenia, and at present  the RRI, created by the transformation of INSS, uses the knowledge  and methodology acquired in this process.

At the meeting with the report, the deputy head of the Scientific  Research Institute for Education, head of the Institute of National  Strategic Defense and Security Education Colonel Suren Davtyan, also  spoke.

Member of the group of experts of the NATO Defense Education  Improvement Program, brigadier retired from Canada Ernest Beno gave a  lecture on "Education of strategic leaders in an interagency  cooperation environment".