Armenia becomes 126th country to join GLOBE family

ArmInfo.The Republic of Armenia became the 126th country included in the GLOBE family. This was reported by the press service of the RA Ministry of Education,  Science, Culture, Sports.

As Director of the GLOBE Implementation Office Tony Murphy said, the  Organization expects Armenia to implement a sustainable program in  the field of science and education with the support of the GLOBE  Implementation Office (GIO) in the United States and the GLOBE Europe  Regional Coordination Office for Eurasia in the Czech Republic.

The participation of the RA in the GLOBE program was also discussed  at the meeting of  Acting Minister of Education, Science, Culture and  Sports of the RA Vahram Dumanyan with  US Ambassador to RA Lynne  Tracy.

During the meeting, Vahram Dumanyan touched upon cooperation with the  US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), in  particular, the signing of a memorandum on the GLOBE program in June.

The Acting Minister expressed confidence that the GLOBE program,  which is an international scientific and educational environmental  program, in the best way involves Armenian students and scientists in  an international network in terms of studying the global environment,  and will contribute to the implementation of new joint initiatives,  thereby contributing to development of technology education in  Armenia.

In turn, Tracy reaffirmed her commitment to continue and develop  multilateral cooperation.  "Given the myriad climate challenges  facing the world, GLOBE's innovative and interactive methods for  recognizing and protecting the environment are more relevant today  than ever before," said the US Ambassador.

The Global Learning and Observation to Benefit the Environment  (GLOBE) program is a worldwide hands-on science and education program  dedicated to the environment that is now active in more than 120  countries. It works to advance science teaching and learning, improve  environmental literacy and sustainable use, and promote scientific  discovery. Students and educators collect data and conduct research  in collaboration with scientists from a variety of international  agencies, and their work is available on the GLOBE website. The  program is implemented by the University Corporation for Atmospheric  Research (UCAR) in Boulder, Colorado, and is sponsored by NASA  (National Aeronautics and Space Administration), NOAA (National  Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) and the National Science  Foundation under an interagency agreement signed in 1998.