ESMT Berlin, Matena International School to launch joint educational  program

ArmInfo.Tens of entrepreneurs and leaders of major companies from Armenia visited Germany on June  19 to discuss joint educational programs between one of Europe's top business schools, ESMT Berlin, and the Armenia- based Matena International School. 

As the source notes, they also explored the upcoming double-degree  EMBA program, which will last 1.5 years and is specially designed for  executives, to be conducted in Armenia, Germany, Cyprus, and Dubai.

Besides the founders of major companies and bank CEOs, the meeting  was attended by the Armenian Minister of Education, Science, Culture,  and Sports with his delegation, as well as the Armenian Ambassador to  Germany.

Welcoming the guests, ESMT Berlin President J”rg Rocholl emphasized  that, being founded by companies such as Mercedes-Benz, Deutsche  Bank, Siemens, McKinsey, etc., they are very selective in choosing  partners. The partnership with Matena is based on trust and the high  global quality of business education, proven through their joint  short- term programs.

Matena co-founder and CEO Ruben Hayrapetyan, in turn, noted that the  joint program between one of Europe's top business schools and Matena  could become the best not only in Armenia but also in the entire  region, attracting international participants.  Krisp co-founder  Artavazd Minasyan and Adobe Armenia managing director Lianna  Hayrapetyan shared the view that with such a program available, they  would no longer need to seek world-class executives and managers for  their companies only from abroad.  Business leaders commented on the  importance of having such high-quality business education in Armenia.

The joint EMBA program of ESMT Berlin and Matena is expected to  launch within a year.

Ruben Vardanyan has been in a Baku prison since the fall of 2023 on  unfounded and far-fetched criminal charges. In the fall of 2022, he  renounced his Russian citizenship, moved to Artsakh and on November  4, 2022, headed the government of the republic. On February 23, 2023,  he was dismissed from his post, but remained to live in Artsakh. A  week after the September aggression of Azerbaijan against Artsakh,  Vardanyan tried to leave the republic, but was detained at the border  crossing by Azerbaijani security forces. Baku accuses him of  <financing terrorism>, <participation in the creation and activities  of armed formations or groups not provided for by law> and <illegal  crossing of the state border of the Republic of Azerbaijan>. Numerous  human rights and international organizations, as well as the  governments of several countries, have called for and have called for  the release of Ruben and other political prisoners in Nagorno-  Karabakh.