Trilateral MoU signed to Cooperate in the Field of Demography
The overall purpose of MoU is to assist the Government of Armenia in advising on general demographic concerns currently existing in Armenia.
UNFPA Armenia, the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs of the Republic of Armenia (MLSA), and the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) signed a trilateral Memorandum of Understanding in Laxenburg, Austria. The overall purpose of MoU is to assist the Government of Armenia, particularly MLSA, in advising on general demographic concerns currently existing in Armenia and how to successfully adapt to such trends over the coming decades.
Tsovinar Harutyunyan, UNFPA Armenia Head of Office, Narek Mkrtchyan, Minister of Labour and Social Affairs, and Albert van Jaarsveld, IIASA Director General, signed the Memorandum.
Within the framework of this cooperation, support will be provided, inter alia, in terms of expert evaluation of Armenia's new demography strategy, as well as in the effective development of tools and best policy solutions, based on international best practices.
IIASA is one of the world's leading research centers that provides countries with advice and research support for policy development, in particular in the field of demography. It gathers together more than 400 researchers from 52 countries of the world.
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