Samvel Harutyunyan, the president of the State Committee of Science of the Ministry of Education and Science visited the State Service for Food Safety of MOA, RA (hereinafter Service) on 5 November by the invitation of Armen Ayrapetyan, the Head of the State Service for Food Safety of MOA, RA (hereinafter Service) to present the funding competitions of research projects announced by the Committee and the possibilities of participation in them.
The mechanisms and criteria of the funding of research projects were discussed with the staff of the Service, as well as with the representatives of “Food Safety Risk Assessment and Analysis Scientific Center” and “Republican veterinary-sanitary and phytosanitary laboratory services center” state non-commercial organizations.
Today, food safety is a priority, and in this context the activity field of the Service is a good platform for scientific innovations and for carrying out scientific activities. The participants welcoming the idea and the format of this partnership expressed their willingness to get acquainted with competition programs as well as to participate in them.
Samvel Harutyunyan also presented the reforms implemented in recent years in the field of science, as well as the projects and prospects of international cooperation.