On April 19-20, 2018, a National Seminar on "Promoting Sustainable Development through Technical and Vocational Training and Education in Armenia" will be held by the UNESCO Chair on "Education for Sustainable Development" of the Center for Ecological-Noosphere Studies of the National Academy of Sciences of the RA, at the initiative of the Steering Committee of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) and with the financial support of the Swiss State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation.

Representatives of ministries, regional and local authorities, business community, public (NGO) and international organizations, educators of initial and vocational education system will be invited to participate in the workshop. Altogether, it is foreseen to invite 50 participants and guests, including representatives from the different regions of Armenia, international experts from Lithuania and India, Kyrgyz Republic, Republic of Belarus, Georgia, as well as the representative of the UNECE Secretariat and the Department for Educational Cooperation Strategy of the Swiss State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation.