Administrative and Teaching Staff Official Visit to Italy, Tusha University

The head of the department of "The Educational Quality Guarantee" Narine Vardanyan, the principal of the department of education Yerjanik Zargaryan, chairman of the "Economics and Management" Karen Sargsyan, the lecturers of the chair Narine Manukyan and Aram Simonyan from the NAS, International Scientific Educational Center had an formal business trip to the University of Tusha in Italy, within the frames of the program Euro union Erazmus+ KA 107, 22-28 of April, 2018. The delegation of ISEC had various meetings within the boundaries of the visit. The head of the department of "The Educational Quality Guarantee" Narine Vardanyan, and the principal of the department of education Yerjanik Zargaryan met Kaplan, the head of the department of "The Educational Quality Guarantee" of Tusha University. During the meeting the question of the involvement of the beneficiaries, the standards of improvement of educational programs, institutional and accreditations standards, as well as the presentation ways of the faculties self-analyses were discussed. Considering the experience of Tusha University very informative, the head of the department of "The Educational Quality Guarantee" Narine Vardanyan suggested to the delegation of HDEQG of Tusha University to provide the mechanisms and procedure of quality guarantee of the inner university system. Some bench marking and the results will be discussed later with HDEQG responsible persons of the guarantee chair. During the visit, the delegation of NAS of RA met professor Branca, the responsible person for the international cooperation of the "Chair of Economics, Business and Marketing". Within the meeting the ISEC chairman of "Economics and Management’ Sargisyan presented the realized magistrates’ and educational programs. There was an agreement on the cooperative basis educational program elaborate – granting double diploma. Professors Narine Manukyan and Aram Simonyan from ISEC “Economics and Management” department met their colleagues and took part in their lessons, discussed coincidence of their taught subject programs and teaching skills, as well as methods discussing the compatible programming packets, the problems and approaches of subject programs, took part in some lessons including Erazmus+ credit mobile program and followed the educational process of three magistrate students studying that very program at the moment. There was a meeting session in Tusha University Hall on the 26-th of April. Within that frame of ISEC lecturer David Pipoyan, the head of Ecologanoshpere Research Center, the chain food risks estimation center of NAS of RA introduced educational links between Armenia and Italy, particularly Erasmus+ according to the credit of mobility exchange program of the present moment data, chances of further cooperation and possibility programs. ISEC team presented information on the educational international center as well as the structure of "Economics and Management", the possibilities of cooperation and perspectives with Tusha University. The meeting ended in tasting Armenian wine and Italian food.