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 , and . 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.