According to the agreement reached during the meeting of the Tavush region Governor and the Director of the Fund for Rural Economic Development in Armenia held on 28 August 2017, on 27 September 2017 a working team of the Fund’s staff members and consultants headed by the Fund’s Director Aleksandr Kalantaryan conducted a meeting with Gurgen Harutyunyan, Head of the Development Programs and Analysis Department of Tavush Regional Administration and a number of entrepreneurs from the region. The representatives of the Armenian Branch of the Oxfam International Charity Organization also attended the meeting. The meeting aimed at becoming familiar with investment programs in the region and discussing the opportunities of further cooperation.

Mr. A. Kalantaryan introduced the Fund’s activities to the staff of the regional administration and the entrepreneurs. A discussion was initiated. It was agreed to meet again later in order to have a more detailed discussion with those entrepreneurs whose investment programs comply with the Fund’s guidelines. In addition, a film on the Fund and its operations was shown during the meeting.