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 

<financing terrorism>, <participation in the creation and activities 

of armed formations or groups not provided for by law> and <illegal 

crossing of the state border of the Republic of Azerbaijan>. 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.