French Support to AIT
On 19 October, AIT, the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs
and the French Agency for Development (AFD) signed an Agreement on French
support to the Institute for the period 2000-2001 valued at 912,600 Euros
(about THB 35,000,000).
As part of this Agreement, scholarships and expert support are provided
for the STAR program (SAT), the Energy Program (SERD), the Water Engineering
and Management Program (SCE) and the School of Management, through its
bilingual MBA program at AIT and its joint degree program with prestigious
French business schools. Other aspects of French support not included in
this present accord include French language teaching.
This Agreement is a welcome development of the long-standing partnership
between the French Government and AIT and is part of an on-going
effort of both parties towards greater rationalization, transparency and
accountability.
Photo shows first row from left: Mr. Jean-Pierre Langlois, representing
the French Agency for Development; Mr. François Mégard, Regional
Counsellor for Scientific and Technical Cooperation, French Embassy in
Thailand; Mrs. Béatrice Duchemin-Sichère, from the French
Ministry of Foreign Affairs; and Prof. Jean-Louis Armand, AIT President. In
the second row are Prof. Nguyen Cong Thanh, Adviser to the President and
French Support Program Coordinator, and Mrs. Nuallaong Juntrasook, Director of Finance, with other AIT officials.
