IT MONTH SUMMED UP IN YEREVAN

Panorama.am
16:57 18/10/06

The main task of the development of information technologies in
Armenia at the present phase is formation of information community,
Ara Hakobyan, adviser to the Armenian prime minister, told a press
conference today. In his words, it is necessary to qualitatively
change the policy and dispositions to IT to attract the community and
investors to the field which will eventually result in economic growth
of the country. He said IT ratio in GDP makes up 2%, which he said is
"not bad."

Summing up of IT month in Armenia, which ran from September 15
to October 15, the adviser to the head of the government said the
participation involved large geographic scope.

Ara Hakobyan underscored cooperation agreements with Sun Microsystems
and with Incubator of Enterprises, Unions of Information Technologies
of Armenia and an identical organization in Egypt. Hakobyan said the
mentioned documents open opportunities for educational and research
centers in the region and on the international level."