WINNERS OF SECOND ALL-ARMENIAN E-CONTENT CONTEST TO PARTICIPATE IN WSIS AWARD-GIVING CEREMONY IN CROATIA IN SEPTEMBER 2007

Noyan Tapan
Dec 21 2006

YEREVAN, DECEMBER 21, NOYAN TAPAN. Th winners of the second
All-Armenian e-Content Contest will participate in the award-giving
ceremony of the World Summit of the Information Society (WSIS) to be
held in Croatia in September 2007. Garegin Chugaszian, Chairman of the
IT Foundation – the contest’s organizer, stated this at the December
20 seminar dedicated to the results of the contest. It was noted that
works from Armenia were recognized as winners at the award-giving
ceremonies of the WSIS in 2005 and 2006. According to G. Chugaszian,
only 14 countries presented award-winning works two consecutive years,
and only Armenia and Croatia as developing countries achieved such
success.

Vahan Balasanian, Director of the company Balasanian Design Bureau,
member of the contest jury, said that it is quite diffucult to choose
a work out of those presented at the 2006 contest, because contents
and low level of technical quality are "typical of the Armenian
Internet." In his opinion, there has been progress in the design
of Armenian websites. He noted that during all-Armenian contests,
not only contents and technical level but also design quality of
multimedia works should be assessed. To recap, the winners of the
second all-Armenian e-content contest are: the Golden Apricot-3
website (e-culture), Spyur business reference website (e-business),
the website of the Ararat Partriarchal Diocese of the Armenian
Apostolic Church (e-inclusion), the website of the Apricot tour
agency (e-entertainment), the IT Development Assisting Council
(e-governance), the laser disc "Orange Planet" (e-education), the
website of the Union of Plastic and Aesthetic Surgery of Armenia
(e-health) and the website of the National Foundation of Science and
Advanced Technologies (e-science).