Winners of 3rd All-Armenian e-Content Competition announced

YERE VAN, DECEMBER 27, NOYAN TAPAN. 337 works were submitted for the 3rd
All-Armenian e-Content Competition, which was by 30% more than at the
previous competition, the Chairman of the Armenian e-Content
Association, Executive Director of the IT Foundation of Armenia Garegin
Chigaszian announced at the December 26 press conference. This year’s
competition was dedicated to the 500th anniversary of Armenian printing.

According to G. Chugaszian, the top prize winners by 8 categories are:
"e-culture" category – the group to have created the website of the NGO
studying Armenian architecture; "e-business" category – the group to
have created the website of GPS control and security system of mobile
objects; "e-inclusion" category – "tert.am" electronic periodical;
"e-entertainment" category – "35mm" virtual photoclub; "e-government"
category – the group to have created "Tundardz Hayastan" website;
"e-learning" – the group to have created the Armenian educational
portal; "e-health" category – the group to have created "Law and
Health" website; and "e-science" category – the Armenian Genocide
Museum Institute. Special awards were given: "e-Armenian language"
category – to the group to have created a website with an automatic
translator from English to Armenian, and "e-Armenology" category – to
"Humanitarian Virtual Community" website.

The Director of IT Park company Gagik Karapetian said that e-content
competitions are conducive to the correct use of participants’ works in
the virtual environment. The Chairman of Bi Line company Hayk Khanjian
in his turn stated that thanks to development of e-content, Armenia is
better presented to the world via the Internet.

The top prize winners in each category will receive 300 thousand drams
(about ,000), those in second place will receive 150 thousand drams.
The competition fund makes ,000.