ASHOT HOVANESIAN: ARMENIA COULD BECOME INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY KNOWLEDGE CENTER
/PanARMENIAN.Net/
05.10.2009 13:59 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ The first global conference on Development Assistance
Database (DAD) Community of Practice (CoP), organized by Synergy
International Systems in collaboration with United Nations Development
Program launched in Yerevan. The conference will take place from
October 5th through October 9th at Synergy’s Global Learning Center.
RA Deputy Foreign Minister Arman Kirakosyan emphasized the importance
of the conference, ranking IT development as a high priority among
governmental projects. Arman Kirakosyan especially noted Synergy
International Systems’ contribution to the organization of conference,
hosting representatives of 20 countries, where Synergy’s flagship
system, the Development Assistance Database was established.
In his turn, Synergy International Systems CEO & President Ashot
Hovanesian added that, representatives of developing countries will
share experience of IT technologies usage in national budgeting.
Ashot Hovanesian expressed a hope that future conferences will continue
the tradition. "Today’s conference is the first step. I’m confident
that many will continue the conference tradition by following our
example, so that Armenia could become information technology knowledge
center, besides being famous for its historic and cultural heritage,"
he said.
According to him, the conference is a proof that developing countries’
governments acknowledge the importance of information technologies
for effective implementation of social, healthcare, transportation and
other programs. "The database is important in promoting transparency
and accountability of funds, aid effectiveness, so that even as a
common citizen could have a possibility to track the investments,"
Synergy International Systems President concluded.
Synergy International Systems (USA) opened its Armenian branch in
1999 where it now employs around 100 highly professional staff in
the areas of software dev rations, network administration, quality
assurance, and business analysts. With the construction of a new
state-of-the-art business center almost completed, Synergy plans to
expand its operations in Armenia and increase the stuff numbers to
300 within the next 2-3 years.