Russian-Armenian innovation center to be opened in Yerevan on April 15
2010-04-09 16:12:00
ArmInfo. The Russian-Armenian innovation center will be opened in
Yerevan on April 15, Head of the Armenian Office of the Federal Agency
for CIS Affairs, Compatriots Abroad and International Humanitarian
Cooperation, Viktor Krivopuskov, told journalists, Friday.
According to him, the representatives of large Russian technological
companies will attend the ribbon- cutting ceremony of the center. The
center will allow Armenian scientists to sell their inventions and
patents in the market more effectively. "Our colleagues from the
Armenian Chamber of Commerce and Industry will confirm that they
receive a lot of patents for registration", he said and added that
Armenia’s task is to make innovators launch them not only in Armenia
and even CIS, but also other countries. "Nobody will deny that at
present innovations are one of the most valuable resources for any
country",- said Krivopuskov.
To recall, the center is to become the first joint center for
innovation cooperation within the frames of the Interstate target
program on innovation cooperation of CIS until 2020. According to the
members of the working group for elaboration of the Interstate target
program on innovation cooperation of CIS, the program will allow CIS
countries to enhance labor efficiency 2.5 times by 2020, reduce GDP
energy intensity by 70%, increase expenditures on science by 3% of
GDP, and those on education – by 6% of GDP. The priority spheres of
development are energy, machine building, aerospace industry,
transport, communication, agriculture, biotechnologies and medicine.