Wednesday, 28 October 2009
Today the RA Information Technology Support Council met in an enlarged sitting at the Office of Government, chaired by council head, RA Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan.
First, the council reviewed the status of the assignments given at its previous sitting.
The meeting also decided to settle definitively the problem of certificates asked at customs points for those products non-envisaged under Armenian laws and follow-up inquiries made to importers on the given question.
To underpin “start-up” companies, a consultant engaged to that effect was said to have designed the concept of the innovations and business center.
Strategic Task Force Head A. Kuchukyan reported on the status of the priorities program, including the development of a uniform schedule for e-government and electronic society programs.
He gave the details of the work done so far towards promoting computer literacy in the sphere of education.
Noteworthy is the Training One program which is still being tested and discussed. The meeting discussed possibilities for getting private sector and academic field representatives involved in the next stages of this program. In this connection, a number of assignments were issued to corresponding state departments.
The agenda similarly featured review of preparations for the Armtech-2009 conference to be held between this November 5 and 8 in San Jose (USA). After discussion of some relevant issues, domestic IT companies were proposed to take an active part in the establishment of Armenia’s office in the Silicon Valley.
