Microsoft innovation center in Yerevan model for Central Europe – Armenian premier

The Microsoft Innovation Center in Yerevan is the largest one, and its experience is applied in Central Europe for establishing similar centers, Armenian Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan said at the ArmTech Congress 2011 in Yerevan.

He reminded the congress that the center was opened this May, under a memorandum of understanding signed between the Armenian Government and Microsoft Corporation.

MIC Armenia is holding both short- and long-term IT and business trainings as well as equipping students, IT professionals, and Armenian businesses with the knowledge and skills to create innovative products and services, to bring products and services to market, and to build well-managed competitive businesses.

Programs are implemented with the assistance of the Enterprise Incubator Foundation (EIF), US Agency for International Development (USAID), Microsoft Corporation, State Engineering University of Armenia and Government of Armenia.

Premier Tigran Sargsyan noted that the center is assisting small and medium-sized businesses, training courses, seminars.