10-11-2017

Business Innovation Forum 2017 has kicked off to shape Armenia's Innovative future

The 5^th Business Innovation Forum has kicked of on November 10^th, 2017. It gathered the main stakeholders of the Innovation, IT and High Tech sectors to discuss the key areas highly important for the development of the economy in Armenia, such as Digitization, Research & Development, Innovation Strategy, Education & High-tech, Intellectual property and Information Security.

The participants exchanged opinions on the above-mentioned topics, discussed the challenges and best practices for development of those areas. In the framework of the offered workshops on business modeling, design thinking, reserach and development moderated by international and local experts, the dedicated working groups eloborated practical recommendations resulting in tangible proposals for development of Armenia's innovative future.

upcoming events

25Feb

Armenian Designers to showcase at PITTI SUPPER in Milan

With EU-SMEDA's support six Armenian designers and brands will attend and exhibit with their FW19-20 collections at the Fashion fair: PITTI SUPER 13 in Milan, February 22-25.

22Feb

Startup Boost Weekend Vol.4

Good news for university students with bold ideas and interested in entrepreneurship! Startup Boost Weekend Vol.4 is not far away! It will be held from 22-24 February, 2019 at Yerevan State University.

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2019-01-19

The third Demo Day of Armenia Startup Academy showcases the progress of the graduating startups

The Demo Day of the third batch of graduating startups of the EU-funded Armenia Startup Academy was successfully held on January 19, 2019. During the Demo Day, the founders of 12 startups that had been enrolled in the third cycle of the 12-week pre-acceleration programme of the Armenia Startup Academy introduced themselves and their products and solutions to the interested public, shared what they had learned at the Academy and what their future plans were.

2019-01-11

Business Membership Organisations (BMO-s) under focus again

2019 started for EU-SMEDA project with an activity aimed at strengthening of BMO’s (Business membership organisations) capacities. The visiting BMO consultant Karen Konopka met with a dozen of active BMOs for guidance and sharing of her hands-on expertise that aimed to improve their efficiency in performance, in particular in becoming more independent and sustainable as entities.

2018-12-07

The second "Empowering Regions through High-tech'' forum successfully held

The second Empowering Regions through High-Tech 2018 Forum was successfully held in Gyumri, the 2^nd largest city of Armenia from 7-8 December. It gathered around 200 young people and specialists from all the regions of RA engaged in high-tech, startup and innovation fields.