Panorama.am
15:25 18/02/2008
10-12 THOUSANDS GDP TO A PERSON
It is planned to provide each person's GDP 10-12 thousands dollars in 2020-2025. Nerses Yeritsyan, the minister of trade and economic development made a speech at "Bridge 2008" international economic fifth forum in Tsakhkadzor.
According to him the most important part of the activities is well planned missions. He said that every part should be the logical continuation of the previous one. He also added that it is planned to transfer the production sphere from agricultural to industrial one, from constructional market to hypothec market from 2008 to 2025.
ARKA
YEREVAN, February 18. 2008
ARMENIA'S UNION OF MANUFACTURERS & BUSINESSMEN, UNION OF CZECH & MORAVIAN CORPORATIONS SIGN COOPERATION AGREEMENT
The Union of Manufacturers and Businessmen of Armenia (UMBA) and the Union of Czech and Moravian Corporations have signed a cooperation agreement. "This document will give a start to cooperation between our organizations and will focus on the interchange of business ideas," said UMBA Chairman Arsen Ghazarian during the Bridge 2008 economic forum in Tsakhkadzor.
According to him, the purpose of the agreement is to support Armenian-Czech economic development. Ghazarian pointed out that UMBA has signed about 80 cooperation agreements with France, Greece, Romania, Germany, Belgium, Argentine and other countries.
According to Jan Wiesner, chairman of the Union of Czech and Moravian Corporations, the organization includes textile and consumer goods manufacturers, as well as companies producing construction materials, cars agricultural instruments, and semi-finished goods. He stated that Armenia is the union's first partner-country in the region. Armenian-Czech trade turnover totaled $18.3mln in 2007 against $8.96mln in 2006, the RA National Statistical Service (NSS) reports.
The fifth international economic forum Bridge 2008 opened in Tsakhkadzor on February 15. The organizers of the event are UMBA and the MASTER Center for International Integration Assistance. The forum is officially sponsored by the RA Ministry of Trade and Economic Development, RA Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Central Bank of Armenia and the Armenian Development Agency.
About 300 entrepreneurs from Armenia, Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Czech Republic, Bulgaria, Austria and Iran participate in the forum.
ARKA
YEREVAN, February 18. 2008
ARMENIA HAS REQUIRED RESOURCES FOR SETTING UP AN INTERNATIONAL HEALTHCARE CENTER
YEREVAN, February 18. /ARKA/. Armenia has all the required resources for setting up an international healthcare center, Armenia's Minister of Trade and Economic Development Nerses Yeritsian in making a speech during the international economic forum "Bridge 2008" in Tsakhkadzor.
Yeritsian reminded that the Government set an objective to establish such a center. The Minister pressed the importance of the discussions on the future of science and technologies, medical and biotechnologies in particular, held recently under the World Economic Forum in Davos.
Particularly, the Minister said that information about research has been provided saying that people live longer, but healthcare expenditures are growing and people are ready to spend them on obtaining cheap but high-quality medical services.
This means that Armenia has all the resources to set up an international center of healthcare, bearing in mind the existing physics institute with serious applications in the sphere of measurements and instrument-making industry, as well as certain abilities in providing high-quality services in the field of tourism, Yeritsian said. The initiative should not be limited within two or three hospitals, he said.
"This should become a common policy of the country, and Armenia can become competitive in the niche of high-technology medical services," the Minister said.
The fifth International economic forum "Bridge 2008" is held in Tsakhkadzor on February 15-18.