Business Planning for Gyumri Techno Park, Armenia

Project:	Business Planning for Gyumri Techno Park, Armenia
Completion Date:	2010
Client:	Academy for Educational Development (AED)
Services Provided:	Analysis of the situation; Workshops; Proposal development; Training; Supporting documentation.

Project Description

The Government of Armenia proposed an ambitious plan for accelerating the development of an information technology cluster in Gyumri, Armenia’s second largest city. SIDC was invited by the Government to develop a roadmap for the concept and outline the resources, policies, facilities, infrastructure, support services and incentives necessary to foster the concept.

SIDC was subsequently invited to support the Ministry of Economy in implementing the strategic roadmap which included the development of a micro enterprise centre, an industrial park for general industrial and logistics sectors, a business incubator for high quality flexible business ventures, a techno park with strong management and emphasises on development and commercialisation of new technologies, Education and research centres to meet the needs of business oriented graduate/ post graduate training and applied research.