Armenia to participate in Nokia’s M2Work World Contest first time

YEREVAN, March 19. /ARKA/. Armenia will participate for the first time in M2Work World Contest, initiated by Nokia Company, Mariam Davtyan, the program coordinator of the first regional mobile laboratory (mLab) for applications for Eastern Europe, Southern Caucasus, Central Asia and CIS countries (except Russia), reported ARKA. 

The contest is designed for developing mobile applications for the organizations, wishing to offer microwork for inhabitants of any part of the world. 

“For example, CNN largest broadcaster, will be able to announce on some vacancy for online work to get information from hot spots, and anyone can receive a little sum of money to email pictures or short stories via their smart phones or cell phones,” Davtyan said.

As another example Davtyan highlighted the possibility of doing translations from rare languages, that may be realized by native speakers of those languages in any part of the world.

The contest is mainly aimed for opening microvacancies in developing countries. mLab is a contest coordinator in Armenia.

Davtyan also said that ideasproject.com website published an announcement on contest participation, however the laboratory hasn’t received any applications as many people are not informed of how to make innovative ideas for microwork.

“M2Work International microwork contest: from millions of tasks to thousands of jobs,” event was organized in Yerevan on Saturday targeted at purposing and developing mobile solutions. Nearly 100 young IT experts are expected to make offers on mobile ideas, and the authors of the best proposals will get from $1000 to $20,000, she added. 

The contest is open not only for Armenian citizens, but also for representatives from the region. 

Bagrat Yengibaryan, Enterprise Incubator Foundation- EIF chief, in turn, said the initiative is implemented for transforming a cell phone into a tool for doing small but quite pithy works.

Microwork market can become quite profitable business for the housewives and disabled, who will be able to work at home, according to him. 

He said the authors of the best ideas will receive Nokia cell phone as a prize. —0--