About $24 mln invested in ArMath engineering laboratories in Armenia - UATE
YEREVAN, March 7. /ARKA/. The Union of Advanced Technology Enterprises of Armenia (UATE) has invested nearly $24 million in the development of Armath Engineering Makerspaces.
This figure was reported by UATE leaders at a meeting with Armenian Minister of Economy Gevorg Papoyan and his deputy Lilya Sirekanyan.
Issues related to the economic policy of the country's authorities, state support and further cooperation with UATE were discussed.
UATE General Director Sarkis Karapetyan and his deputy Edita Ghazaryan presented to the Minister the Union's activities, events and business forums planned for this year, as well as the ArMath program as one of the best examples of public-private partnership.
They informed Papoyan that this year is the 20th anniversary of DigiTec - the largest technological IT event in the region, in connection with which UATE plans to organize a large-scale event.
ABOUT UATE
The Union of Advanced Technology Enterprises (UATE) was established in 2000 At the moment the Union unites more than 200 Armenian and international companies in the field of high and information-communication technologies. Among the strategic partners of the Union are Cifora, Ucraft, Krisp, Quantori, Team Telecom Armenia, Broadcom.
UATE's mission is to contribute to the development of Armenia's technological ecosystem. Every year UATE implements more than 10 specialized projects, including the creation and development of the national educational program ArMath, holding the largest technological exhibition and conference in the region DigiTec, development of projects in the field of military-industrial complex in cooperation with the Armed Forces of Armenia.
The ArMath network of free engineering laboratories in Armenia and a number of foreign countries provides free training in modeling, modern technologies and robotics to more than 16 thousand children and teenagers aged 10-18. Since 2017, the project has been exported abroad; now engineering groups operate in India, France, Bangladesh and Kuwait.-0-