During the express conversation held in Yerevan City Hall Yerevan Mayor Taron Margaryan and the member of Yerevan Council of Elders, the director of “Synopsis Armenia” CJSC Hovik Musaelyan presented the aims of the commission for working out and implementation of “Yerevan-smart city” program created by Yerevan Mayor.

Speaking about the aims of the commission creation Yerevan Mayor Taron Margaryan noted that technological developments and innovative solutions taking place worldwide create wide possibilities for more effective management in various spheres of urban economy and for development of urban infrastructures. According to the Mayor, the need for “smart solutions” becomes vital. Taking into account this fact the commission was formed involving leading specialists of the sphere and representatives of related subdivisions of the Municipality.
“In the age of high technologies implementation of “Smart city” program is really necessary. Today, in all big cities worldwide and particularly in capital cities particular attention is paid to smart management of urban infrastructures and it’s natural that Yerevan should have started taking serious steps in that direction. With this aim we formed the commission which includes working groups due to which we will be able to refer almost to all fields of urban economy attracting all our partners, best specialists and talented youth of the sphere. The commission is open and we are ready to cooperate with everyone and be sure that installing this program we will be able to provide effective management and the “Smart city” program will be fulfilled in Yerevan as well. I am sure that our capital which is going to mark its 2799-th anniversary can come up not only as one of the oldest cities but taking into account the potential of our specialists in information technologies it can become one of the world cities where smart solutions and smart proposals are made”, stressed Mayor Taron Margaryan adding that within the frames of “Yerevan-smart city” program the successful experience of Yerevan sister and partner cities in e-governance will be studied.
The member of Yerevan Council of Elders, the chairman of the commission for working out and implementation of “Yerevan-smart city” program Hovik Musaelyan presented in details the directions of the activities to be carried out by the commission and noted that information and telecommunication technologies are of priority in the economic development of Armenia as a result of which in the recent years a number of successful projects were accomplished which let us believe that in this sphere Yerevan can become one of the leading international cities.
“Information telecommunication technologies are of high priority in Armenia and the success and achievements we have had in recent years have noticeable rates. 35-percent growth according to this year, about 500 companies which solving their functional problems offer innovative solutions which can change the quality of our life. Significant results in e-governance were achieved in Yerevan Municipality in the recent years too however we think that they are not enough and we can achieve more”, said Hovik Musaelyan.
It should be noted that with the aim of implementation of “Yerevan-smart city” program three strategies will be worked out: a short-term, a middle-term and a long-term.

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