Monday, December 17 2018 13:32

ArmInfo."Potential" program has been launched in Armenia. According to the press service of the government, after giving the go-ahead to the start of the  program, Acting Deputy Prime Minister Tigran Avinyan noted that 2018  was a year of fundamental changes for Armenia, a new beginning and  high hopes.

After the democratic velvet revolution and the most  transparent, free and fair elections in the country, unique  opportunities emerged for building a powerful progressive and  developed Armenia. Tigran Avinyan stressed that one of the main tasks  of the government is the implementation of the economic revolution.  From an agrarian and mining country, the republic should be  transformed into an internationally competitive, exporting state with  high technologies that create additional values. This process, as  noted by acting deputy prime minister will not be easy. It will be  accompanied by numerous difficulties and challenges that must be  overcome. However, as in the days of the revolution, and now, other  results will not be accepted. To achieve these goals, it will be  necessary to find non-standard solutions, show creativity and involve  in this process not only the talent and potential of the people, but  also the potential of the Armenians of the whole world.

In this context, the "Potential" program is an attempt for all  Armenians, it will become one of the platforms for combining  experience, knowledge and opportunities. Tigran Avinyan added that  during the previous decades hundreds of thousands of people left  Armenia, the country lost its scientists, entrepreneurs, and  qualified personnel in various fields. The former governments mainly  used relations with the Diaspora to beg for money, without offering  anything in return. "Potential" is intended to break this one-sided  principle of relations, and lays the foundation for a new quality of  Armenia-Diaspora cooperation. For the first time, Armenia offers  financial opportunities, professional training and a wide network of  partnerships for 71 startups from 27 countries - from Australia to  the Netherlands, from the USA to China. For the first time  compatriots living abroad come to Armenia not "at the call of blood"  or as tourists, but for the simple reason that their homeland gives  them opportunities to develop their business, apply new ideas and  achieve great success.  Tigran Avinyan stressed that throughout its  history, Armenians and Armenia were at the forefront of innovation,  progress of science and creative solutions. In the modern world, no  country can achieve a high level of stable development without  knowledge, technology and human capital, and the government will  contribute to the maximum extent to the implementation of innovative  ideas and initiatives. He stressed that within a few days, program  participants will become familiar with the ecosystem of start-ups,  their features and available opportunities. There will be discussions  with experts who have achieved success in their fields, will get  acquainted with many successful startups. He called for the maximum  use of the opportunities that appeared and, regardless of the final  results, to consider Armenia as the main station for the development  of startups, since in the near future scientific and technical  achievements and bold decisions will be developed in Armenia.