In Armenian government the agenda is the development of a digital strategy, development of a digital system of state administration and local self-government - the prime minister

ArmInfo. In the government  of Armenia that agenda is the development of a digital strategy, the  development of a digital system of public administration and local  self-government. This September 1, during a meeting with the  delegation of Microsoft, headed by the president of the regional  representation of the company in the CIS countries Ronald Binkofsky,  said Prime Minister Karen Karapetyan.

As the Prime Minister of Armenia noted, the words of the press  service of the Armenian government, the authoritative body intends to  dramatically increase the number of services rendered electronically,  as well as develop an integrated electronic government system. Karen  Karapetyan added that in order to implement these programs, the  "Electronic Armenia" foundation was created, and the government of  the republic is ready to move forward in this direction, cooperating  with Microsoft.

In his turn, Ronald Binkofsky expressed the readiness of the company  to assist Armenia in implementing the digital agenda, adding that  productive discussions had already been held with representatives of  various departments in this direction. According to him, when  implementing such projects, Microsoft has a wealth of experience and  opportunities that can be directed to the implementation of the  digital Armenia program.

On August 3 this year. The Armenian government decided to create a  special fund called Digital Armenia.  "The purpose of the fund is to  support the introduction of digital technologies in all parts of  government, which will increase the effectiveness of the management  system and help the private sector," said the head of the government  apparatus Vahe Stepanyan.

According to the National Statistical Service of Armenia, the  information technology sector in 2016 demonstrated a record growth of  38.2%, which is the highest since 2008. If in the previous 9 years  the average annual growth of the entire Armenian economy was 1.9%,  then the average annual growth in the sphere of information  technologies was 12.7%.