About 45 entrepreneurs from Armenia will undergo retraining courses  in Silicon Valley

ArmInfo. In 2020, the Ministry of High-Tech Industry of Armenia plans to send about 45 entrepreneurs to the Silicon Valley for 3-5-week retraining courses. Head of the  Department Hakob Arshakyan announced this on December 18 at a meeting  with reporters.

According to him, there are already relevant agreements, in  particular, with the University of Draper in California. The ministry  has signed cooperation programs with other accelerators and  incubators. "The program is being implemented jointly with the branch  and headquarters of the General Armenian Charity Union in Silicon  Valley," Arshakyan said.

In addition, in 2020, the department plans to conduct retraining  courses for 6 thousand specialists, three thousand of whom are in  Yerevan, the rest in the regions. The state will direct about 200  million drams for these purposes.

Earlier, ArmInfo reported that in order to promote knowledge,  experience and skills for turning Armenia into a high-tech  military-industrial country - a manufacturer and an exporter, the  state budget in 2020 envisages allocating about 12.5 billion drams to  the Ministry.