ArmInfo.The Armenian Imagine HUB by Soft company and the Skolkovo Foundation signed a memorandum on innovative cooperation. According to the press service of the Ministry of Economy of Armenia, the document was signed during the Armenian Business Forum, by Director of Imagine HUB by Soft Inga Vardazaryan and and Alexander Okunev, Deputy Vice- President for Regional Development and Cooperation with the CIS of the SKOLKOVO Foundation.
Within the framework of the memorandum, the parties agreed to cooperate in the development of innovative activities in the Republic of Armenia and the Russian Federation. In particular, the document implies the development of a network for the commercialization of innovations, as well as the development and implementation of initiatives in the field of venture financing and the creation of joint venture funds, and the harmonization of instruments and means of public and private assistance.
In addition, during the business forum, agreements on Armenian-Russian cooperation were signed between the Ministry of Economy of Armenia, the State Development Corporation of the Russian Federation (VEB.RF) and the Development and Investments Corporation of Armenia.
The purpose of the agreement is to strengthen and develop economic and financial cooperation between the two countries. In particular, the agreement provides for assistance in deepening economic integration in the territories of the Russian Federation and the Republic of Armenia by participating in financing or organizing financing of bilateral or multilateral projects implemented in the territories of the two countries.
To note, the Skolkovo Foundation is a non-profit organization created in 2010 and acting as the managing company of the Skolkovo Innovation Center. The Skolkovo Innovation Center is home to the Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology (Skoltech), which is one of the top 100 young universities in the world according to Nature Index. The infrastructure of the Innovation Center is made up, in particular, of the largest Technopark in Europe and research centers of industrial partners. In 2019, three new partner R&D centers were opened in the Innovation Center - Sibur, TMK and Tatneft. On the territory of "Skolkovo" in total, more than 760 thousand square meters have already been commissioned. m. residential areas, research and educational centers. Off-budget investments in infrastructure creation exceeded RUB 100 billion
