Gyumri Technology Center (formerly known as Gyumri TechnoPark; ), is a technological center for IT development in

Gyumri Gyumri (, ) is an urban municipal community and the List of cities and towns in Armenia, second-largest city in Armenia, serving as the administrative center of Shirak Province in the northwestern part of the country. By the end of the 19th centur ...

, the second-largest city in

Armenia Armenia, officially the Republic of Armenia, is a landlocked country in the Armenian Highlands of West Asia. It is a part of the Caucasus region and is bordered by Turkey to the west, Georgia (country), Georgia to the north and Azerbaijan to ...

. It was opened on 13 September 2014. The project aims at promoting the prosperity of the city of Gyumri, turning it into a technology zone with advanced IT infrastructures. The project is carried out by the Ministry of Economy of Armenia. US $ 1.7 million was allocated from the state budget to fulfill the project. The technological center was founded as a result of the cooperation between the Armenian government, Enterprise Incubator Foundation and the World Bank.

Mission

The mission of Gyumri Technology Center is to turn Gyumri into a regional and international center of information and high technologies by creating new jobs, through trainings on engineering, multimedia, web, mobile and business skills. It is planned to train around 300 experts and 100 students per year in the centre.

References

{{Gyumri Buildings and structures in Gyumri Educational institutions established in 2014 Educational organizations based in Armenia 2014 establishments in Armenia