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KAREN VARDANIAN: ELECTRONIC TRADE SYSTEM FUNCTION IN ARMENIA IN A YEAR
Noyan Tapan
2012-03-05
cted in shops, but electronic trade infrastructure is already being
set up to create conditions for online trade. The Union of Information
Technology Enterprises (UITE) is doing work in this direction. The
UITE is now implementing a program aimed at promoting electronic
trade in Armenia. "The purpose of the program is to gradually move
physical shops to virtual reality", said UNITE Executive Director Karen
Vardanyan, adding that for this purpose three important steps should
be taken: creation of a favorable environment and a management body,
and encouraging young people to set up their own businesses.
According to K. Vardanyan, during the sitting of the Council for
Information Technology Development Support held on November 30 of last
year and chaired by the Armenian Prime Minister, the Union presented
customs and tax problems related to the organization of electronic
trade in Armenia, as well as proposals concerning their solution.
Based on these proposals, an attempt is made - through electronic
trade - to solve domestic problems related to sale of products and
services, exports of Armenian goods, and delivery of foreign goods
to Armenia. "As a result of this work, each Armenian citizen will
feel the positive effect of electronic trade in a year," K. Vardanyan
assured us, noting that Armenia's electronic trade infrastructure is
still in embryo.
The UITE director said that the Union also provides advisory services,
organizes the IT sector-related events for various age groups, creates
a favorable environment by uniting similar structures, and in general
promotes the development of Armenia's IT sector. The number of the
UITE member companies is rapidly growing: it reached 58 in early 2012.
Among the Union members are local and foreign organizations that
specialize in software development, Internet technology, electronic
trade, etc.
Noyan Tapan
2012-03-05
cted in shops, but electronic trade infrastructure is already being
set up to create conditions for online trade. The Union of Information
Technology Enterprises (UITE) is doing work in this direction. The
UITE is now implementing a program aimed at promoting electronic
trade in Armenia. "The purpose of the program is to gradually move
physical shops to virtual reality", said UNITE Executive Director Karen
Vardanyan, adding that for this purpose three important steps should
be taken: creation of a favorable environment and a management body,
and encouraging young people to set up their own businesses.
According to K. Vardanyan, during the sitting of the Council for
Information Technology Development Support held on November 30 of last
year and chaired by the Armenian Prime Minister, the Union presented
customs and tax problems related to the organization of electronic
trade in Armenia, as well as proposals concerning their solution.
Based on these proposals, an attempt is made - through electronic
trade - to solve domestic problems related to sale of products and
services, exports of Armenian goods, and delivery of foreign goods
to Armenia. "As a result of this work, each Armenian citizen will
feel the positive effect of electronic trade in a year," K. Vardanyan
assured us, noting that Armenia's electronic trade infrastructure is
still in embryo.
The UITE director said that the Union also provides advisory services,
organizes the IT sector-related events for various age groups, creates
a favorable environment by uniting similar structures, and in general
promotes the development of Armenia's IT sector. The number of the
UITE member companies is rapidly growing: it reached 58 in early 2012.
Among the Union members are local and foreign organizations that
specialize in software development, Internet technology, electronic
trade, etc.