Month: February 2016

SME development is vital for the economic development of Armenia.

ADWISE®, as an SME development-oriented consulting firm, on 23rd February 2016 participated in the presentation of SME Policy Index: Eastern Partner countries 2016, an EU co-founded project in partnership with OECD, ETF and EBRD, followed by round-table discussions with the representatives of the aforementioned organizations and other institutions such as Ministry of Economy, European Economic Association, European Union Twinning Project, SME Cooperation Association and many others.

Within the discussions we targeted to raise main areas of concerns of SME business environment improvement in Armenia emphasizing the importance of further simplification of tax and customs administration, SME access to finance, public-private dialogue, women entrepreneurship.

As a part of our pro bono activities our Partner Ara Khzmalyan, together with co-coach Yeghishe Kirakosyan, and with the help of advisor Isabella Merabova, have been coaching a team of AUA students for the Phillip Jessup International Moot Court Competition. We are happy to announce that on February 14th the team went on to win the national rounds of the completion and is now set to represent Armenia in the international rounds in Washington D.C. This is the first time for an AUA team to make it this far in the competition, and we wish them great success in the international rounds.