YEREVAN, DECEMBER 25, NOYAN TAPAN. Under the program of promoting products and services of small and medium entrepreneurship (SME) subjects, the SME Development National Center (SME DNC) of Armenia in 2006 provided assistance to 187 SME subjects, including 144 on production packaging, labeling and design, 6 - on creation of Internet sites, 35 - on participation in exhibitions, and two - on itroduction of international standards on quality management. Gegham Petrosian, Deputy Executive Director of the SME DNC, stated this during the December 25 press conference. According to him, the results of the monitoring implemented under the above mentioned program show that 150 jobs were created in 2006 at 187 SME subjects that received assistance. Besides, these SME subjects increased the assortment of their production, presenting about 50 new goods on the market. The speaker noted that the SME DNC initiated a program on innovations, and research and development of new technologies' use and new goods' production at SMEs subjects in Yerevan and marzes. The program will start in 2007 to assist 10-15 SME subjects with innovations, introduction of new technologies and production of new goods. G. Petrosian noted that advisory and technical assistance has already been provided to SME subjects that operate at Yerevan's Andron Scientific Research Institute-Technopark CJSC.

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