The Government of the Republic of Armenia has approved the proposal to sign a Memorandum of Cooperation, Licensing Agreements and an agreement on the Support Program of the Government with the Microsoft Company.

The decision comes after the memorandum of mutual understanding that was signed between the RA Ministry of Economy and Microsoft Company within the framework of the 7^th annual ArmTech 2014 High Technologies of Armenia global forum held in New York on September 26, 2014. Based on that, a task force was established by the decision of the RA Prime Minister of 22 December 2014 and discussed the programs and directions for future cooperation with Microsoft.

The package of documents submitted by the task force includes the following components: the establishment of a regional center for “cloud” and mobile solutions based on the Microsoft Innovation Center, cooperation in the education sector, joint programs for the protection of intellectual property and the implementation of other initiatives.

It is expected that the adoption of a decision on giving consent to the documents to be signed with Microsoft will create preconditions for effective cooperation with the company in the future. During the discussion on the issue, the government specified the amount of funds that would need to be allocated to obtain licensed computer software programs for the Government of the Republic of Armenia for the next three years.