YEREVAN, MAY 22, NOYAN TAPAN. The Armenian government is developing "School Connection" and "Computer to Each" detailed programs, which are being turned into business programs with the assistance of Armenian branches of Microsoft and Intel, the RA minister of economy Nerses Yeritsian said on May 21 when presenting, at the invitation of the Club of Economic Journalists, the economic provisions of the 2008-2012 program of the Armenian government. According to him, it is planned to determine the share of financial participation of the state and foreign businessmen-benefactors, in particular, Diasporan ones, in the above mentioned two programs. In the minister's words, these programs also have a business context. "If people have computers connected to the Internet, they can manage their pension accounts via the Internet, while banks and postal organization can provide their services and trade companies can sell goods to them," N. Yeritsian said. He added that the program on formation of an information society in Armenia, which will be worked out in 2008, will become a stimulus for the implementation of the indicated programs. The current practice in Armenia is that businessmen and representatives of various companies incur expenses by applying to state government bodies in person and receiving services from there. In countries with a developed information society, the automation of such services'provision was done by the model called "2 dollars for each transaction". "I think our businessmen will pay with pleasure 2 dollars for a transaction," in order to solve their problems with the state without going to a state government body.

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