Hjоrtur Smаrason, place branding expert, storytelling and communications strategist from Iceland, was invited to Armenia within Branding Gyumri project.

Regional Post is exploring projects implemented or supported by SMEDA.

The portraits of Armenian businesswomen hang from the glass dome of Yerevan Mall as an example and inspiration for others.

A driveway in Paris was named after writer Zabel Yesayan on International Women’s Day.

Nune Manukyan, the head of “Areni Festival” Foundation and organizer of Yerevan Wine Days told us about her way to ensure consistent economic growth by becoming a dedicated wine lover.

Everything you need to know about the Gyumri Branding Project, presented last December.

Eva Maria Naher on what SMEDA has already done, what are the next plans and why everything is the other way around with Armenian startups.

Raffi Niziblian repatriated to Armenia from Canada in early 2000’s and soon became one of the pioneers of the local creative industries. In 2006 he founded Deem Communications, a full service agency that is now one of the leaders of the sector. Regional Post talked to Raffi about different aspects of the creative industries in Armenia, including marketing campaigning, films and visual arts.

In January 2014, the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation, along with other partners and in cooperation with the government of Armenia, started the project of improvement of the local self-governance system in Armenia. The goals of the project are precise: efficiency, transparency, democracy.