ANNA PETROSYAN
EXPERT in SMEs
CONTACT INFORMATION
Address:
Chemin du Nant-de-Creve-Coeur 10, 1290 Versoix, Switzerland
E-mail: anna.petrosyan@gmail.com
Nationality:
Armenian
Country of
Residence:
AREA OF EXPERTISE
Project management and evaluation
Elaboration of policy and strategy papers
Conduction of economic surveys and preparation of
analytical reports
Data management
Organization of intergovernmental meetings, national and international
conferences and workshops and provision of administrative support
Speechwriting and preparation of presentations
PROFESSIONAL
EXPERIENCE
Ø
Ministry of Economy (www.mineconomy.am)
Department of Small and Medium Entrepreneurship
(SME) Development
10/2005-11/2007 Senior Expert in SMEs
06/2002-10/2005 Leading Expert in SMEs
Ø
Department of Marketing & Business
Administration
09/2005-12/2006 University Teacher and
BA Chair Associate
Ø United Nations Economic Commission for
Industrial Restructuring & Enterprise
Development Division
Palais des Nations,
01/2005-05/2005 Intern
Ø “SERPANTIN”
LLC (private sector)
02/1999-04/2002 Economist
EDUCATION
2003 – 2006 Doctoral
Degree
Department of Marketing &
Business Administration
1996 –
2001 Graduate Degree
Department
of Management
DIPLOMAS
AND CERTIFICATES
09/2006 Doctor of Economics
(Diploma) -
09/2005 Intellectual Property
Rights (Certificate),
03/2004
Civil
Service Legislation (Certificate) -
02/2004 Regional
Development of SMEs (Certificate) -
12/2001 Small Business
Planning and Promotion (Certificate) -
06/2001
Qualification of Economist-Manager
(Diploma with Honor) –
SKILLS
Languages: English, Russian and
Armenian
Understanding French
Computer skills: Windows XP, MS Office, Internet
RESEARCH PROJECTS
Ø
“The Ways for Enhancing the Efficiency of Small
Business Governance”, Doctoral Thesis
Ø
“SME sector in 2003:
current state and development opportunities” Expert Survey
Ministry of Economy, GTZ
Project “ProSME”, 05/2003-07/2003;
Ø
“Identification of
Small and Medium
SME Development Policy
Implementation Mechanisms” Research Project
Ministry of Economy, World
Bank, 02/2003-04/2003;
Ø
“Administrative and
Regulative Expenses of NGOs” Expert Survey
Ministry of Economy, World
Bank, 07/2001-09/2001;
Ø
“Investment Strategy
of the
CONFERENCES,
WORKSHOPS AND PRESENTATIONS
Ø
“Strategies of the Development of
Entrepreneurship and SME Sector in the
International Workshop, BSEC an KAS,
Ø
“Development of Entrepreneurship and SME Sector in the
Presentation on behalf of
the Armenian Government, Workshop, BSEC and KAS,
Ø
“Advancing Innovation in
Regional Conference of ECAbit,
Ø
“Business Incubation and SME Development”
International Conference,
Ø
“New Challenges and Perspectives for the Industrial Sector”
UNECE Annual Forum, UNECE
Trade, Industry and
Geneva,
Switzerland, 05/ 2005;
Ø
“Development of Entrepreneurship and SME Sector in the
Presentation on behalf of
the Armenian Government, UNECE,
05/ 2005;
Ø
“WTO After 10 Years: Global Problems and Multilateral Solutions”
WTO Public Symposium, WTO,
Ø
UNECE 60th Session
Geneva,
Switzerland, 02/2005;
Ø
“Financing for Development in the ECE Region: Promoting Growth in
Low-Income Transition Economies”
UNECE Spring Seminar on
Financing for Development,
Ø
6ht Session of the UNECE Working Party on Industry and
Ø
Speech on behalf of the Armenian Government, 6th Session of the UNECE Working Party on
Industry and
Ø
“Corporate Governance Trends and Issues in the UNECE Region”
International Forum on
Corporate Governance Palais des Nations,
02/ 2005;
Ø
Meetings of the Coordination Council For Support of SME in
Ministry of Economy,
Ø
“Problems for Statistics on SME Sphere in
International Workshop,
Ministry of Trade and Economic Development, GTZ Project “ProSME”
Ø
“Supporting the Development of SMEs”
First Preparatory Seminar
for the 12th OSCE Economic Forum,
Ø
“Small and Medium Business in
Second National Forum, Government
of the
PAPERS AND PUBLICATIONS
Ø
Dr. A. Szabo, Dr. A.
Petrosyan, Dr. I. Y. Naoumova, Dr. D. Çentindamar, U. Yılmaz Çentinkaya,
Dr. E. Dejan, Dr. A. Mammadov
“Strategies for the Development of
Entrepreneurship and the SMS
Sector in the Black Sea Economic Cooperation
Region”, analytical paper
Workshop on “Strategies of the Development of
Entrepreneurship and SME Sector in the
Economic Cooperation Region”, BSEC and KAS,
Ø
Dr. A. Petrosyan “The Purpose and Achievements of the SME
State Support Annual Programs in
Managerial article (ISSUE VOL. II No. 1, ER
01/2007
Ø
A. Petrosyan, P.
Qalantaryan “Developing Partnership
Linkages between Small and Large Enterprises”
Academic article, “Banber”
2(8), Armenian State University of Economics, Yerevan-2006
Ø
A. Petrosyan “Criteria for Efficiency of Small Business
Governance”,
Academic article, “Hajastan” Finances
and Economics, #6 (70), 05/2006
Ø
A. Szabo, A. Petrosyan
“Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises in the
Caucasian Countries in Transition”,
Academic article, “Asia
Europe Journal”, ISSN: 1610-2932, Volume-1, Issue Online
(http://springerlink.metapress.com/link.asp?ID=N67420R238300362),
05/2006
Ø
A. Petrosyan “The View of the United Nations Economic
Commission for
Academic article, “Collected
Scientific Articles-6”, Institute for Economic Researches of the Ministry
of Finance and Economy,
Ø
A. Petrosyan “The Modernization Problems for Definition
of Small and Medium Enterprises in
Academic article, “Collected
Scientific Articles- 4”, Institute for Economic Researches of the Ministry
of Finance and Economy, Yerevan-2005
Ø
A. Petrosyan “The Role of Business Services in SME
Development”
Academic article “Hajastan”
Finances and Economics, #8-9 (43-44), 09/2004
PUBLIC ACTIVITY
Member
of the Entrepreneurship Research & Education Network of Central European
Universities (ERENET) (www.erenet.org)