The 1st Impact Night Out took place on May 24, 2019 at Poligraf, Yerevan. The event was followed with awesome keynote speakers, great music and food, as well as lots of cool people.
The venue of the event was chosen very carefully with circular economy concept in mind. The building of the old printing house is now redefined as Poligraf hall, having preserved the old look and feel.
During the event, SDG Lab's Public Policy Innovation Lead Tigran Tshorokhyan talked about the importance of #ACC5 Accelerator as a platform to empower women and girls living in Armenia by delivering tech and business training courses, as well as, helping them to come up with startup projects. The program is tailored to the needs of girls and women, who have little or no field knowledge. The accelerator program is addressing the SDG 5, which calls for gender equality and empowerment of all women and girls, as there’s tremendous opportunity to make an impact worldwide via their gained knowledge and it should be under important consideration.
Accelerator #5 (ACC #5) is implemented by UNDP Armenia in cooperation with ISTC Foundation (Innovative Solutions and Technologies Center Foundation), Enterprise Incubator Foundation, Girls in Tech Armenia, Armenia National SDG Innovation Lab, UNHCR Armenia, and UNICEF Armenia.