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An event dedicated to the International Anti-Corruption Day was held in the framework of the EU-funded “Commitment to Constructive Dialogue” Project on 19 December. The RA Anti-Corruption Strategy 2019-2022 was discussed during the first part of the event.
In his welcoming speech, Deputy Minister of Justice Suren Krmoyan noted that this is an exceptional case, when the draft strategy is first discussed with civil society organisations.
“Today’s event is unprecedented due to the fact that this strategy is primarily presented for the opinion with the civil society. Simultaneously it has been sent to all state bodies. This means that the role of the civil society and the development of participatory policies in the anti-corruption sphere are highly appreciated,” Suren Krmoyan said.
President of the Armenian Lawyers’ Association, Coordinator of Secretariat of the CSO Anti-Corruption Coalition Karen Zadoyan said that they had applied to the government with a request to postpone the adoption of the strategy for a few months so that CSOs could participate in its development.
“If the Government decides to postpone the adoption of the strategy, we will have the opportunity to make the new anti-corruption strategy more legitimate and professional document. It will be a breakthrough document that will bring real changes to the lives of people. I welcome the Government’s approach that the document is based on 3 basic pillars of anti-corruption fight: anti-corruption education, prevention of corruption and inevitability of punishment,” he said.
“If the government decides to postpone the adoption of the strategy, we will have the opportunity to make a new anti-corruption strategy more legitimate and professional. It will be a breakthrough document that will bring real changes to people’s lives. I welcome the Government’s approach that the document is based on three pillars of fight against corruption, which are: anti-corruption education, prevention of corruption and inevitability of punishment,” he said.
Karen Zadoyan informed that 49 recommendations were made to incorporate in the RA Anti-Corruption Strategy, including the establishment of a universal anti-corruption body, establishment of the register of beneficial owners, recovery and restoration of the stolen assets, anti-corruption education, anti-corruption courts, introduction of anticorruption compliance programs in commercial companies, etc. within the framework of the “Commitment to Constructive Dialogue” Project and “Armenia: Promoting Anti-Corruption Conduct and Reforms” Project. Some of the recommendations have already been incorporated in the draft strategy, but there is still much to do.
During the event, a number of participants expressed concern that
More than 90 representatives of government agencies and civil society organizations attended the event.
Here is the list of participants of the discussion and list of invitees.
This material has been prepared in the scope of the “Armenia: Promoting Anti-Corruption Conduct and Reforms” Project implemented by the “Center for International Private Enterprise”, the “Armenian Lawyers’ Association” NGO, the “Corporate Governance Center” NGO and the “Yerevan Chamber of Commerce and Industry” with financial support of the National Endowment for Democracy. The project is implemented as a co-financing to the “Commitment to Constructive Dialogue” action implemented with the financial support of the European Union by a Consortium comprising the “Armenian Lawyers’ Association” NGO, the “Armenian Center for Democratic Education-CIVITAS” NGO, the “International Center for Human Development” NGO, the “SME Cooperation Association” NGO, the Union of Communities of Armenia, as well as “Agora Central Europe” NGO (Czech Republic). The contents of this material are the sole responsibility of the “Armenian Lawyers’ Association” NGO and can in no way be taken to reflect the views of the National Endowment for Democracy and the European Union.
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