New strategy
Today the RA council for the fight against corruption held a session headed by chairman of the council, RA Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan at the RA Government.
The council discussed, gave its consent and presented Armenia's anti-corruption strategy, the agenda for project implementation in 2009-2011, as well as the system of monitoring and evaluation of the RA anti-corruption strategy and implementation for the government's confirmation.
The RA President's Assistant, member of the council Gevorg Kostanyan gave a report on the RA anti-corruption strategy and project implementation in 2009-2012. The new RA anti-corruption strategy is comprised of 5 chapters with the principles confirmed by the council. The strategy is aimed at fulfilling the commitments by international contracts and agreements for the fight against corruption. It also establishes the limits for reducing corruption and indicators of evaluation.
Supporting the development of the new anti-corruption strategy are the OSCE Yerevan Office, the UNDP, the USAID, the EU Advisory Group, experts from the Council of Europe, as well as representatives of civil society and non-governmental organizations.
