Corruption Prevention Commission of the Republic of Armenia

On November 23, a member of the Corruption Prevention Commission, Lilit Aleksanyan, held a cognitive working discussion with representatives of local self-government bodies and organizations representing civil society at Ararat InfoTun.

During the training course, participants will thoroughly study about corruption, its causes and types, corruption risks in political, economic, social areas and their consequences, anti-corruption methods and other topics.

The Corruption Prevention Commission greatly emphasizes the importance of the preventive component in the fight against corruption in our country and public solidarity and cooperation in this regard. For this purpose, the Commission organizes informative meetings with various groups.

The participants of the meeting were presented with the toolkits created in our country in recent years aimed at the accountability and transparency of public office holders, and the opportunities to use them.

The research aims to reveal the perception of corruption among RA residents. For comparison, in some cases, the results of similar surveys conducted in 2019, 2008-2010 have been taken into account.

Within the framework of public awareness meetings called "Anti-corruption policy and integrity", the representatives of the Corruption Prevention Commission, RA Ministry of Justice and USAID Armenia Integrity Project were in Shirak on a two-day visit․

According to paragraph 2 of the Commission's decision, it is planned to analyze the 2021 annual declarations of the public office holders and their family members included in the list, as well as the 2022 declarations of assuming and terminating official duties.

At the beginning of the meeting, the students gave their descriptions of the "corruption" phenomenon, presented their perceptions of the importance of fighting corruption, and what is needed to prevent corruption.

When a person has cash, cash movements - acquisition of property, alienation or granting of loans - if they are not declared, they are uncontrolled from the point of view of the Commission, in contrast to cashless, where transactions through bank movements are controlled," said the member of the Corruption Prevention Commission.

On October 26, educators and parents of students from educational institutions implementing general education, vocational (vocational) and secondary vocational educational programs of Ijevan participated at the meeting in Ijevan.

The second course for community and civil servants was organized under the initiative of the Commission and the Eurasian Cooperation Foundation within the framework of the "Support to Civil Society for Impact on Reforms" program with the support of the Sweden government.

In the framework of the “Fostering integrity and preventing corruption in the public sector in Armenia” EU Twinning Program, it is planned to implement the development and modernization of educational programs in the direction of corruption prevention, as well as the creation of necessary educational materials and their localization.