Corruption Prevention Commission of the Republic of Armenia

On the initiative of the Commission and the Eurasian Cooperation Fund, a course on "Conflict of Interest and Rules of Conduct for Public Servants" of the "Support to Civil Society" program was held at the Ijevan InfoHouse, which was attended by the administrative heads of the Ijevan community and the employees of the municipality.

In the regional center of Vanadzor, the employees of the Commission presented information on the main directions of the RA government's anti-corruption policy, the institutional system of fighting corruption, the implementation of the integrity system, the activities of the Commission, the works and programs carried out in the fight against corruption.

The Corruption Prevention Commission continues public awareness meetings on the topic of corruption prevention. The second meeting with educators and parents of school-aged children took place on 19th October at the Lori regional state college.

On October 17, a group of students from Vanadzor and Alaverdi universities and colleges of Lori Province of RA were hosted by the Corruption Prevention Commission on a study visit. The students' visit to the Commission was organized by the initiative of the Vanadzor "NGO Center" civil society development NGO. Before getting acquainted with the main functions of the Commission, the students walked around the offices and got acquainted with the working...

The workshop was attended by representatives of the state administration system, non-governmental organizations, as well as the USA, Lithuania, Malaysia and South Korea.

"For years, our employees, with the support of USAID, tried to collect the problems that appeared within the framework of the implementation of the law and find directions for their solution. This is another platform so that all of us can understand together in which direction we are moving, and the new law will be what we all envisioned and will be able to cover all the gaps as much as possible," noted Mariam Galstyan, a member of the Commission, thanking the interested bodies for showing interest in the draft law and participating at the discussion.

"There are cases when people who received a positive conclusion are appointed to the relevant positions, but I would like to mention that we also have certain cases where people who received a negative conclusion were also appointed to the relevant positions."

The government sees corruption as a challenge to build a legally secure and economically strong democratic state.

On October 4, the official opening event of the European Union “Fostering integrity and preventing corruption in the public sector in Armenia” Twinning Program took place in the Ballroom of the Best Western Plus Congress Hotel in Yerevan.

Making amendments and additions to the law "On the Corruption Prevention Commission" and related laws aims to ensure the effectiveness of the activity of the Commission.

The Commission urges the members of the governing body of the parties to fulfill the requirement of the law and submit the declarations, at the same time, to prepare the annual reports of the parties for 2021.

On September 2 employees of the Corruption Prevention Commission online participated in the "Whistleblowers of Corruption in Ukraine. successes and challenges" conference. Representatives of non-governmental organizations, private companies, as well as state departments of different countries participated in the discussion. During the conference, a number of problems related to the optimization of whistleblowing were discussed.