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Action Plans

2. Accountability for grants of the government: Ensuring transparency and accountability of allocation of grants from the State Budget of the Republic of Armenia

Commitment Start and End Date: 10.2016 - 06.2018
Lead implementing agency: Ministry of Justice
Person responsible from implementing agency: Diana Ghazaryan
Title, Department: Deputy Head of the Department for the Development of Anti-corruption and Penitentiary Policies of the Staff of the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Armenia
Email: diana_ghazaryan@yahoo.com
Phone: +37410594157

Other actors involved


Other state actors involved

Prime Minister's Office, Ministry of Finance

Civil society, private sector

Armavir Development Center NGO (upon consent)

Issue subject to regulation

The processes for allocating grants from the State Budget of the Republic of Armenia are regulated by the Law of the Republic of Armenia “On the State Budget”, Law of the Republic of Armenia “On procurement”, Decision of the Government of the Republic of Armenia No 1937-N of 24 December 2003 “On approving the procedure for allocating subsidies and grants from the State Budget of the Republic of Armenia to legal persons” and Decree of the President of the Republic of Armenia NH-118-N of 19 May 2008 “On approving the procedure for allocating as grants the funds allocated to the Staff of the President of the Republic of Armenia from the State Budget of the Republic of Armenia”.

The procedures for releasing information with regard to organizations having participated and recognized as winners in competitions organized for the provision of grants by the implementing agency, for submitting reports by organizations implementing grant projects, and publication of these reports by the implementing agency are not defined.

Main objective

Raise the level of effectiveness of using grants allocated from the State Budget of the Republic of Armenia, enhance access to information on procedures for allocating grants and projects implemented under the grants, the goal of a grant, accountability, and transparency of the field.

Brief description of commitment

Posting on the official website of the respective government agency the list of organizations having participated and recognized as winners in the competition for obtaining grants from the State Budget, as well as the reports on projects implemented under the grants.

OGP challenge addressed by the commitment

More efficient management of public resources.

Enhancement of public confidence.

Enhancement of public integrity.

Relevance to OGP values

Publication of reports on projects implemented under grants being provided from the State Budget will promote public accountability, which will help raise the level of effectiveness of spending and targeted use of funds of the State Budget.

Publication of the list of organizations having participated and recognized as winners in the competition for obtaining grants from the State Budget will lead to an increase in the level of access to information.

Ambition

Efficient management of funds of the State Budget, qualitative change in grant projects being implemented, increase in accountability, transparency, and confidence.

Potential Impact:

moderate

Implementation status

completed

UN Goals

10.3 Ensure equal opportunities and reduce inequalities of the results, including by way of excluding discriminatory laws, policies and practices, as well as promoting, in this regard, the adoption of legislation, policies and actions.

Ongoing actions

Action Description
Start Date
End Date
Status
Comment from government
1.1. Drafting amendments and supplements to legal acts defining the procedures for provision of grants, and discussion thereon with interested representatives of civil society.
09.2016
12.2016
completed
2.2. Coordination of draft legal acts with interested agencies and adoption thereof.
01.2017
05.2017
completed
3.3. Posting reports of organizations having obtained grants on official websites of implementing agencies providing grants.
06.2017
06.2018
completed
4.4. Placing the list of organizations having participated and recognized as winners in competitions for provision of grants from the State Budget of the Republic of Armenia on official websites of the implementing agencies providing grants.
06.2017
06.2018
completed