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:
Implementation status
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.