6. Accountable licensing. Creation of a state unified electronic register of persons carrying out activities subject to licensing by state bodies and subject to notification
| Commitment Start and End Date: | 08.2016 - 03.2017 |
| 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
Harmonious Development NGO (upon consent).
Issue subject to regulation
Currently, the Republic of Armenia has no unified register of persons carrying out activities subject to licensing by state bodies and subject to notification, and information on the existence, absence of a license, or its authenticity with the original is verifiable only through the use of hard copy information. Licenses are posted on the respective official websites of issuing authorized bodies under the principle of random selection. At the same time, during competitions or other events held by state bodies, the process of verifying mandatory availability of a license or its validity may be carried out more easily and effectively if there is a unified electronic system, since the verifying party may — by using the state unified electronic register of licenses — verify the information on the availability of a license and its validly by simply entering the number and the date of the license.
Main objective
The creation of a state unified electronic register of persons carrying out activities subject to licensing by state bodies and subject to notification will help further simplify the process of issuing a license and the administration related to types of activities subject to notification, as well as reduce potential corruption risks.
Brief description of commitment
Creation of a state unified electronic register of persons carrying out activities subject to licensing by state bodies and subject to notification, and digitalization of licenses issued.
OGP challenge addressed by the commitment
Improvement of public services.
Enhancement of public integrity
Relevance to OGP values
Availability of a unified electronic register of persons carrying out activities subject to licensing and notification will, in terms of access to information, serve as a major impetus for the increase in transparency of the field, public accountability, and provision of public services.
Ambition
Availability of a unified electronic register of persons carrying out activities subject to licensing by state bodies and subject to notification, which will contribute to the public accessibility of information pertaining to persons carrying out activities subject to licensing, licenses, and to exclusion of the risks related to falsification of licenses.
Potential Impact:
Implementation status
UN Goals
Efficient management of funds of the State Budget, qualitative change in grant projects being implemented, increase in accountability, transparency, and confidence.