US to fund anti-corruption policy in Armenia

ArmInfo. US authorities will finance the promotion of anti- corruption policies in Armenia. The five-year project will be implemented by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) with the involvement of third-party  organizations and small businesses. This is reported by RT.

"The strategic attention in this project will be concentrated on  strengthening the ability of the government and non-state entities of  Armenia to implement an anti-corruption policy covering the whole  society and on simplifying the relevant processes," the agency said.

For these purposes, it is planned to allocate up to ten million  dollars.

To recall, in October last year, the RA government approved the  Anti-Corruption Strategy of the Republic of Armenia and the program  of measures for its implementation for 2019-2022. The anti-corruption  strategy is aimed at creating and developing the institutional  foundations necessary for a more targeted struggle, creating a legal  and conscientious image of a public servant, reducing the use of  double approaches to regulate the industry legislative field, the  consistent implementation of transparency tools, increasing the  efficiency of the disclosure of corruption cases, introducing  effective mechanisms of confiscation of property of illegal origin.   At the same time, the strategy focuses on anti-corruption education  and introducing the denial of corruption through information. The  strategy emphasizes the importance of uniting the efforts of all  interested parties in the fight against corruption and taking  uniform, consistent steps.