The RA Deputy Minister of Finance Mr. Karen Tamazyan met with the representatives of non-governmental organizations. Representatives of the Armenian Lawyers’ association, Miss Syuzanna Soghomonyan, Member of ALA Board and Miss Mariam Zadoyan, Expert of the Armenian CSOs Anti-Corruption Coalition represented the Armenian Lawyers’ Association at the meeting.
During the meeting the Draft Concept on “Implementation of Expertise of Procurement Tenders from the Aspect of excluding the Discriminatory Criteria” developed by the Ministry of Finance, which is interrelated with the legislative changes in the public procurement sector.
Karen Tamazyan stressed the importance of such discussions and mentioned that joint activities will contribute to turn the process of public procurements more transparent, non-discriminatory and easy and thus avoid the corruption risks.
During the discussion together with the NGO representatives they referred to work done during the concept development and clarified the respective approaches.
The draft decision o the Government which is being elaborated based on the Draft Concept on “Implementation of Expertise of Procurement Tenders from the Aspect of excluding the Discriminatory Criteria” will be a basis for excluding discrimination in the process of public procurements and shall further strengthen the dialogue between the state and civil society.
The draft of the procurement procedure, which is included in the agenda of the Government sessions was discussed in details as well. As a result of the discussion the Ministry agreed to include a part of proposals submitted by NGOs in the discussed draft as well as to refer to the remaining part after the expert discussions.
At the end of the meeting the NGOs appreciated organizations of such event on the permanent basis and mentioned that joint efforts will ensure more effective control of implementation of projects and process control.
Karen Tamazyan noted that this style of work is useful to both the state and non-governmental organizations and expressed readiness to continue cooperation with the NGOs.
