On 28 April, a contest providing the NGOs an opportunity to become a member of the Anti-Corruption Council was announced. However by this moment no NGOs have applied for participation. Marine Tovmasyan, the responsible from the Staff of the RA Government for applications for the competition said to Iravaban.net that by this moment no applications were received and there wer no phone calls either. The deadline for applications is 13 May.
It is worth mentioning, the anti-corruption coalition uniting more than 70 NGOs has refused to participate in the competition for participation in this council, as well as the Public Network for cooperation with State Authorities consisting of 150 NGOs which made a statement, The Coalition of Armenian NGOs with Special Consultative Status in the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) and the anti-corruption NGO “Transparency International” “(TI), which has participated in the elaboration of the anti-corruption strategy concept prefer to stay in the status of an observer.
