On 21 November, Mr. Artyom Mesropyan, CSO Development Programs Coordinator of the Armenian Lawyers’ Association, participated in the “CSO-State Work Formats and Procedure for Public Assistance” Workshop at the invitation of the NGO Center in Vanadzor.
In the first session of the workshop, as a successful example of CSO-State cooperation, he presented a the activity results of the “Working Group on the Issues of Transparency and Accountability of NGOs and Funds,” established on the initiative of the ALA and by the SRC President’s Decree No. 93-A dated 14 February, 2019.
In the second session he presented the position of the ALA the “Draft Decision of the Government of the Republic of Armenia on Making Changes and Additions to the Decision of the Government of the Republic of Armenia N 1937-N dated 24.12.2003 and n Repeal of the Decision N 566-N of the RA Government dated 29.04.2010,” which on 5 November, 2019, the Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Armenia presented for the public discussion on the e-draft.am web site.
He also touched upon to the problems existing in the process of granting legal entities from the state budget of the Republic of Armenia.