{"id":5276,"date":"2019-12-21T23:45:15","date_gmt":"2019-12-21T19:45:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/armla.am\/en\/?p=5276"},"modified":"2019-12-25T12:14:32","modified_gmt":"2019-12-25T08:14:32","slug":"the-armenian-business-coalition-and-the-ala-have-improved-public-procurement-policy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/armla.am\/en\/5276.html","title":{"rendered":"The Armenian Business Coalition and the ALA have improved Public Procurement Policy"},"content":{"rendered":"

On 16 April, 2019, a discussion on “Participation of Business and Civil Society Representatives in the Implementation of Procurement Legislation Reforms” organized in the scope of \u201cCapacity Building of the Armenian Business Coalition\u201d sub-grant project\u00a0\u201d Project, implemented in the framework of the EU funded \u201cCommitment to Constructive Dialogue\u201d Project took place.<\/p>\n

Mr. Gagik Vardanyan, Director of the Civic Development and Partnership Foundation,\u00a0Secretary of the Armenian Business Coalition noted in his welcoming speech that the purpose of the meeting is to draft a legislative amendment to the recently-actively debated procurement legislation.<\/p>\n

First Deputy Minister of Finance Mr. Karen Brutyan noted that meetings with representatives of the public and business sector are being held for the purpose of legislative reforms;\u00a0as a result, it is expected to diagnose and raise all issues.<\/p>\n

According to Mr Karen Zadoyan, CCD Project Manager, President of the Armenian Lawyers\u2019 Association, businesses and civil society organizations respond when laws and draft laws are adopted and rules of the game are set.\u00a0\u201cThere is now a unique opportunity to participate in the revelation of these issues.\u00a0Serious diagnosis must be made in order for the treatment to be properly organized afterwards,\u201dhe said.<\/p>\n

Further, Mr. Sergey Shahnazaryan, Head of the State Procurement Policy Department of the Ministry of Finance, presented the main provisions of the draft amendments to the legislation on procurement, followed by an effective working discussion:\u00a0Business and civil society organizations respond when laws and draft laws are adopted and rules of the game are established.\u00a0\u201cThere is now a unique opportunity to participate in the revelation of these issues.\u00a0Serious diagnosis must be made in order for the treatment to be properly organized afterwards, \u201dhe said.\u00a0Afterwards, Sergey Shahnazaryan, Head of the State Procurement Policy Department of the Ministry of Finance, presented the main provisions of the draft amendments to the legislation on procurement, followed by an effective working discussion:\u00a0Business and civil society organizations respond when laws and draft laws are adopted and rules of the game are established.\u00a0\u201cThere is now a unique opportunity to participate in the revelation of these issues.\u00a0Serious diagnosis must be made in order for the treatment to be properly organized afterwards, \u201dhe said.\u00a0Afterwards, Sergey Shahnazaryan, Head of the State Procurement Policy Department of the Ministry of Finance, presented the main provisions of the draft amendments to the legislation on procurement, followed by an effective working discussion: https:\/\/armla.am\/en\/4495.html<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Following the discussion, the Armenian Business Coalition collected proposals from business organizations participating in the discussion, and the Armenian Lawyers\u2019 Association summarized the proposals of the Armenian Business Coalition and other CSOs and sent\u00a0these proposals<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0in an official letter to the Minister of Finance of Armenia to improve public procurement policies.<\/p>\n

Deputy Minister of Finance Karen Brutyan in his response on\u00a020.12.19\u00a0No. 01.1 \/ 26-1 \/ 21153-2019 response to\u00a0the letter of<\/em>\u00a0the President of the Armenian Lawyers\u2019 Association, Karen Zadoyan informed.<\/p>\n

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  1. The Ministry of Finance, for its part, submitted the recommendations to the public administration bodies, as a result of which the proposals considered acceptable\u00a0(see\u00a0summary statement<\/a>\u00a0)<\/em><\/strong> were incorporated i in the draft package on Making Amendments and Addenda to Decision of 04.05.2017, 526-N of the Government. At the same time, the aforementioned draft was approved by the<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0Government on 10.10.2019.\u00a01422-N (entered into force on 02.11.2019)\u00a0<\/a>[1]<\/a>\u00a0.<\/li>\n
  2. The following recommendations have been considered as acceptable and accepted:<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n