On 10 July, the master classes and practical skills development phase of the 9th stream of the Anti-Corruption School for Young Leaders, the 1st anti-corruption professional educational initiative operating in the Republic of Armenia, was launched.<\/p>\n
The participants are students of law, management, economics, finance, journalism and other faculties of Armenian universities as well as graduates.\u00a0This year, the school accepted students from 18 to 43 years old, among whom there are also lawyers, journalists, employees of the judicial system.<\/p>\n
Mr. Karen Zadoyan, President of the Armenian Lawyers\u2019 Association, Member of the Anti-Corruption Policy Council, the founder of the Anti-Corruption School, welcomed the attendees and conducted the first master class.\u00a0He introduced the audience to the pillars of the anti-corruption system, the RA strategies of the anti-corruption sphere and the bodies of the anti-corruption institutional system.\u00a0Karen Zadoyan mentioned that at this stage, the major problem of the bodies of the Anti-corruption institutional system is the lack of qualified personnel.<\/p>\n
The President of the ALA reminded that the 2023-2026 Anti-Corruption Strategy is still under development.<\/p>\n
“The 3 pillars of the fight against corruption are anti-corruption education, prevention of corruption and inevitability of punishment.\u00a0First, it is necessary to educate and show people the danger of corruption, and then to prevent it.\u00a0For the prevention of corruption, it is important to reduce discretion, increase the efficiency of administration as well as the effective and targeted control.\u00a0In case of inevitability of punishment, severity is not important.\u00a0Many believe that the effectiveness of the fight against corruption depends on the severity of the punishment.\u00a0In contrast to that, the example of China and Hong Kong can be cited.\u00a0China is inferior to Hong Kong in terms of the perception of corruption.\u00a0Hong Kong has adopted the three-dimensional approach of anti-corruption education, prevention of corruption and the inevitability of punishment, while China has emphasized the severity of punishment in the fight against corruption,” he said.<\/p>\n
Karen Zadoyan informed the listeners that Hong Kong has succeeded thanks to the well-established system of anti-corruption education, which starts in kindergarten.\u00a0“There will be similar regulations in the new Anti-Corruption Strategy of Armenia.”<\/p>\n
The bodies of the anti-corruption system, their structure and activities in the fight against corruption were discussed during the master class as well.\u00a0The audience asked the speaker a number of questions, including about the corruption perception index and the elimination of systemic corruption.<\/p>\n
Karen Zadoyan also reminded that within the framework of this program, national identity will also be important and the students will also study the pillars of national identity within the framework of the school.<\/p>\n
“You can be a good specialist; you can have high integrity qualities, but not carry the pillars of national identity:\u00a0in this case, the usefulness of your activity will not be great for the development of our state,” he emphasized.<\/p>\n
Notably, the training in the Anti-Corruption School for Young Leaders will be organized in the following phases:<\/p>\n
Students who have passed and successfully graduated from\u00a0all five phases<\/strong>\u00a0of the School will be awarded GRADUATION CERTIFICATES of Anti-Corruption School for Young Leaders.<\/p>\n \u201cThe Armenian Lawyers\u2019 Association\u201d NGO is organizing the Anti-Corruption School for Young Leaders in cooperation with the CSO Anti-Corruption Coalition of Armenia.<\/em><\/p>\n