OGP Armenia
The Republic of Armenia became a member of OGP in September 2011. Joining the initiative Republic of Armenia expressed its willingness to ensure transparency and accountability in the sphere of public governance and delivery of public services. Freedom of Information Center of Armenia (FOICA) is a pioneer in fostering Open Government Partnership objectives in Armenia by setting up a productive dialogue and cooperation between the Government and civil society. FOICA plays an active role in the development of the OGP Armenia Action Plan, implementation and monitoring of the implementation process against the commitments. Under 27 January, 2012 50-Ա decision of the RA Prime Minister about “Creating a workgroup in order to elaborate the Action Plan for Armenia’s participation in the OGP”, the FOICA was included in the working group.
The official website of the OGP-Armenia is www.ogp.am
WB specialist’s meeting with CSOs within the framework of EITI
16.10.2014
On October 16 Transparency International Anticorruption Center hosted a meeting of Gary McMahon, Senior Mining Specialist of the World Bank with a group of interested representatives of civil society to present EITI and the role of public organizations in promoting it.
According to Open Government Partnership Second Action Plan of the Republic of Armenia 2014-2016 the Armenian Government undertook to implement a number of actions to join the Extracting Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) and to promote transparency of mining industry in Armenia. It's worth to mention, that the current situation in the mining sector does not meet the contemporary requirements presented by the state and the society, particularly, the level of accountability of mining companies and the state on expenses and revenues needs improvement. Joining the EITI initiative will increase the transparency in the sector, will ensure high level of accountability, as well as improve the investment environment. It is planned to hold discussions, negotiations and other necessary preparatory works for jining the EITI.