ArmInfo. Results of Public Dialogue Challenges and Opportunities Project implemented in Armenia by OXFAM Armenia office within the EU funding, were summarized in Yerevan
According to Margarita Hakobyan, the director of OXFAM Armenian Office, the main target of the Project was the improvement of public sector abilities in the process of policy capsulation through the conversation with the Government. According to her words, the project covered three sectors: agriculture, health care and social security. "The basis of the dialogue between the Government and the Public sector are created and the next stage will be the improvement of that cooperation and moving forward," she stated.
In her turn, Lilit Chitchyan, another representative of OXFAM Armenian office, mentioned that a monitoring was held in respect to 6 budget-based projects - per 2 projects in every sector mentioned. "The agricultural sector and social security sectors monitoring is already completed, and in the sector of health care the works are in progress still, which is preconditioned also with the Minister shifting," she mentioned. At the same time, Chitchyan mentioned that all the reports published by the Organization have generated public response and appropriate reaction of state entities. " I am sure that all these problems being raised will keep on having their public voicing and in the end of it all will have also their solutions, because these projects are aimed at the settlement of most vulnerable and poor groups," she added.
To mention, the OXFAM together with partner organizations has implemented a monitoring of effective utilization of budget assets in three sectors: agriculture, health care and social security. Due to the agricultural sector it has been discovered that the consulting services supplies projects and fuel funding were not effective, but the responsible Ministry disagreed with that. Some mistakes have been fetched out also in the projects related to the support of old people and health care.
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