Executive Director of Center for Strategic Initiatives reported to  the President on work done in 2017

ArmInfo. During the working meeting with Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan, the Executive Director of the Center for Strategic Initiatives of the Government of the Republic of Armenia, Alexander Khachatryan, reported on the works carried out by  the Center in 2017, the main activities and plans for the future. 

According to the press service of the president, Alexander  Khachatryan, in particular, presented programs implemented as a  result of cooperation with government agencies, other interested  structures, organizations and individuals that are aimed at reforms  in the priority areas of the fund's activities: public  administration, education, tax and customs administration, legal,  tourism, agriculture, information and high technologies. He also  reported on the work carried out in the direction of comments and  approaches that were voiced during the president's visit to the  Center for Strategic Initiatives on February 22 last year. The  Executive Director of the Center presented to Sargsyan the most  interesting programs implemented in each priority area, as well as  details on the work on the development strategy of Armenia until 2030  and the organization of forthcoming public discussions of this  document, noting that, in order to stimulate this process, the SRC  assumed the role of an assistant. Alexander Khachartian presented  that within the framework of reforms in the sphere of public  administration, together with the Arar Foundation, an analysis of the  activities of the ministries of agriculture, as well as economic  development and investments was carried out. At present, road maps  for further actions are being designed for ministries, taking into  account the provisions of the new Law on Civil Service and  clarification of the sectoral strategies of the ministries. The  Executive Director presented one more program, which is implemented  on the initiative and direct supervision of the Center with funding  from the EU, - the program of young experts "YES Armenia". Within the  framework of the program, 21 young Armenians from Armenia and the  Diaspora work for 12 months in ministries and other government  departments on programs resulting from the priorities of the  government. One of the missions of the program is to make the work in  the state system more attractive and modern, with the participation  of trained and advanced specialists. Among the works performed by the  Center, Alexander Khachatryan also reported on the work undertaken  jointly with the Digital Armenia Fund to develop the framework  document "The agenda for the digital transformation of Armenia in  2018-2030." The document is currently under discussion.

The Center for Strategic Initiatives, according to Alexander  Khachatryan, with the financing of the European Bank for  Reconstruction and Development and with the involvement of an  international expert group, helps the Ministry of Economic  Development and Initiatives in drafting the RA Law on Public- Private  Partnerships. The bill is aimed at streamlining relations in Armenia  related to the design, implementation and monitoring of private-state  transactions. In the course of the working meeting, the sides also  discussed the implemented and planned work in cooperation with  partner organizations regarding the implementation of the goals of  sustainable development of the United Nations in Armenia, reform of  tax and customs administration, state policy in the sphere of  tourism.

The President gave a number of instructions regarding the current  activities of the Center for Strategic Initiatives and the  implementation of future programs.