Filling of vacancies in Armenia`s civil service to be adjusted

ArmInfo.In Armenia, the professional experience of a civil servant will be assessed not on the basis of retraining courses, but on the basis of the entire work process from the beginning of receiving a state university diploma.

The Committee on State and Legal Affairs of the National Assembly of  the Republic of Armenia issued a positive conclusion on the  amendments to the Law "On Civil Service" submitted by the Government  of the Republic of Armenia in the first reading at the meeting on  November 11.

As Vache Kalashyan, Head of the Civil Service Bureau of the Prime  Minister's Office, noted in his speech, in the conditions of the  internal competition for filling a vacant position among civil  servants, the requirement for certification is removed, instead of  which only the interview method will be used.

This measure will improve the efficiency of internal procedures.  Civil servants who are in the personnel reserve of other departments  that meet the requirements of the Law "On Civil Service" will also be  able to participate in the internal competition. This applies to  departments such as the State Revenue Committee, the Service for the  Compulsory Execution of Judicial Acts and the Rescue Service of the  Ministry of Internal Affairs.

It is planned to abandon competency tests and switch to a simple  interview during internal competitions.  When a vacant position  appears, an announcement about its replacement must be distributed  within 1 month and held within three months.

As Kalashyan noted, during the interview, not one but two  participants who overcome the established threshold may be recognized  as the winner. In this case, the certification committee makes a  decision under one of them by a majority of votes.