Environmental patrols to get government guarantees in Armenia 

ArmInfo.  Employees of the Environmental Patrol Service of Armenia will receive state social guarantees at the legislative level. The National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia is discussing the amendments to the "On  Environmental Patrol Service" in the second and final reading at the  plenary session on May 7.

Introducing the amendments, Deputy Minister of Environment of the  Republic of Armenia Ara Mkrtchyan noted that the government proposes  to review the provisions regarding financial assistance provided in  the event of death or disability of an employee of the Environmental  Patrol Service. According to the speaker, the amendment proposes to  legislatively enshrine the social guarantees of the service employee.  In particular, it is envisaged to replace social insurance with  monetary compensation and provide for the payment of funds in cases  of serious harm to health or death of an employee of the service in  the performance of his official duties. It is also proposed to grant  the government the authority to establish the procedure for paying  compensation.

Another change concerns the procedure for appointing employees of the  Environmental Patrol Service. In particular, it was established that  eco-patrols shall exercise their powers after being appointed to the  position based on the results of a competition in the manner  prescribed by this law, but not later than January 1, 2027. Earlier,  the RA Minister of Environment Hakob Simidyan noted that the process  of staffing the service is currently underway. He reported that  quotas for female representatives have not been established. The  service was created recently, and it is possible that representatives  of the fair sex will also participate in it.