Armenian government to provide financial incentives to highly  productive civil servants engaged in self- education

ArmInfo. The Armenian government has approved a pilot program to evaluate the performance and provide incentives for civil servants demonstrating high  productivity and self-education. The corresponding decision was made during a government session on November 27.

Deputy Prime Minister Tigran Khachatryan presented the draft decision  and stated that the proposed project is based on the public  administration reform strategy, which aims to enhance the performance  of state bodies and the competitiveness of the civil service. He   emphasized that, civil service salaries are less competitive compared  to the private sector, which impacts the attractiveness of the  system.

According to Tigran Khachatryan, the project envisages the creation  of a new performance evaluation system and corresponding incentives.  The Deputy Prime Minister also noted that the program not only  summarizes the work accomplished but also lays the foundation for  institutional reforms.  Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, in turn,  noted that beneficiaries of the program must allocate at least 10% of  the incentive amount for self-education.  The implementation of the  pilot program will require approximately 3 billion drams from the  2025 state budget.