The Public Administration System in Armenia: Current State and the Way Forward

High-level conference organised to present the key findings of the assessment report to the Armenian authorities and to discuss the recommendations and next steps. These discussions will support the Government of Armenia in defining a new, comprehensive Public Administration Reform Strategy.

Discover what the event is about.

Opening session
Government of Armenia – Deputy Prime Minister of Armenia, Mher Grigoryan
European Union Delegation to Armenia – Ambassador Vassilis Maragos
SIGMA – Egle Rimkute, SIGMA Senior Advisor, Regional Manager East

Overview of the assessment key findings
Blanca Lázaro, SIGMA Senior Advisor, Country Manager for Armenia.

Overall reflections: future reform priorities and plans
Panel discussion with Viktorya Aydinyan, Head of Deputy Prime Minister Mher Grigoryan’s Office; Laura Aydinyan, Data Management and Interoperability Lead, Information Systems Agency of Armenia; Lilit Minasyan, Member of Parliament; Vache Qalachyan, Head of the Civil Service Office, PMO; Hayk Harutyunyan, Secretary General, Ministry of Finance and Vaclav Sterba, Deputy Head of Cooperation, EU Delegation. 
Moderated by Egle Rimkute, SIGMA Senior Advisor, Regional Manager East.

Presentation of the assessment results in the following areas, followed by a discussion and a preliminary prioritisation exercise:

• Public Service and Human Resource Management
  Blanca Lázaro, SIGMA Senior Advisor, Country Manager for Armenia
• Organisation, Accountability and Oversight
  Lech Marcinkowski, SIGMA Senior Advisor, Team Leader Public Service and Accountability
• Service Delivery and Digital
  José Díaz, SIGMA Senior Advisor
• Public Financial Management
  Alastair Swarbrick, SIGMA Senior Advisor, Team Leader Public Finance Management
• Strategy and Continuous Improvement, Policy Development and Co-ordination
  Egle Rimkute, SIGMA Senior Advisor, Regional Manager East
• Public Procurement
  Aleksandra Melesko, SIGMA Senior Advisor

Conclusions
Presentation by the Government of Armenia about the next steps

Closing remarks by EC
EU Delegation to Armenia and DG ENEST