A session of the Anti-Corruption Council was held in the government under the leadership of Prime Minister Karen Karapetyan, with the participation of civil society representatives.

During the session, the experts of the independent expert committee presented the corruption risks identified by the Police in the fields of providing services to citizens, healthcare, education and state revenue collection and the action plans aimed at reducing them. A wide discussion was held around them, a number of recommendations and observations were presented. 

Prime Minister Karapetyan emphasized the implementation of consistent steps aimed at reducing corruption risks in the mentioned areas and gave appropriate instructions in that direction. In particular, Karen Karapetyan instructed the Ministers of Education and Science, Health, the Chairman of the RA SRC and the Chief of Police to discuss all the submitted comments by September 20, to revise the drafts if necessary in cooperation with experts, and to present the revised version to the government staff. 

In addition, in order to implement the program’s activities, the Prime Minister instructed to allocate financial resources within the budget budget and, if necessary, make them a subject of discussion during the budget discussion. Karen Karapetyan instructed the head of the government’s staff to complete the document by discussing it with other interested bodies in November and submitting it for the government’s consideration.