Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan held another consultation to discuss the programs and activities to be implemented by the Prime Minister’s Office as part of the 2020 budget exercise. The meeting specifically referred to Civil Service Office’s scheduled activities. The Premier was briefed on the reforms being implemented in the field of civil service, the ongoing efforts aimed at enhancing civil servants’ professional skills and improving the retraining system, as a whole....
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan today visited the Center for Agribusiness and Rural Development (CARD) Foundation. The CARD manager briefed the Premier on CARD’s ongoing activities. Later on a consultation was held to discuss the programs implemented by the Foundation, which is comprised of 6 organizations specialized in agriculture and 19 centers of agricultural services. CARD is engaged in agricultural development programs, which mainly focus on livestock, milk production and...
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan received prominent Armenian astrophysicist, founder and chief organizer of STARMUS (Stars and Music) international science and art festival Garik Israelyan. Greeting the renowned astrophysicist, the Premier described his scientific activities as quite impressive and expressed hope that he would help develop fundamental research in Armenia by imparting his long experience and implementing joint projects in cooperation with the Armenian Government. Garik...
A Cabinet meeting was held today, chaired by Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan. The Government amended one of its previous decisions to comply with the Law on State Benefits. The law provides that the funeral benefit is paid within 3 months after the disability has expired, at the time of re-examination, but before a medical-social examination conducted by the competent authority, in case the disabled person dies. It has also been stipulated that in the event of loss of entitlement to a...
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan held a consultative meeting to discuss the new concept for providing social assistance to vulnerable citizens. Touching upon the concept, Nikol Pashinyan noted: “I want to say a few words about this work. Why did this topic arise and appear on our agenda? It is very important to emphasize the strategic and ideological goal that we set as the basis for the system reform initiative. My assessment, which is perhaps a political one, is that the...
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan held a consultative meeting to discuss the programs and activities to be implemented by the Prime Minister’s office in 2020. The meeting specifically focused on the activities of the offices of deputy prime ministers and bodies affiliated to the Office of the Prime Minister. The Premier was told that the activities will be aimed at modernizing the public administration system, enhancing governance efficiency, improving the quality of services...
