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UNDP presented "RoA Rural and Urban Communities" database and
"Performance budgeting" concept in local self-government system
Yerevan, 20 October 2009 – Today Ms. Consuelo Vidal, UN Resident
Coordinator / UNDP Resident Representative and Mr. Vache Terteryan,
First Deputy Minister of Territorial Administration, within the
framework of UNDP Community Development project, presented to the
public "RoA Rural and Urban Communities" database and the "Performance
budgeting" concept in local self-government system.
Representatives of the Government of Armenia, local self-government
bodies, international and local organizations, as well as mass media
participated in the event.
Welcoming the guests, Ms. Consuelo Vidal said, "These two initiatives
that UNDP has implemented with the RoA Ministry of Territorial
Administration Armenia are highly important to support the
decentralization and local governance processes in Armenia."
"RoA Rural and Urban Communities" database includes data on 865 rural
and 48 urban communities as of 1 January 2009. The database, among
others, includes territorial and socio-demographic indicators, namely
population, social groups, level of education, migration and
employment for rural and urban communities. The database includes also
indicators that assess the state of the community’s facilities and
infrastructure, such as healthcare, cultural, art, sports and other
facilities. Also, economic characteristics that include administrative
territory of the community, land distribution according to the types,
forms of property and irrigation, as well as the existence of
industrial enterprises and the level of employment in them. Also
reflected in the study are the harvesting indicators of cultivated
rural lands, as well as their market price.
The "Performance budgeting" concept in local self-government system
includes tools for planning, distribution, use and oversight of
budgetary means of the targeted communities, which will enable to use
the limited resources in the most efficient way, taking into
consideration the community priorities.
Ms. Consuelo Vidal expressed hope that "the full installment of the
concept and its application in local self-government system will
register sustainable development and will promote the efficiency of
performance budgeting processes, as well as active and responsible
engagement of community residents in local democratic processes."
The concept has been installed during the last two years in more than
20 rural and urban communities of various regions of Armenia. The
theoretical provisions have passed a practical experience, while
practical points were supplemented with expert recommendations and
situational adjustments.
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