REGIONAL ENTERPRISES’ BUSINESSMEN DISPLEASED WITH ADMINISTRATION
news.am
Dec 3 2009
Armenia
"Small and medium enterprises businessmen in Armenian regions are
displeased with administration, tax policy and corruption", ProSME
Deputy Director Anoush Aslanyan told journalists. ProSME is a project
of the German Agency for Technical Cooperation (GTZ) in Armenia –
implemented by PEM Consult GmbH, Dusseldorf by order of the Federal
Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development.
According to her, four surveys were conducted among regional
businessmen and majority was displeased with officials’ workstyle.
"This year the main impediment for businessmen was administrative
vices. The businessmen complain about large authorities of state
regional bodies on control."
Aslanyan outlined the superficial level of regional businessmen’
knowledge of legal issues. In order to remedy situation ProSME through
German PEM company provides free legal advice services to small and
medium undertaker. Starting 2010, the development promoting project
will be handed to GTZ Armenian office.
James Macbeth Forbes, GTZ local office Team Leader informed that
he cooperates with RA Ministry of Territorial Administration,a
dministrations ad municipalities for several years to improve the
service quality. "I cannot unambiguously state that all our programs
are successfully ended, but at least 80% registers positive result",
he stated.
According to Forbes, German Government decided to allocate Armenia
â~B¬100m as a loan and grant.