A workshop on Assets Declaration System in Armenia took place on in Yerevan. The event was organised within the framework of the PGG II Project on “Strengthening institutional capacities to fight and prevent corruption in Armenia. The objective of the workshop was to present the findings and recommendations from the analysis of the Armenia’s assets declarations legal framework and discuss the possible solutions for further strengthening the assets declarations system with the relevant national authorities and the civil society organisations.

Opening speeches were made by CoE head of the office Natalya Voutova and Deputy Minister of Justice, Srbuhi Galyan.

The workshop was attended by the representatives of Ministry of Justice, Commission on Ethics of High-Ranking Officials of Armenia, National Assembly of Armenia, Prime Minister’s Office, Civil Service Bureau, State Revenue Committee, Civil society organisations, CoE office in Yerevan.

The recommendations provided by CoE expert touched the important topics as

• Persons obliged to declare
• Items to be declared
• Beneficial ownership
• Verification of declarations

The participants expressed their approaches and discussed the topics considering the context of Armenia․ After the discussion the finalized paper with recommendations of CoE international expert will be submitted to the Ministry of Justice.