Thursday, 18 August 2011
Government - World Bank Cooperation Prioritized
A cabinet sitting was held today, chaired by Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan.
To begin with, the Premier advised that a message had been received from the World Bank’s regional director regarding bilateral cooperation and Armenia’s borrowing opportunities for the period 2011-2014.
In an effort to further improve the business environment, the government invalidated some paragraphs of the order applicable to the licensing of wildlife management activities concerning the submittal of legal and natural person by-laws and/or copies of State registration certificates.
Amending a previous decree, the cabinet shifted the post-graduate and continued study component from the responsibility of Healthcare Ministry’s National Healthcare Institute after Avdalbekyan CJSC to that of the State Medical University after M. Heratsi SNCO. The amendment is supposed to help the University speed up the process of international certification.
To promote investment programs in Yerevan city in 2011-2014, the meeting passed a decree referred to as “On allocation of a tender-free development site.”
A hotel complex consisting of reception and conference halls, a recreational lounge, a gym hall, a restaurant and a café corresponding to best international standards (of at least 4-star branding) will be built on a site next to Republic Square underground station. The project allows for all necessary urban development, volumetric – planning and architectural requirements to provide for micro-sphere integrity.
The government next approved a methodology for the monitoring of polluted lands in Armenia implying that a nationwide soil sample-taking network and a properly designed legal framework for the conduct of monitoring activities will be up to that effect, including a procedure to be followed by the Ministry of Emergency Situations in evacuating the affected population.
The meeting went on to specify the requirements applicable to the areas assigned for gambling and bookmaking activities.
The government backed the proposal on signing the 13th amendment protocol relating to the letter-agreement on cooperation in the field of drug control and law enforcement between the governments of Armenia and the United States which implies that USD 2.314.611 will be made available for implementation of new regulatory and enforcement projects.
The meeting approved a bill on amendments to the law on institution of fines and penalties for environmental offences in an effort to streamline the rules applicable to environmental damage-related compensation activities.
A set of amendments to the law on taxes and 3 other legal acts was endorsed at today’s cabinet sitting.
The mentioned bills and the government’s findings will be submitted to the National Assembly in the manner established by law.
