You can forget about an Effective Fight against Corruption without Digitalization Tools: Students of the Anti-Corruption School for Young Leaders met with Suren Krmoyan

On 26 July, students of 9th stream of the Anti-Corruption School for Young Leaders, the 1st anti-corruption professional educational initiative operating in the Republic of Armenia, within the framework of the master classes and practical skills development phase of the school, hosted the former Deputy Minister of Justice, President of “Digital Armenia” organization Suren Krmoyan.

The speaker emphasized the importance of e-government tools in the context of the fight against corruption and presented some of them.

Suren Krmoyan spoke about such important tools as e-citizen.am, e-register.am, e-request.am, e-apostille, e-draft and azdararir.am.

He specifically referred to the unified electronic reporting platform, through which a citizen can submit a report anonymously and his anonymity will be guaranteed by the Law of the Republic of Armenia “On the Whistle-Blowing System”.

Suren Krmoyan also highlighted the citizens’ activity on the Unified Website for the Publication of Legal Acts Drafts, e-draft.am. The site provides an opportunity to get acquainted with the drafts published by the state bodies, to search for drafts, to follow their further progress. get acquainted with the submitted proposals, and if you register on the website, also submit proposals, get acquainted with the summary list of the proposals regarding the draft, accepted proposals or the reasons for not accepting them.

The speaker also referred to the activities of “Digital Armenia”. The team of this organization develops programs and research works in the field of public administration, digitization and technological development, and also carries out monitoring and evaluation of the effectiveness of reforms and programs implemented in these fields.

According to Suren Krmoyan, the mission of the “Digital Armenia” organization is to contribute to the strengthening of Armenia through digitalization and technological development.

All electronic platforms operating in Armenia can be found at the website (www.digital-armenia.am) of the organization.

“You can forget about an effective fight against corruption without digitalization,” concluded Suren Krmoyan.

Notably, the training in the Anti-Corruption School for Young Leaders will be organized in the following phases:

1. ONLINE TRAINING PHASE, during which the students will pass a basic anti-corruption course consisting of 25 topics through the school’s online anti-corruption training platform. Those students who have completed all the knowledge test questionnaires and received the appropriate points for completing the online training will be considered completed the online training phase.
2. MASTER CLASS AND PRACTICAL SKILLS DEVELOPMENT PHASE, during which students who have successfully completed the advanced stage of school will be divided into groups and each group will conduct a study, monitoring or investigation on one of the in-depth anti-corruption topics. During this phase, the work will be organized in the form of group meetings, discussions, and meetings with representatives of the sectors and other relevant bodies and organizations. Attendees will learn a range of innovative tools and gain related skills. At this stage, mentoring for groups is planned.
3. PUBLIC AWARENESS PHASE, during which students who have successfully completed the practical skills development phase of the school will have the opportunity to disseminate their anti-corruption knowledge among young people through public awareness seminars.
4. ADVANCED TRAINING PHASE, during which the best 15-20 participants who have achieved high results in the online training phase of the school, successfully completed the in-depth interview phase and are selected, will participate in the outreach (out of Yerevan) in-depth anti-corruption training. The in-depth training phase of the school will consist of the modules: “Anti-Corruption Advanced Training” and “Pillars of National Identity”.
5. FINAL PHASE, during which the students, who have successfully completed the practical skills development and public awareness stages of the school, will present their research and public awareness results to the reputable jury and the public.

Students who have passed and successfully graduated from all five phases of the School will be awarded GRADUATION CERTIFICATES of Anti-Corruption School for Young Leaders.

“The Armenian Lawyers’ Association” NGO is organizing the Anti-Corruption School for Young Leaders in cooperation with the CSO Anti-Corruption Coalition of Armenia.

The information partner of the Anti-Corruption School for Young Leaders is Iravaban.net,  independent professional news website.