Thursday, May 23 2019 15:15

ArmInfo.At the initiative of the European Commission (EC), a working meeting was held at the Ministry of Economic Development and Investments of the Republic of  Armenia on the introduction of EU instruments Taiex and Twining,  contributing to the development of institutional capacities.

Answering the question of ArmInfo on the framework of the workshop,  Deputy Minister of Economic Development and Investments of the  Republic of Armenia Mane Adamyan noted that during the event the  staff of the Armenian state authorities will get more familiar with  these tools. <Within the CEPA roadmap, there are a number of  provisions for the implementation of which the support of EU experts  is necessary.  How the roadmap provides for the approximation of the  Armenian legislation to the European one. And to achieve this goal,  expert support is needed, which will be realized precisely through  the implementation of Taiex and Twining tools, which will be widely  used in all countries with which the European Union and the EU itself  work, "she said, referring to a number of achievements registered in  the public sector Poland after applying these tools.

Regarding the timing, the Deputy Minister noted that the  implementation process has already been launched, in particular, two  programs are being implemented on the Twining tool, 5 are in the  preparatory stage. At the same time, there are 15 applications for  the Taiex tool, which will soon be launched. "We will fully use these  tools to achieve our goal," she concluded.

M. Adamyan also stressed that within the framework of the three-day  visit to Armenia, the EU delegation includes discussions on a wide  range of issues, in particular, related to the road map of the  Armenia-EU Comprehensive and Enhanced Partnership Agreement (CEPA),  bilateral assistance package, budget assistance programs, etc.

To note, Twining is a long-term institutional development program  that provides support to EU partner countries through institutional  cooperation, the acquisition of the necessary skills and experience  for approximation to EU legislation. Participating countries:  Algeria, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Egypt, Georgia, Israel, Jordan,  Lebanon, Moldova, Morocco, Tunisia and Ukraine.

Taiex (Technical Assistance and Information Exchange) is one of the  tools for providing targeted political and legal advice in order to  harmonize the laws of the partner countries. This is usually achieved  by referring an expert from an EU member state to a ministry or local  government of a partner country to assist in solving a specific  reform task.