Wednesday, October 30 2019 11:36

ArmInfo. In 2020, Armenia will implement a program to create an international financial center. On October 30, during the discussion in the parliamentary commissions  on the draft state budget of the country in 2020, Emil Tarasyan, head  of the RA President's Office, said.

According to him, over 1.5 billion drams, which is 420 million drams  more than in 2019, is planned to be allocated to support the  presidential apparatus in 2020. 90% of all budgetary funds will be  allocated to support the apparatus, the building of the presidential  administration, the payment of salaries, travel expenses. In the work  of the president's office, evaluation criteria have been introduced -  quantitative, qualitative and temporary. Quantitative criteria  include charitable programs that are planned to be implemented next  year. In total, there will be 22 such programs against 13 this year,  and the number of beneficiaries from 5 thousand will increase to 8  thousand. Charity programs relate to areas such as culture, history,  healthcare, education, science, sports, and youth. In 2020, the new  program, Defender of the Frontiers of the Homeland, will begin to be  applied, which is designed to provide the necessary assistance to  wounded servicemen.

There are also provisions for the implementation of presidential  initiatives, under which the number of beneficiaries from 2 thousand  will now increase over the next three years to 3.5 thousand,  deductions for travel expenses of the president and  publication of  speeches of the head of state in foreign media. Emil Tarasyan said  that in 90% of cases the head of state makes his visits on scheduled  airplanes. Temporary criteria include the timeline for considering  citizens 'complaints, which will be reduced from 305 days to 2- 4  days. Thus, as Emil Tarasyan noted, the efficiency of consideration  of complaints, requests and suggestions of citizens will increase. It  is planned to fully digitize the work of the presidential apparatus.   In 2020, under the auspices of the President of the Republic of  Armenia, a number of authoritative international forums will be held,  including the second summit of minds in Dilijan, and a forum of  countries cooperating with China.

In total, there are 22 cars on the balance sheet of the presidential  apparatus, 7 of which will be written off in 2020. Thus, 17 cars will  remain. Of the 155 planned staffing units, as of today, 130 staffing  units have been staffed. Last year, 10 employees out of 7,000 who  submitted applications were selected based on the results of the  competition. The problem here is not professionalism, but the  structural changes that are taking place in the presidential  apparatus and which are aimed at creating a flexible structure.