EcoLur
The supervision in mining is gradually getting focused in the government staff. Last time the Nature Protection Ministry conducted mining-related inspections this summer, whereas the Armenian Government with its resolution N 839-Ա reached on 30 July 2015 decided to suspend inspections and to annul N 594-Ա ‘On Arranging and Holding Inspections’.
In reply to EcoLur’s question at Nature Protection Minister’s final press conference what the annulling this resolution was related with, the Minister said, ‘Improvement of inspection function is currently in progress and proposals are being made. Given this, a decision was reached to suspend the inspections, to specify the activities and to submit a clear proposal and then to have assignments. I think it will be in force by the end of the year. Next year it will be clear whether or not we will continue supervision.’
It should be mentioned that currently Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) is in full progress initiated by the World Bank and the Armenian Government. The transparency relates to the funds and is perceived as the transparency of incomes and expenses. In the frames of this initiative a working group will be established to be headed by David Harutyunyan, Staff Head of the Armenian Government.
December 25, 2015 at 12:47