On May 23 the NA Standing Committee on Financial-Credit and Budgetary Affairs jointly with the German Society for International Cooperation (GIZ) organized a thematic working discussion on the use of the Programme Budgeting (PB) as an Analytical Tool within the framework of the concept of the continuous development of the professional capabilities. The NA deputies, the employees of the NA Staff, the RA Ministry of Finance and the RA Control Chamber and experts of international organisations took part in the event.
In his opening word Hovhannes Margaryants, the Adviser of the Public Financial Management in South Caucasus Programme of the GIZ Company, has noted that the concept of the continuous development of the professional capabilities has been worked out and is implemented jointly with the NA Standing Committee on Financial-Credit and Budgetary Affairs. The Adviser of the programme has noted that the goal of the assistance to the Public Financial Management in South Caucasus Programme is to boost the development of the legislative control capabilities in the sphere of the public finance governance.
Suren Poghosyan, the expert of the Public Financial Management in South Caucasus Programme of the GIZ Company, delivered a speech on the theme “Programme Budgeting Reforms in Armenia: Analytic Toolkit.” He presented to the attendees the analytical tools used in the PB system. The expert also talked about concrete examples of such analyses implemented in Armenia, highlighted the use and the usefulness of the working tools in the PB system.