Wednesday, 23 February 2005
Today the Coordination Board of the Strategic Program for Poverty Reduction (PRSP) has held a meeting presided by Prime Minister A. Margaryan at the Office of Government.
The meeting agenda included a number of issues relating to the establishment of a steering task force and its terms of reference, the endorsement of the PRSP Open Forum's working program and the selection of the person in charge of program implementation, the approval of the timetable of the activities to be carried out by coordination entities etc.
Prime Minister A. Margaryan has indicated that the availability of an effective system of PRSP implementation, follow-up monitoring and assessment involving the public-at-large was a key pre-requisite for successful implementation of the program at hand. Emphasizing the need in ensuring transparency and proper feedback for the whole duration of the implementation process, he noted that as a result of active discussions held with all of the parties at stake with regard to the design of collaboration and partnership mechanisms, it had been possible to sign a PRSP implementation partnership agreement in October, 2004, which specified the priorities set for the next 3 years on the basis of the strategic program, as well as the institutional mechanisms necessary for efficient pursuance and monitoring of the provisions stipulated in the agreement. "The achievements had in the process of program design are as much the outcome of your efforts and we must provide for the successful completion of what we have decided in common,"
