Financial Risk:
High
Score:
40/100
Asset Disposals
Q24
25/100
How effective are controls over the disposal of assets, and is information on these disposals, and the proceeds of their sale, transparent?
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Assets disposal issues are regulated by Government Decree N 882-N. It approves decisions on the disposal of assets upon the presentation of the authorized…
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The Audit Chamber’s annual reports and current conclusions are published on the official website of the Audit Chamber and www.azdarar.am website. Audit Chamber reports…
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Information about the tender, auction or direct sale and the details about the relevant conditions can be found on State Property Management Department official…
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Q25
0/100
Is independent and transparent scrutiny of asset disposals conducted by defence establishments, and are the reports of such scrutiny publicly available?
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The Law on State Property Management (Article 4) does not apply to state property classified/envisaged under secret works and property under the possession and…
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This indicator has been marked Not Applicable, as asset disposals are not scrutinised by an oversight body of any form.
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This indicator has been marked Not Applicable, as asset disposals are not scrutinised by an oversight body of any form.
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Secret Budgets
Q26
0/100
What percentage of defence and security expenditure in the budget year is dedicated to spending on secret items relating to national security and the intelligence services?
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Total expenditures for the defence sector in 2018 are publicly available; however, the percentage of budget expenditure on secret items concerning national security and…
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Q27
75/100
Is the legislature (or the appropriate legislative committee or members of the legislature) given full information for the budget year on the spending of all secret items relating to national security and military intelligence?
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According to the National Assembly’s Rules of Procedure, expenditures containing state and official secrets are discussed at a closed-door joint meeting of the Standing…
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Q28
25/100
Are audit reports of the annual accounts of the security sector (the military and intelligence services) subject to parliamentary debate?
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There is not enough information to score this indicator, as the audit reports on the defence sector are not disclosed to public. In this…
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According to the Law on Rules of Procedures of the National Assembly, the Audit Chamber’s annual reports related to issues classified as confidential and…
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Q29
33/100
In law, are off-budget military expenditures permitted, and if so, are they exceptional occurrences that are well-controlled? In practice, are there any off-budget military expenditures? If so, does evidence suggest this involves illicit economic activity?
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According to the Law on Budget System, all state and local-government bodies are allowed to hold off-budget accounts, subject to approval by the Government…
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Off-budget expenditure reports per ministry (including that of the Ministry of Defence) can be found on the official website of the Ministry of Finance;…
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According to Article 3 of the RA Law on Foundations, the foundations have a right to open bank accounts [1]. According to Clause 9…
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Q30
38/100
Are mechanisms for accessing information from the defence sector effective?
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The Law on Freedom of Information ensures that the legal framework connected with the freedom of information defines the powers of persons possessing information,…
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This indicator is not assigned a score in the GDI. According to Article 4 of the Law on the State and Official Secrets, the…
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The Law on Freedom of Information ensures public access to information except cases classified as state secret. According to the law: “If the information…
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Q31
63/100
Do national defence and security institutions have beneficial ownership of commercial businesses? If so, how transparent are details of the operations and finances of such businesses?
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According to the Law on Joint Stock Companies, authorized state bodies may manage state-owned joint-stock companies [1]. The Ministry of Defence’s (MoD) website, states…
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According to the RA Law on Joint Stock Companies (Article 94), joint-stock companies should publish their annual report, annual balance sheet, and the profit…
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Military-owned Businesses
Q32
NEI/100
Are military-owned businesses subject to transparent independent scrutiny at a recognised international standard?
View QuestionIllegal Private Enterprise
Q33
75/100
Is there evidence of unauthorised private enterprise by military or other defence ministry employees? If so, what is the government’s reaction to such enterprise?
View QuestionActual Military Spending
Q77
69/100
Is comprehensive data on actual spending on defence published during the budget year?
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The Ministry of Finance (MoF) proactively publishes reports on actual spending for defence and security non classified items in a disaggregated form [1]. Information…
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The majority of actual defence spending is disclosed (“military defence”, “research and development”, “foreign military aid”, and “defence – not included in other types…
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Details of actual spending are published at the end of each quarter [1]. Furthermore, the government has put in place an online platform (“interactive…
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In 2017, the difference between budget and actual expenditure on the defence budget was negligible (0.7%). Actual expenditure was 99.3% of the revised budget…
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