SATTO program successfully cooperates with the Ministry of Economy

Twinning and ТAIEX programs are first of all aimed at harmonizing Armenian legislation with that of the EU, Support to Armenian Program Administration Office for Twinning and TAIEX Operations Project.

According to Patrick Mousnier-Lompré, EU experts’ support to Armenian state institutions aims to promote assistance in the framework of Association Agreement and country’s joining Free Trade Area agreement.

Armenian Deputy Minister of Economy Garegin Melkonyan, in turn, noted that over 70 ТAIEX Programs were implemented in Armenia since 2009, with 18 Twinning programs currently in progress. He further noted food security, intellectual property, boosting of tax and customs administration among the fields the projects target.

The total cost of Twinning and ТAIEX operations implemented in the past 4 years amounted to euro 2 mln.

Since 2009, more than 70 TAIEX events have been implemented. Currently 18 TWINNING various implementation of projects are in different phases, 2 projects have already been completed.