Deputy Minister of Justice of Armenia Kristinne Grigoryan today received Senior Planning Officer on Administrative Reform of the German Society for International Cooperation (GIZ) Jens Deppe and National Coordinator in GIZ Project “Strengthening the Parliamentary Administration in the Eastern Partnership Countries” of the Regional Fund for Public Administration Reform Hrachik Yarmaloyan.

During the meeting, the parties considered a broad range of reforms that the GIZ Regional Fund for Public Administration Reform promotes in Eastern Partnership countries and particularly touched upon the approximation of legislation, e-governance, reforms in civil service and public service, capacity-building of the personnel of the Parliament and juvenile justice.

 Kristinne Grigoryan attached importance to the capacity-building of the Parliament and emphasized that the demand for reforms is due to not only political changes, but also the wide public involvement in the processes of legislative and executive management. Touching upon juvenile justice, Kristinne Grigoryan introduced the amendments that are being made to the Criminal and Criminal Procedure Codes that will essentially solve the sector-specific issues.