Society's information awareness cold become corruption risk reduction method

PanARMENIAN.Net - "On October 1, Armenian Public Relations Association's "Extrude the corruption" project was launched in RA with USAID assistance," Deputy Head of Armenian Public Relations Association Arman Saghatelyan told a news conference in Yerevan.



According to him, the program aims at raising information awareness of society, business and media representatives through developing interest protection mechanisms in case of corruption risk. He also noted that media-campaign, involving 20 reporters from Armenian TV companies and information agencies, will be conducted within program frameworks.



According to Association's Deputy Head, project's target group is comprised of small and medium business representatives.



The 6-month project will cover 15 corruption-related court sittings and 4 media briefings. "Upon project's termination the reporters will be granted a fee, and 4 of them awarded prizes for excellent work," Saghatelyan stated.