On 15 October 2018, a discussion took place in Vanadzor in the scope of the “Commitment to Constructive Dialogue” project funded by the European Union. The topic was “Monitoring of the SME Development Strategy and Sustainable Agricultural Development.”
Representatives of the Lori Region local government, civil society organisations, and different communities participated in the discussion.
During the discussion, expert Satik Badeyan presented the important directions of monitoring the 2016-2018 SME Strategy and new strategy development. Arthur Gomktsyan, a representative from the Agricultural Alliance, presnted their project entitled “Participatory Policies – Sustainable Agriculture.”
A dialogue took place between local government and CSO representatives. The topic was whether the SME strategy should be a general document or it should be composed based on the development visions of separate branches.
The participants attached importance to the implementation of monitoring, which must serve as a basis for the development of a new SME strategy in the future. The problems of farm economies were also discussed both in the scope of tax regulations and the introduction of technical stations in rural communities.
