Program of the Government of the Republic of Armenia 2017-2022.

The Republic of Armenia (RA) Government presents a multi-sectoral programme for activities that will guarantee the country’s sustainable development in the period between 2017 and 2022 with a focus on large-scale reforms. The vision of the program is to have a safe, fair, free and smart Armenia. The Programme is focused on achieving peace bolstered with strong defense, inclusive growth for all segments of the society and active engagement of all Armenian citizens in the public life. Through the implementation of this Programme, during 2017-2022, the RA Government sets the following goals: (i) To ensure faster economic growth as compared to developed countries by achieving approximately an average of 5 percent GDP growth; (ii) To achieve a significant growth in exports with the exports of goods and services reaching 40-45 percent as a share of GDP; (iii) To achieve poverty reduction by lowering it by 12 percentage points; (iv) To achieve 25 percent increase in nominal minimum salaries by optimally combining employment growth and compensation for dignified jobs and, taking into account structural unemployment and risks of reduction in the country’s competitiveness, the proportion of the mitigating minimum wage and median wage.
The aim of the Programme in agriculture is to increase the gross product of the sector by at least 5% annually, to enhance the level of food security, to develop high value agriculture, to introduce modern technologies, to substitute imports, as well as to increase export volumes and to create favorable conditions for the activities of economic entities in the agricultural sector. To this end, the agricultural program will focus on the plant breeding sector, ensuring long-term solutions for stabilizing and developing animal husbandry, sustainable development and regulation of the fish breeding sector, ensuring stable anti-epizootic situation, introducing a geographical data digitization system, a state programme for support to cooperatives , modernising the farm machinery stocks, introducing state-of-the-art technologies in the agricultural sector, supporting the agricultural processing industry, and increasing the level of loan accessibility and targeting in the agricultural introduce an agricultural insurance system, efficiently utilise the natural pastures, to improve the field fodder production, to increase productivity in animal husbandry, to promote agricultural co-operation, and to develop production capacities and value chain.
Pursuant to the principles of sustainable development, the RA Government in the next five years will undertake actions that will exclude natural resources exploitation, minimise negative impacts on the environment, including on human life and health, will ensure the prevention or mitigation of environmental pollution, complex natural resource management and control thereof. Gender equality component will be mainstreamed in the socio- economic development programmes of the Republic of Armenia with a view to enhancing the promotion of equal rights and opportunities for men and women.
The performance indicators for measures provided for in the RA Government Programme identify the targets that the activities of the RA Government would aim to achieve during the upcoming 5 years. The measures will be implemented in an environment of diverse constraints. Thus, in each period, depending on what can be afforded, out of the measures indicated in the Programme those assessed as higher priorities will be reflected in state medium-term expenditure frameworks and state budgets.