Gift Registry and Automated Corruption Risk Analysis (AM0060)

Brief Description of the Commitment

1. Establishment of a digitised register for the declaration and publication of gifts as an integral component of the integrity system.

2. Ensuring interoperability among data collected within the framework of various functions of the Corruption Prevention Commission (hereinafter referred to as the "Commission"), including the verification and analysis of declarations, oversight of the ongoing financial activities of political parties, maintenance of the integrity system, and compliance with restrictions on gifts, and deriving risk indicators through formulas on the basis thereof.

Problem Definition

1. What problem does the commitment aim to address?

1. Within the framework of the existing regulations, the recording of gifts received by public officials and public servants is carried out through the completion and submission of electronic forms, in the absence of a unified digital register. This manual process is time-consuming, requires excessive resources, and does not provide for the automated valuation of gifts, search, matching, and analysis of data. As a result, the process does not comply with the State’s digitalisation policy and limits transparency and effectiveness.

2. The Commission carries out the verification of annual reports of political parties, as well as the verification and analysis of declarations of property, income, interests, and expenditures, including on the basis of risk-based criteria for the analysis of declarations. However, the effectiveness of these processes depends on digital solutions and interoperability of the data, which are not yet fully ensured.

2. What are the causes of the problem?

1. The process of creation of a register for the recording of gifts, undertaken under the commitment of the previous action plan, was temporarily suspended due to funding and technical capacity constraints.
2. From the perspective of automated risk analysis, the Commission faces the following challenges: ● Large volumes of data — more than 15,000 declarations annually and over 120 annual political party reports, all of which contain extensive datasets. ● Limited human resources — the number of staff is insufficient to verify and analyse the full volume of information received. ● Incomplete application of a risk-based approach — the existing criteria largely linked to the positions held by individuals or to risk indicators derived from the analysis of declarations from previous years, and, in the case of political parties, to the requirement to undergo mandatory audits. ● Lack of automation — the process is predominantly manual and does not employ automated analysis mechanisms, thereby reducing effectiveness and hindering compliance with international standards.

Commitment Description

1. What has been done so far to solve the problem?

1. In 2025, the Commission applied to the Office of the Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia, presenting the challenges identified by the Commission in the field of digitalisation of its processes, including in terms of introduction of a register for the recording of gifts.
2. The Commission developed the conceptual and technical specifications for an automated risk analysis tool and submitted them to the Information Systems Security Council. On 7-8 December 2024, during the "Data against Corruption" hackathon organised in cooperation with USAID and the "Innovative Solutions and Technologies Center" Foundation, demo versions of the tool were developed, the applicability whereof for the objectives of the Commission was assessed as satisfactory.

2. What solution are you proposing?

1. It is proposed, with the support of the Government of the Republic of Armenia, to complete the creation of the register for the recording of gifts and the digitalisation of the recording process.
2. Taking into account the Government’s agenda for the overall digitalisation and standardisation of processes in state bodies, as well as the necessity for ensuring the effective performance of the Commission’s functions, it is proposed to develop a tool for ensuring interoperability of data collected by the Commission and for automated analysis of such data through formulas; to enable this, it is proposed to allocate financial resources to the Commission from the State Budget of the Republic of Armenia for the purpose of implementing this commitment within the expected timeframe and, as a result, enhancing the accuracy and effectiveness of the exercise of the Commission’s functions.

3. What results do we want to achieve by implementing this commitment?

1. Creation of a digitised register for the recording of gifts, ensuring automated recording, valuation, publication, and system interoperability, while also facilitating the process of recording of gifts of public officials, enhancing transparency.
2. The Commission’s human resources will be focused on the verification of higher-risk declarations and reports, while lower-risk declarations and reports will be analysed automatically by the system, which will increase efficiency, promote the proper use of resources, and support the detection and prevention of corruption risks, as well as enhance accountability and supervision of political financing

Commitment Analysis

1. How will the commitment promote transparency?

1. The obligation will lead to increased publicity of gifts and reports, access to and transparency of open data, enabling them to be used by CSOs, media, and other stakeholders.
2. Automated risk analysis will strengthen public trust, as declarations and political party reports will be analysed not only on the basis of applications of individuals or media reports, but also on the own initiative of the Commission based on pre-established risk criteria, without human intervention in the process of determination of risks. Furthermore, given that the results of the analysis are made public, the wider publication of outcomes of analysis will lead to increase in transparency of results of supervision functions of the CPC.

2. How will the commitment help to foster accountability?

1. The creation of a digitised register for the recording of gifts will provide automated solutions for recording, valuing, and publishing gifts, offering the public open and accessible information, as well as the ability to report violations.
2. Analysis based on risk criteria will enhance the Commission’s accountability and responsibility before the public, and will also contribute to improving the effectiveness of supervision over political financing and strengthening accountability.

3. How will the commitment improve citizen participation in defining, implementing, and monitoring solutions?

Inclusiveness is one of the most important components of the commitment. Increasing the possessiveness of the public over the processes being implemented. Proper public supervision and exigence over persons responsible for the implementation of the action and the resources allocated. At the same time, considering that public supervision is also exercised over political financing, the commitment will contribute to increasing the accessibility of public supervision and expanding the information necessary for it.

Milestones | Expected Outputs | Expected Completion Date

Action
1. Establishment of electronic register Ensuring interoperability | 1. Designing a register based on the electronic system of the Commission. Ensuring interoperability not only with all platforms of the electronic system of the Commission, but also with the electronic information sources of the relevant state administration bodies, for the purpose of obtaining the required information.
2. Introduction and operation of the electronic register for the recording of gifts (awareness-raising for the state administration system). Conducting preliminary awareness-raising by the Commission for organisers responsible for integrity issues in state administration and local self-government bodies, covering elements of integrity, including restrictions on the acceptance of gifts, legislative amendments, existing regulations, the Commission’s powers in enforcing the prohibition on gift acceptance, and presenting an overview of the introduction of the register for the recording of gifts. Following the operation of the register for the recording of gifts, the Commission will carry out extensive trainings to raise awareness of the mentioned processes| September 2026

Action 2. Creation of an Automated Risk Analysis Tool | 1. Review of the technical specifications of the automated risk analysis tool. 2. Approval of the programme at a meeting of the Information Systems Security Council. 3. Allocation of financial resources and conduct of a tender for the electronic platform․ 4. Development and deployment of
the tool. | September 2027