A Number of Structures Merged to Created a Mining Agency

According to the decision of the RA Government a mining agency has been created merging a number of structures under the Ministry of Energy Infrastructures and Natural Resources within the framework of the optimization plan. The structure includes Subsoil Concession and Mineral Resources agencies and Mining Department of the Ministry.

According to Karen Ghahramanyan, the Chief of Staff of the Ministry of Energy Infrastructures and Natural Resources, the need of merging of these structures was related to fully implementing the functions and increasing efficiency of activities.

The study of functions and business processes of the Subsoil Concession and Mineral Resources Agencies showed that they are a continuation of each other and can be implemented by one separate unit.

On the other hand, as Mining sector is mainly developed as a result of which the workload of Mining Department is reduced so the merging of these subdivisions was appropriate in terms of Staff optimization.