Armenia has won a top prize at the Open Government Partnership’s annual award event being held in Mexico City.
Participating in the ceremony for the first time ever, the country was named a leader in the Asia-Pacific region, reports the Government’s press service.

The Armenian delegation attending the event was led by Gurgen Dumanyan, deputy chief of staff of the Government.

This year’s event, which opened on Thursday, addresses the mechanisms of improving public services through open governance principles. It attracted participation bids from 35 of the 66 members of the initiative.  President of Mexico Enrique Peña Nieto attended the award ceremony to hand over the prizes to the winning countries’ representatives.

Armenia’s initiative submitted for the awards proposed mechanisms for creating a municipal administration database and boosting investment in community administrations in an effort to improve the quality of services for the population in regions.