E-Government as a way to fight corruption in public procurement system

Abstract

According to public perception, there is a high level of corruption in the Republic of Armenia. This capstone examined the role of e-government in a fight against corruption in the public procurement system of the Republic of Armenia. The application of e-government to any system raises the transparency of that system, approaches the state to the international standards, decreases the level of corruption in the state as a result of high accountability, makes the management of the state simpler and saves huge amounts of money from the state budget. In order to achieve success in combating corruption and come closer to the international standards, Armenia cooperates with international organizations such as the Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development, World Trade Organization, World Bank and etc. to find optimal ways of appropriately developing the e-government in the state. In order to test whether the corruption level has been decreased in Armenia after the application of E-government to the Public Procurement system or not this capstone answered three research questions. The data analyses illustrated the main measures which are taken to develop the Public Procurement System and, particularly, showed the role of E-government in that development. The main measures include the creation of effective rules on public procurement, the insurance of control over the officials connected to public procurement activities, the creation of a dispassionate state body to regulate the activities connected to the public procurement experiences, the cooperation with international organizations, the discussions and the exchange of knowledge on this issue with international experts and etc.