Armenia's SCPEC and OSCE to cooperate to improve competitive environment

Chairman of the State Commission for the Protection of Economic Competition of Armenia Davit Harutyunyan received the Head of the OSCE Office in Yerevan  Sergey Kapinos, and Tigran Sukiasyan, responsible for OSCE national programs on economic issues, SCPEC press office reported.

In the near future the SCPEC and the OSCE will sign a memorandum of cooperation.

As a new means to improve competitive environment the officials called the reduction of centralization in the market and development of small and medium-sized businesses, which, according to Harutyunyan, is hampered by the absence of "long money, as well as unavailability of credit starting businesses.

SCPEC intends to assess the competitive environment in country's regions.

/PanARMENIAN.Net/