YEREVAN, APRIL 6, NOYAN TAPAN. The RA Government affirmed at the April 5 sitting the program on culture development in the marzes of the republic and the list of events envisaged by the program. As RA Minister of Culture and Youth Issues Hasmik Poghosian informed journalists after the sitting, the program will assist introduction of a regulated and active system of carrying on a cultural policy in the RA. Particularly, coordinated activity of a state authorized body, governor's offices and local self-government bodies will be secured with the help of defining competences and functions. The program will also assist development of innermarz cultural cooperation and security of a joint cultural field, start of the process of liquidation of differences existing between Yerevan and the RA marzes, improvement of allocation of cultural organizations, conditions of the population's participation in the cultural life, working out and introduction of standards relating to staff of the sphere of culture, training, re-training and re-qualification programs. H. Poghosian mentioned that 372 mln 449 thousand drams (about 1 mln U.S. dollars), what makes 13.3% more as if compared with 2004, were given this year to marzes from the state budget for implementation of cultural events. The Minister at the same time mentioned that the allocated financial means are not enough and proportional to the number of population of a separate marz.

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