Alright ladies and gents: an inside scoop to one of the actions that will revolutionize Armenia in the not too distant future!
THE CREATION OF THE SPURK BUSINESS ASSOCIATION
This is a project I WILL undertake (and no, I don't even need to be in government to do this).
It is an idea that came to me when I heard many many armenians from the diaspora tell me that they would love to start a business in Armenia.....BUT! they are afraid of the corruption.
My very simple idea to counter this would be to create an association of all diasporan businesses in Armenia (there are already quite a few, but maaany more are needed, we need MASSIVE investments for this to work out). This association will be affliliated with the armenian-american bar, the canadian-armenian bar, and every other armenian lawyer associations around the world (including Armenia's own). It would have a few full-time lawyers working for it full time, in Yerevan...with advice from the armenian bars around the world.
If, a business affiliated with the organization is victim of corruption, it reports to the organization, who complains to the proper authorities. The complaints should have a lot of weight as the organization would have multi-million dollar investors behind it, that the government can't afford to lose. We can therefore expect quite a few corrupt officials to get fired....and many more to clean up their act.
Some investment may be needed in the beginning, but it can eventually be self-sufficient if the members pay small fees to obtain this "protection". Once it has reached self-suffiency, local businesses can join (they could ideally join from the beginning, but the organization must first be strong enough to support all the potential members).
THE CREATION OF THE SPURK BUSINESS ASSOCIATION
This is a project I WILL undertake (and no, I don't even need to be in government to do this).
It is an idea that came to me when I heard many many armenians from the diaspora tell me that they would love to start a business in Armenia.....BUT! they are afraid of the corruption.
My very simple idea to counter this would be to create an association of all diasporan businesses in Armenia (there are already quite a few, but maaany more are needed, we need MASSIVE investments for this to work out). This association will be affliliated with the armenian-american bar, the canadian-armenian bar, and every other armenian lawyer associations around the world (including Armenia's own). It would have a few full-time lawyers working for it full time, in Yerevan...with advice from the armenian bars around the world.
If, a business affiliated with the organization is victim of corruption, it reports to the organization, who complains to the proper authorities. The complaints should have a lot of weight as the organization would have multi-million dollar investors behind it, that the government can't afford to lose. We can therefore expect quite a few corrupt officials to get fired....and many more to clean up their act.
Some investment may be needed in the beginning, but it can eventually be self-sufficient if the members pay small fees to obtain this "protection". Once it has reached self-suffiency, local businesses can join (they could ideally join from the beginning, but the organization must first be strong enough to support all the potential members).
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