Functions of the Agency for the protection of Monuments of History and Culture Protection of the RA Ministry of Education, Science, Culture and Sports (Service delivery and provision of supervision).

For the implementation of its goals and objectives as prescribed by the RA legislation, the Agency implements:

  1. Organization of the state registration, preservation, and use of historical and cultural immovable monuments and specially preserved historical and cultural sites of the Republic of Armenia.
  2. Approving the preservation zone projects for the immovable historical and cultural monuments and especially protected historical and cultural sites and determining their protection regimes.
  3. Provides permits for the planning and construction of settlements with immovable historical and cultural monuments, as well as for the reinforcement, rehabilitation, and alteration and improvement projects for individual constructions and complexes that are immovable historical and cultural monuments.
  4. Granting permission for the exploration and excavation of immovable historical and cultural monuments and specially protected historical and cultural sites, their registration and ensuring the implementation of those activities.
  5. Prohibition or termination of excavation, reinforcement, rehabilitation as well as construction, agricultural and other activities of the monument if they damage or their continuation may damage the monument or its preservation zone.
  6. Conducting the state cadaster and the state register of historical and cultural monuments, and providing access to information on immovable historical and cultural monuments.
  7. Submission of proposals for inclusion of immovable historical and cultural monuments and specially preserved historical sites in the state register of the RA and the UNESCO World Heritage list.
  8. Ensuring the implementation of design works of immovable historical and cultural monuments.
  9. Organizing exploration and excavation of immovable historical and cultural monuments as well as organizing the publication of brief annual reports, scientific-informational and scientific-popular literature, and the yearbook of monuments.
  10. Assistance in the registration and research of Armenian immovable monuments located in foreign countries and contribute to their protection in accordance with international agreements and treaties of the Republic of Armenia.
  11. Considering citizens’ letters (applications and complaints), contributing to the solution of issues raised therein.
  12. Conducting statistics in the field of immovable historical and cultural monuments and protection of the historic environment.
  13. Participation in the work of international organizations in the field of immovable historical and cultural monuments and protection of the historic environment.
  14. Cooperation with relevant state authorities in the field of immovable historical and cultural monuments and protection of the historic environment of foreign countries in accordance with international agreements and treaties of the Republic of Armenia.