The Department of External Design and Advertising of the Municipality of Yerevan follows the decisions of Yerevan Council of Elders and Yerevan Mayor’s decisions and instructions in accordance with the RA legislation.
 
Brief report on the activity of the Department of External Design and Advertising in 2023

•   To outline the architecture of Yerevan and to preserve the outer look of buildings and constructions Yerevan Council of Elders made a decision 759-N on April 18, 2023 to set new standards for advertising, and the placement of billboards, according to which any advertisement type must be harmonized with the architecture of Yerevan and correspond with the object and environment it is placed in.
•    In 2023 the department had meetings with representatives of advertising agencies were organized to discuss the issues related to modernization of advertisement boards and new standards of ads set by the Council of Elders on 18.04.2023.
•    The department received 4995 applications for advertisement placement, 3804 of them were rejected, 1191 were confirmed; 627 applications were received from advertising agencies, 176 of which were rejected and 451-confirmed.
•     In the accountable year, 2,445,9888,6007 AMD revenues were collected for advertising placement which is by 1,434,000,000 AMD more than expected rates.
•    5670 Illegally placed advertisement boards were dismantled. 
•    A number of adverts were recognized by the department to be of social content.

•    During the visits of 6 foreign delegations, relevant flags were placed in special areas; new flags were purchased, many flagstaffs were replaced or renovated.
•    Appropriate external decoration was provided during Christmas holidays; Christmas fairs and festive events were organized in administrative districts.