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TACIS TO HOLD CONFERENCE ON CO-OP WITH AZERBAIJAN

Business Materials 12 September 2005 13:52 (UTC +04:00)

The European Union (EU) TACIS program plans to arrange a conference on cooperation with Azerbaijan shortly. Asgar Alakbarov, the executive director of the TACIS Coordinating Bureau, told Trend that the forum titled "Cooperation between Azerbaijan and EU", originally scheduled for 29 July, was postponed to this autumn. The date of the conference gathering is currently coordinated with the Ministry of economic Development.

"The program of the conference was left unchanged. Under the event we plan to present projects, implemented with support from TACIS, in particular, a project on the establishment of an Azerbaijani banking training center,” Alekberov noted.

TACIS renders assistance to Azerbaijan in the sphere of institutionalization , law and administrative reforms, support to private sector and economic, democratic reforms, legal reforms, human rights protection, trade relationships, support in entrance to the WTO, cooperation in the spheres of transport and energy, consolidation of the superiority of the law, assistance in fighting corruption

, improvement of the elections system, combat of drug trading and trafficking, consolidation of the frontier guard and police, regulation of migration issues, improvement of the situation with poverty reduction, structural reforms, transparency of investment projects, legal support to small and medium scale business, upgrade of the tax and customs system, legal regulation and administering, cancellation of obstacles in the ways of investments and trade.

Under the cooperation the European Union rendered Azerbaijan some 400m euro, including 100m euro via TACIS. Besides, under 2004-2006 programs Azerbaijan has received 30m euros in assistance, or 15m euro in 2004-2005 and 2006 each.

Program for 2004-2005

Spheres of cooperation

РјР"РЅ. евро

1: Institutionalization, law and administrative reforms

7.0

1.1. Agreement on partnership and cooperation (Stage III)

1.2. Improvement of the frontier management and fighting with smuggling

1.3 Reforms in special security system

1.4. Assistance to the Transport Ministry

1.5. Assistance to the National Coordination Bureau

2: Assistance to private sector and economic development

5.0

2.1.Assistance to the regional economic development

2.2 International registration standards (Stage II)

Other projects

3.0

TEMPUS

0.75

Program on assistance to political issues

0.90

Program in assistance to institutional construction

0.60

Statistics

0.50

Reserve fund

0.25

Totals

15.0

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