BAKU, Azerbaijan, September 9. Avrora Group, Azerbaijan's food products distributor, is our steadfast partner and a leader in the country’s food production industry, First Vice President of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) Jürgen Rigterink, told Trend.
"We supported the company in identifying skills gaps in its sector and co-developed a program to equip young female and male students to acquire the relevant skills. With our support, Avrora will now partner the Azerbaijan’s State Vocational Education Agency to pilot a new Technical and Vocational Training," he said.
Rigterink also noted that a memorandum of understanding has been signed, which, as a result, will join forces to help address the skills shortage within the wider industry, in an inclusive and gender responsive way.
"Apart from the benefits to the broader economy, such projects make real impact by opening new economic opportunities for all. I am confident that this will be one of the many other successful public-private partnerships in Azerbaijan," the first VP concluded.
Avrora Group was established as a distributor company on November 1, 1993. The company started its activity from distributing products of local and foreign factories in Azerbaijan. The company is exporting its products to Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Uzbekistan, Iraq, Turkmenistan, Georgia, Libya and other countries.