Azerbaijan, Baku, August 19 / Trend J. Babayeva /
It is necessary to encourage organizations to allocate funds to science, a member of the Committee for Science and Education in the Milli Majlis (Azerbaijani Parliament) said.
"If we consider general world practice, we see that huge funds are allocated to the sciences. Private companies actively invest. The financial issue is reflected in the 'Science' law, i.e, the state allocates funds to science and encourages other organizations to make investments in this sphere," the MP and member of the Parliamentary Committee on Science and Education, Asef Hajiyev, said in an interview for Yeni Azerbaijan ruling party's official website on August 19.
He said that the law 'Science' will be discussed during the autumn session of
Parliament. "There are some articles in the law which specialists from the Azerbaijani National Academy of Sciences and other institutions in the workshop are working on.
There is a need to rework the law since Azerbaijan joined the Bologna education system. But on the other hand, the issue has become urgent in connection with the rate of scientific development and progress," Hajiyev said.
The MP said that there is an important clause in the 'Science' law concerning grants and outlining the grant system and distribution," Hajiyev said.
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