Azerbaijan, Baku, June 22 / Trend K. Zarbaliyeva /
Azerbaijani civil servants must have analytical skills, ability to generalize, draw conclusions and make specific suggestions and recommendations, head of the department of the Presidential Administration Suleyman Ismayilov said in an interview with Xalq gazeti.
"The benefits from work of civil servants without these skills will be insignificant. They will face difficulties in making objective decisions", he said.
June 23 is declared a professional holiday of civil servants upon the decree of Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev dated May 25, 2006.
Ismayilov said that over 28,000 people work in the state bodies of the country. This figure is 3,000 more than in 2005. Most of them work in administrative positions on the fifth-ninth categories, he added.
"Public servants of these categories play a major role in state bodies, actively participate in the preparation of various materials, including drafting memos, tests, reports and briefs relating to specific issues," Ismayilov said.