Baku, Azerbaijan, Nov. 7
By Huseyn Valiyev – Trend:
Elchin Zeynalov has been appointed adviser to Azerbaijan’s agriculture minister, the Agriculture Ministry told Trend.
Zeynalov will also head the Science and Innovation Center of the ministry.
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev signed a decree on the establishment of the Innovation Agency under the Ministry of Transport, Communications and High Technologies of Azerbaijan on Nov. 6.
According to the decree, the Agency is a legal entity, which will support scientific research, encourage innovative projects (including startups), finance them via grants, concessional loans and investments in authorized capital (including venture financing), promote innovation initiative.
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