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Eastern Partnership Summit steps up business support pledges
28/11/2017
The 5th Eastern Partnership Summit took place in Brussels on 24 November, marking the achievements of the last two years in the EU's relationships with its six Eastern partners, while looking forward to implementing 20 deliverables by 2020 that will bring tangible benefits to citizens, including significant pledges in the area of business support. The Summit brought together Heads of State or...
2017 Eastern Partnership Summit: Stronger together
24/11/2017
Brussels, 24 November 2017 The 5th Eastern Partnership Summit took place today in Brussels. It was a moment to celebrate the achievements of the last two years in the EU's relationships with its six Eastern partners, and to look forward to implementing 20 deliverables by 2020 that will bring tangible benefits to citizens. The Summit, held at the level of Heads of State or Government, brought...
EUROCHAMBRES calls for greater efforts to improve business climate in Eastern Partnership region
23/11/2017
On the eve of the 5th Eastern Partnership (EaP) summit in Brussels, EUROCHAMBRES – the Association of European Chambers of Commerce and Industry and a key partner of the EU4Business initiative in the East Invest programme – has called for a strong political engagement of the European Union in the EaP countries, and underlined the importance of further economic reforms, development of the private...
Eastern Partnership summit: future cooperation for real benefits
20/11/2017
The 5 th Eastern Partnership (EaP) summit will take place in Brussels on Friday, 24 November, bringing together heads of state and government from EU member states and the six Eastern partner countries. Among the priority areas to be discussed are economic development and better market opportunities. The leaders will look forward to future cooperation, as well as taking stock of what has been...
Strategic Roadmap for development of logistics and trade in Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan
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16/11/2017
Azerbaijan has published a strategic roadmap for the development of trade and logistics, setting short, medium and long-term policy directions for economic development, but also defining a series of strategic priorities and actions to achieve those objectives. Azerbaijan’s vision in logistics and trade by 2020 is to achieve the creation of added value for regional transit freight, in addition to...
Caption: Azerbaijan has set nine targets for agriculture by 2020
Azerbaijan: roadmap to 2020 targets new jobs and SMEs to boost sustainable agriculture
Azerbaijan
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29/09/2017
The government of Azerbaijan has set nine strategic targets for the production and processing of agricultural products. The 2016-2020 strategic roadmap for the sector aims to create a favourable environment for the production and processing sector of competitive agricultural products, based on principles of sustainable development. Among its targets by 2020, the roadmap aims to see the creation...
The launch of the new project on ‘Development of competiveness in key non-oil manufacturing sectors of the economy of the Republic of Azerbaijan’
Project launched to develop non-oil manufacturing in Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan
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28/09/2017
A two-year project aimed at developing competiveness in key non-oil manufacturing sectors of the economy in Azerbaijan was launched on 20 September, 2017. Funded by the European Union, the project is implemented by the Latvian Chamber of Commerce and Industry. The project will support the government of Azerbaijan in its effort to diversify and broaden the growth base of its economy, a challenge...
Farid Malikov (centre), executive director of PESI in Azerbaijan, visits a facility in Slovakia as part of his training with the Slovak Chamber of Trade and Industry (Trenčín branch) in the frame of the BSO Exchange scheme as part of the East Invest 2 programme of the EU4Business initiative.
Business support organisations in Azerbaijan and Slovakia link up on VET under the EU4Business initiative
Azerbaijan
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12/07/2017
The Slovak Chamber of Trade and Industry (Trenčín branch) has been helping an Azerbaijani business association understand better how it can contribute to creating a successful vocational education and training (VET) system in Azerbaijan. Farid Malikov, executive director of the Partnership for Economic and Social Initiatives (PESI) in Azerbaijan, an independent think tank on the market economy...
Event “Eastern Partnership: Ready to Trade” in Baku
EU4Business initiative to connect Azerbaijani SMEs to global value chains
Azerbaijan
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05/07/2017
By International Trade Center News EU-funded project to improve competitiveness of small and medium-sized enterprises in Azerbaijan and other Eastern Partnership countries. (Baku/Geneva) – A project to boost the competitiveness of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Azerbaijan and connect them to global value chains was today launched in Baku. The ‘Eastern Partnership: Ready to Trade –...
Participants at the East Invest 2 Annual Partner Conference 2017
Private sector business organisations from Eastern Partnership countries demand better business climate for SMEs
22/06/2017
21 June 2017, Kiev More than 100 business support organisations (BSOs) representatives from Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova, Ukraine and the EU Member States gathered in Kiev today for the final conference of the EU funded East Invest project. Participants discussed private sector's engagement in policymaking across the Eastern Partnership (EaP) countries and showcased East Invest...