By Trend
There is a huge potential for business cooperation between
Azerbaijan and the Black Sea countries in the field of small and
medium entrepreneurship (SME), the Chairman of the Board of the
Agency for Small and Medium Entrepreneurship Development under the
Ministry of Economy of Azerbaijan Orkhan Mammadov said.
He made the remarks November 2 during the international business
forum in Baku dedicated to the development of small and medium
entrepreneurship in the Black Sea region.
“In order to fulfill this potential, the members of the
Organization of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation should make more
efforts and promote the SME development. Although our agency is a
new institution, we are ready to cooperate with similar agencies of
the BSEC countries and we invite everyone to cooperate with us,”
Mammadov said.
Mammadov noted that the sustainable development of SME is a
priority of the economic policy of Azerbaijan, the successful
reforms are being carried out in this direction. In particular, the
SME Development Agency was established by the initiative of
President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev.
"Despite the fact that not much time has passed since the
establishment of our agency, we are already implementing many
economic initiatives. First, we are working on the creation of SME
Houses, where G2B (government to business) and B2B (business to
business) services will be provided. We are also working on the
creation of the Centers on the development of SME, some of which
have already opened in Imishli, Masalli and Bilasuvar regions," he
said.
The head of the agency said the entrepreneurs showed great
interest in the Centers from the very first days of their
functioning.
At the same time, Mammadov added, the agency is ready to share
its experience in this area with other countries.
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