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By Abdul Kerimkhanov

The first meeting of the organizing committee, which was created in connection with the establishment of the Rise competition, has been held in Baku.

Opening the meeting, Farah Aliyeva, Head of the Humanitarian Policy Department of the Presidential Administration of Azerbaijan and the chair of the organizing committee, said that the purpose of the presidential order to create the competition is creating personnel reserves, identifying people with high management skills and the prospect of working in leadership positions.

She added that another purpose of the Rise competition is assistance in bringing up a new generation of leaders and expanding the equal conditions for the development of modern people with high intelligence.

During the meeting, the participants discussed the main goals, rules, mechanisms of the competition, the composition and direction of the working group, awards, work with winners and other issues.

The competition is open to people working in any position in the private or public sector who rely on their intellectual potential, leadership and management skills. The competition will be held in several stages. At each of them, participants will have to demonstrate their knowledge and skills.

The participants to show the highest results will be declared winners, their names will be entered into the database of personnel reserves.

It is also planned to encourage winners to participate in educational and other training programs. In order to improve their skills, directors and managers appointed by the organizing committee will work directly with the winners.

At the meeting, it was decided to conduct an extensive awareness campaign about the competition. It will be open to every citizen of a certain age category with relevant experience. Instructions were given to prepare the webpage of the competition in a short time.

Deputy Minister of Youth and Sports Farhad Hajiyev was appointed the head of the working group.

On July 26, President Ilham Aliyev signed a decree on the establishment of the Rise competition with the aim of creating a database of personnel reserves from the promising leaders in the country.

The organizing committee includes the Minister of Taxes, the Minister of Youth and Sports, the Minister of Education, and the Minister of Labor and Social Protection of the Population.

In general, the organizing committee consists of nine people. It is charged to approve the rules of the competition.

The work in connection with the organization of the competition is entrusted to the Ministry of Youth and Sports. For this purpose, the state agency will receive 1 million manats ($588,235) from the Presidential Reserve Fund in the state budget for 2019.

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Abdul Kerimkhanov is AzerNews’ staff journalist, follow him on Twitter: @AbdulKerim94

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