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President Aliyev issues funds for Youth and Sports Ministry

3 September 2014 11:10 (UTC+04:00)
President Aliyev issues funds for Youth and Sports Ministry

By Nigar Orujova

Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev has signed an order on measures for holding of the first Global Forum on Youth Policies and the sixth e-Sports World Championship in Baku in October-November, 2014.

Under the presidential order, 2 million manats (about $2.5 mln) was allocated to the Youth and Sports Ministry from the President's 2014 Reserve Fund.

Azerbaijan will host the first Global Youth Policy Forum in Baku on October 28-30.

Some 700 experts from state, regional and international organizations, as well as the representatives of youth organizations are expected to take part in the Forum.

Baku is also expected to host the sixth e-Sports World Championship in mid-November.

The official titles featured in the championship will be StarCraft® II and DOTA2 for male players, and StarCraft® II and Tekken for female players.

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