EBRD President meets with representatives of civil society in Azerbaijan

Baku / 05.03/19 / Turan: The President of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), Suma Chakrabarti, is planning to visit Baku on 5 March 2019.

The EBRD President, who regularly travels to the Bank"s countries of operations, wishes to familiarise himself with the recent political and socio-economic developments as well as the progress of EBRD operations in the country. During his visit to Azerbaijan, the President will meet with representatives of the government, private sector, Bank"s clients, international financial institutions and representatives of the civil society.

CSO interventions and roundtable discussion Topics: Media freedom, operating conditions for civil society, civil and political rights, transparency and good governance

Mehman Aliyev, Director and Editor in Chief, Turan Information Agency

Mahammad Guluzade, Director, MG Consulting LLC (formerly, Senior Legal

Advisor, Eurasia, The International Center for Not‐for‐Profit Law)

Shahla Ismayil, Chairperson, Women's Association for Rational Development

Rasul Jafarov, Chairman, Human Rights Club

Ingilab Ahmadov, Director, Eurasia Extractive Industries Knowledge Hub

and Dean, School of Economics and Management at Khazar University

Mammad Mammadzada, Executive Director, Election Monitoring and

Democracy Studies Centre (EMDS).-0-