The presentation of the new EU twinning-project "Development of social services in Azerbaijan" was held in Baku.
According to Deputy Minister of Labor and Social Protection Ilgar Rahimov, the project is focused on the formation of legislation in the field of inclusive social services, as well as to improve institutional mechanisms.
"1,182 citizens get full state social services, another 12,853 citizens get social and personal services. At the same time, non-governmental organizations provide social services to 1.5 thousand children," he said.
An Austrian organization is the partner of the Ministry of Labor in the implementation of the project. --17D-
Economics
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Azerbaijan’s state oil company SOCAR signed a memorandum of cooperation with North Macedonian company ECM on Thursday, during a visit to Baku by North Macedonia's President Gordana Siljanovska-Davkova, an informed source told Turan.
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Discussions were held in Baku within the framework of the 29th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP29) to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, focusing on the "Decarbonization and Climate Adaptation of the Cotton-to-Clothing Value Chain." Among other topics, the state of cotton farming in Azerbaijan was also addressed.
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Azerbaijan has attracted significant interest from companies in both developing and developed countries, as well as from state and private sector representatives of at least 10 nations, regarding participation as shareholders in the Climate Finance Action Fund (CFAF), which has a total budget of $1 billion. The CFAF is one of Azerbaijan’s 14 key initiatives unveiled at COP29, Yalchin Rafiev, Azerbaijan's chief negotiator at COP29 and Deputy Foreign Minister, said at a press conference on Tuesday.
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The Azerbaijani government has proposed that the OPEC Fund participate in financing several renewable energy projects, including offshore wind energy development, green energy corridor initiatives, and a 1 GW project planned by SOCAR in partnership with the UAE-based company Masdar.
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