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Suma Çakrabarti
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-
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- 5 March 2019 15:26
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