On 19 January the Council of State Support to NGOs will hold a meeting at the "Park.İNN" , according to one of the invited participants. Turan failed to contact by phone with the Council. The same source said that the meeting will be devoted to the activities of the Council in 2015. The participation of the Chairman of the Council Azay Guliyev and Executive Secretary Farasat Gurbanov is expected. Last year the Council supported 520 local and foreign NGOs in the 11 areas, and two million mantas were spent on the financing of projects. Currently, the budget of the Council is six million manat, of which 1.4 million. goes to the expenses of the Council. The remaining 4.6 million will be spent to finance the projects.
In addition, 1,927,788 manats were saved on account of the Council for the continuation of foreign NGOs. In 2016 the state budget allocated to the Council 6. 619.000 manats to support NGO projects.
In 2015, the Secretariat of the Council imposed sanctions against NGOs that have not fulfilled the terms of contracts. At the same time, 89 local and foreign NGOs were fined 135.000.
* The Board of State Support to NGOs is the only donor to civil society sector of Azerbaijan. In recent years, official Baku has toughened legislation and evicted foreign donors of the country. At the same time actually it was forbidden to local NGOs to get projects from abroad. -05B04-
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It will be cloudy and rainy in Baku and Absheron on 14 February. Wind will be north-west, gusty. Air temperature at night +2+4, during the day + 5+7. Humidity 75-85%.
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At the "Julfa" customs post of the Nakhchivan customs, during an inspection of a truck from Iran that was transiting to Türkiye, 101.4 kg of methamphetamine was found in the fuel tank and heating system tank.
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This year, 22,000 foreign language teachers and an additional 4,000 teachers who were unable to pass certification last year will be involved in the certification process, the director of the state agency for preschool and general education, Eshgi Bagirov, announced on February 12. According to him, of the 65,000 teachers involved in the certification, 55,000 passed successfully and received salary supplements. At the same time, employment contracts were terminated with 5,000 teachers who did not pass the certification.
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