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Apr 7

Speeding up the digital revolution in Azerbaijan with public-private sector partnerships

A blog by: Dr. Nabil Seyidov, Head of Health Policy and Planning Department, Public Health and Reforms Center, Ministry of Health of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Nargiz Guliyeva, Head of Solutions Mapping, and Leyla Seyidzade, Head of Exploration The healthcare sector in Azerbaijan was already struggling with insufficient resources before…

Covid 19

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Oct 11, 2021

Join us in helping people realise their dreams at Azerbaijan’s first Inclusive Art School

A blog by Sevil Gasimova, UNDP Project Manager and Kamran Aliyev. UNFPA Communications Officer Azerbaijan’s first-ever Inclusive Art School in Baku provides interactive courses in arts and crafts for people from all backgrounds, with free classes for students with disabilities. But it is much more than a school. It is…

Undp

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Join us in helping people realise their dreams at Azerbaijan’s first Inclusive Art School
Join us in helping people realise their dreams at Azerbaijan’s first Inclusive Art School

Aug 11, 2021

Spearheading the use of blockchain technology to tackle plastic pollution in Azerbaijan

Hopes are high that 2021 could mark the beginnings of a plastic-free future for Azerbaijan. The first of July saw the introduction of a new law banning the production, import and sale of many single-use plastics, including all plastic cutlery, plates and cups. In the same month, UNDP’s Accelerator Lab…

Blockchain

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Spearheading the use of blockchain technology to tackle plastic pollution in Azerbaijan
Spearheading the use of blockchain technology to tackle plastic pollution in Azerbaijan

Jul 22, 2021

Openness to innovation has proven key to Azerbaijan’s response to the pandemic, paving the way for the digital transformation of healthcare

A blog by: Dr. Nabil Seyidov, Head of Health Policy and Planning Department, Public Health and Reforms Center, Ministry of Health of the Republic of Azerbaijan and Sandra Ismanovski, Head of Communications @UNDPAzerbaijan Acting swiftly and adaptively while keeping the public informed and onside has been key for countries that…

Undp

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Openness to innovation has proven key to Azerbaijan’s response to the pandemic, paving the way for…
Openness to innovation has proven key to Azerbaijan’s response to the pandemic, paving the way for…

Jul 9, 2021

A tale of two families keeping tradition alive in the ‘City of Crafts’

Shaki is known as the ‘the city of crafts’ for good reason. For centuries, this city in the north-west of Azerbaijan has been home to artists, craftspeople and merchants plying their skills and trades in the production and selling of headscarves (kelaghayi), silk carpets, painting, wood carving, ceramics and coppersmithery. …

Smallbiz

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A tale of two families keeping tradition alive in the ‘City of Crafts’
A tale of two families keeping tradition alive in the ‘City of Crafts’

Jun 29, 2021

“You have to move with the times, but it’s best if you take people with you.”

Co-operation proves key to success for persimmon farmers in Balakan A 46-year-old farmer with a knack for organisation and adaptation, Nizami Musayev has been growing and selling persimmon for the past fifteen years in Balakan. …

Smallbiz

4 min read

“You have to move with the times, but it’s best if you take people with you.”
“You have to move with the times, but it’s best if you take people with you.”

Jun 23, 2021

Old friends, new business partners. Two grandfathers proving age is no barrier to entrepreneurship

Sohrab Ismayilov starts his day with a traditional bowl of khash in the market of his hometown of Zaqatala at a small restaurant run by his lifelong friend Harun Nurayev. The two men, now both in their sixties, inevitably chat about their families — now linked together by the marriage…

Smallbiz

4 min read

Old friends, new business partners. Two grandfathers proving age is no barrier to entrepreneurship
Old friends, new business partners. Two grandfathers proving age is no barrier to entrepreneurship

Jun 15, 2021

A tailor from Balakan shows how running your own business doesn’t have to mean ‘going it alone’

A highly skilled tailor and craftswoman, an inspiring teacher and motivator, a businesswoman and entrepreneur — or perhaps more accurately a ‘social entrepreneur’… Mirvari Azizova is all of these things at once in addition to being the mother of two daughters and a change-maker in her local community. Born in…

Smallbiz

4 min read

A tailor from Balakan shows how running your own business doesn’t have to mean ‘going it alone’
A tailor from Balakan shows how running your own business doesn’t have to mean ‘going it alone’

Mar 20, 2021

İş təcrübəsini insanları xilas edərək qazanmaq: Azərbaycanda Covid-19-un qarşısının alınmasında peşə təhsili məzunlarının töhfəsi

Fadilə Nəsibova Turizm və Sosial Xidmətlər üzrə Bakı Dövlət Peşə Təhsil Mərkəzində dərzi ixtisası üzrə təhsilini ötən il tamamlayıb və çox keçmədən bacarıqlarını daha yaxşı məqsədlər üçün istifadə etməyə imkan yaradan iş tapıb. Dərzilik kursunu bitirən iyirmi məzunla birgə Fadilə, Azərbaycanda tibbi maskaya tələbatın artdığı dönəmdə Covid-19-un yayılmasının qarşısının alınması…

Covid 19

3 min read

İş təcrübəsini insanları xilas edərək qazanmaq: Azərbaycanda Covid-19-un qarşısının alınmasında…
İş təcrübəsini insanları xilas edərək qazanmaq: Azərbaycanda Covid-19-un qarşısının alınmasında…

Mar 18, 2021

When work experience means saving lives: Over 50k masks a day produced by Vocational Education grads to suppress Covid-19 in Azerbaijan

Fadile Nasibova has just recently completed her course in tailoring at the Baku State Vocational Education Centre on Tourism and Social Services and she already found a job that makes use of her skills for the greater good. Together with twenty other graduates from the tailoring course, Fadile was very…

Covid 19

3 min read

When work experience means saving lives: Over 50k masks a day produced by Vocational Education…
When work experience means saving lives: Over 50k masks a day produced by Vocational Education…
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