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Attention to SMEs Interested in Collaborating with Oil and Gas Companies! An event dedicated to the 102nd anniversary of the birth of Heydar Aliyev was held at KOBIA Entrepreneurs’ Questions Regarding the 7th Grant Competition Addressed A Meeting Was Held with Female Inmates at Penitentiary Institution No. 4 of the Penitentiary Service A Memorandum of Understanding Signed Between KOBIA and the Belarusian Universal Commodity Exchange JSC The Path to Entrepreneurship – Take Your First Step into Business with the Self-Employment Program Attention to the SMBs with questions regarding the 7th Grant Competition Support from entrepreneurs to football clubs within the framework of Corporate Social Responsibility The 6th Meeting of the Azerbaijan–Saudi Arabia Joint Business Council Held in Riyadh Conference on "Constitution and Sovereignty – The Development of Entrepreneurship in Azerbaijan" Held

SMBDA signed three Memorandum of Understanding on cooperation with relevant Italian organizations 21.02.20

Italy-Azerbaijan Business Forum organized in Rome as a part of the state visit of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan to Italy also discussed the prospects for cooperation in the field of small and medium business (SMB).

Speaking at the event, Orkhan Mammadov, Chairman of the Board of the Small and Medium Business Development Agency (SMBDA) of the Republic of Azerbaijan, highlighted the potential for expanding cooperation between our countries in the field of SMBs and noted the opportunities to create a joint cooperation platform for this purpose, implementation of technology and innovation projects, exchange of information on potential investment projects, arrangement of the visits of Azerbaijani SMBs to Italy and organizing study tours to enterprises and training events for entrepreneurs, and establishment of joint ventures in Azerbaijan with the participation of SMBs of both countries.

SMBDA and the International Network for Small and Medium Enterprises (INSME) signed the Memorandum of Understanding within the business forum. The document envisages the measures providing ample opportunities for Azerbaijani SMBs to gain access to the markets of the member countries to INSME.

Memorandums of understanding signed between the Small and Medium Business Development Agency (SMBDA) and the Italian Internationalization Agency (Promos Italia) include the cooperation in the fields such as mechanisms to promote microcredit tools for SMBs, innovative lending, export support measures, organization of training and consulting services, development of professional skills of SMBs, and implementation of joint projects.