(MENAFN- Trend News Agency)
BAKU, Azerbaijan, May 24. Representatives of
Azerbaijani Small and Medium Business Development Agency (SMBDA)
are on a visit to Belgium, the agency told Trend .
Purpose of the visit is to study the experience of European
countries in the sphere of micro, small and medium-sized businesses
and expand ties with European organizations in the sphere of small
and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).
Meeting was held in Brussels between the Chairman of SMBDA
Orkhan Mammadov and the Deputy Director General at BusinessEurope
(Confederation of European Business) Luisa Santos within the
framework of the visit.
It was noted that the agency is the beneficiary of a number of
projects funded by the EU and related to the development of
entrepreneurship, which have been successfully completed.
The sides exchanged views on the organization of business
missions, mutual promotion of exports, exchange of information on
investment projects and organization of joint events to establish
direct contacts between Azerbaijan and European SMEs.
Issues of providing financial and technical support in
implementation of joint projects were discussed at the meeting of
Orkhan Mammadov with Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Eurochambres
(Association of European Chambers of Commerce and Industry) Ben
Butters and representatives of EU4Business.
Opportunities to participate in projects related to the 'green
economy' and digitalization of SMEs, encouraging young people and
women to entrepreneurial activities, cooperation within the
framework of projects related to start-ups, and other issues of
mutual interest were also discussed during the meeting.
An exchange of views took place on organizing a business mission
of SMEunited (association of Crafts and SMEs in Europe)
organization to Azerbaijan, creating joint ventures with the
participation of SMEs, and encouraging mutual trade, at a meeting
with the Secretary General of SME United Veronique Willems.
Tags:
- EU
- Azerbaijan
- bilateral relations
- economy
- business
- SMEs
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