Official: Smbs In Azerbaijan Contribute To Employment, Economic Growth, Sustainable Dev't
Date
6/28/2022 8:09:26 AM
(MENAFN- AzerNews)
By Ayya Lmahamad
The chairman of the board of the Agency for Small and
Medium-Sized Business Development, Orkhan Mammadov, has said that
SMBs in Azerbaijan, as well as throughout the world, contribute to
employment, economic growth, and sustainable development, Azernews
reports.
He made the remarks at the conference on 'Sustainable
development and reconstruction: SMBs for sustainable development'
which was held at the UN headquarters in New York on the occasion
of micro, small and medium entrepreneurs day on June 27.
Speaking at the conference, Mammadov noted that the level of
development, diversification, and innovation of SMBs is an
indicator of the level of development of countries.
Noting that 99 percent of entrepreneurs in Azerbaijan are small
and medium-sized businesses, he briefed on the activities of SMBs
and measures taken to support them.
It should be noted that Azerbaijan was represented at the event
by the leadership of the Agency for Small and Medium-Sized Business
Development. The conference was organized by the International
Council for Small Business with the support of the UN Conference on
Trade and Development and the Organization for Industrial
Development.
We should note that according to the UN General Assembly
resolution on the Sustainable Development Goals, as well as its
contribution to sustainable economic development, June 27, is
celebrated since 2017 under the slogan 'The Big Impact of Small
Business'.
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