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Announcement on the international advanced training course on "Smart Agriculture" 24.01.24

Within the scope of the "Partnering in Business with Germany" Program, the Small and Medium Business Development Agency (KOBİA) together with the German Society for International Cooperation (GIZ)

ANNOUNCES THE NEXT COMPETITION for 2024

Topic: "Smart Agriculture"

Program language: Russian

Entrepreneurs, specialists, and managers of both private and public companies are the target audience for this program. The program has a duration of seven months and is divided into the following stages:

- Online training stage: 6 weeks;

- Training and internship in Germany: 2 weeks;

- Practical implementation phase: 5 months;

- Networking event: 2 days.

Those who have successfully completed the training course are presented with the relevant certificate from Germany.

Candidates interested in the competition are encouraged to send the following documents to the e-mail address of KOBİA training@smb.gov.az (with the subject "International professional development course on "Smart agriculture"):

- Application form; (Application Form)

- Letter of recommendation from the company management on the participation in the program;

For more information: https://bit.ly/3U8tVsF

Deadline for the Document submission is February 10, 2024.

Coordinator: Malahat Kazimova, (+994 12) 404 04 01 / (+994 55) 200 04 57, training@smb.gov.az.

Note: Pursuant to the Memorandum of Understanding signed between the Ministry of Economy of the Republic of Azerbaijan and the Federal Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Action of Germany, the program is jointly implemented by the Small and Medium Business Development Agency (KOBİA) and the German Society for International Cooperation (GİZ). Participants are selected by German experts through a competition. The costs of the participants within the scope of the program (except for transport costs) are covered by Germany.