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Competition sessions set to raise the financial awareness of SMBs are held 11.09.24

The Central Bank of the Republic of Azerbaijan (CB) and The Small and Medium Business Development Agency (KOBİA) announce a competition between the management and working staff of SMBs from September 2 to October 31, 2024.

The competition is held on the virtual educational platform of the Central Bank (https://edu.e-cbar.az) will take place in two courses:

1."Excessive borrowing: problems and recommendations"

(https://edu.e-cbar.az/course/preview.php?id=97).

2."Taxes and taxation"

(https://edu.e-cbar.az/course/view.php?id=63).

SMBs seeking to participate in the competition are on the Virtual Education Platform (https://edu.e-cbar.az) upon registration, must inform about their participation directly from the e-mail used in the registration to mmpi@cbar.az ( Name, Last Name, Middle name, TIN, letter of confirmation of employment and contact number)

Deadline for application: October 1, 2024

The exams will be held offline and online formats (via the Zoom application), depending on the number of contestants.

The participants to have completed the above-mentioned courses will be sent the date and time of the exam by the CBA staff.

You can get detailed information about the registration process via this link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0iNZkyQ0Q7M

Winners will be selected based on the average score across both courses. It is mandatory to achieve at least 70% in each course.

The top ten participants with the highest scores will be awarded tablets.

For any questions regarding the competition, you can contact (+994) 12 598 2761, 50 209 03 91, or email mmpi@cbar.az.