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February will see meetings and educational events for entrepreneurs covering a range of topics 08.02.24

Entrepreneurs are encouraged to submit their proposals to KOBİA for holding sectoral meetings on the issues at hand.

With the assistance of the relevant state institutions, sectoral and educational meetings will be organized for entrepreneurs on over 10 topics in February.

The events organized by the Small and Medium Business Development Agency (KOBİA) will cover topics such as beekeeping, animal husbandry, tea farming, development of family agriculture, cocooning and sericulture, tourism and public catering, agribusiness, food wheat production, viticulture and winemaking, development of women's entrepreneurship, access to concessional financial resources. Events will be held in Baku as well as other cities and districts, both offline and online.

Entrepreneurs interested in participating in the mentioned events can obtain detailed information regarding the date, place etc. from the official website of the Agency (https://www.smb.gov.az/az/events?slug=gorus), and they can get in touch with the coordinator if they have any questions about the event.

At sectoral meetings, with the attendance of representatives of relevant state institutions and business associations, entrepreneurs will be informed about state support mechanisms and innovations in relevant fields, challenges facing the business entities and their solutions will be discussed, the needs and proposals of SMBs in relevant fields will be heard, as well as questions of interest to entrepreneurs will be addressed. To address the concerns brought up by entrepreneurs during sectoral meetings, appropriate measures will be taken within the scope of the state-entrepreneur cooperation platform.

KOBİA is inviting business owners to actively participate in sectoral meetings, which will be held in February. Additionally, business owners have the opportunity to propose sectoral meetings to the Agency regarding the issues at hand (info@smb.gov.az).