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Interest in SME Houses as an innovative model in the field of business services is increasing Additional 55 people were engaged in training within the framework of the “Karabakh SME 2026” project More than 312,000 services were provided to entrepreneurs in SME Houses in the first half of 2026 Applications of entrepreneurs were considered at KOBİA In the first half of 2026, the KOBİA Call Centre via number 131 responded to approximately 5,000 enquiries The next meeting within the framework of the "Investment Journey" project was held in the city of Aghsu Business projects that have received the "Startup" Certificate are developing More than 50 meetings with entrepreneurs were organised in the first half of 2026 Another meeting with entrepreneurs was organised in the city of Mingachevir A production enterprise for test kits and medical plastic packaging products will be established

Finals opening ceremony of the third "Yukselish" competition 15.07.23

The official finals opening ceremony of the third "Yukselish" competition was held at the Baku Expo Center. The event was attended by members of the Organizing Committee of the "Yukselish" competition, managers, including Orkhan Mammadov, Chairman of the Board of the Small and Medium Business Development Agency (KOBİA).

It is worth highlighting that the finals will feature 109 attendees who have successfully passed the previous four stages of the competition. The finals will last 3 days and the competition will end on July 16th.The 20 winners of the "Yukselish" competition will receive personal career advice from top managers of large companies and heads of state bodies, will be registered into the personnel reserve bank, and receive a cash prize worth 20,000 manats within 1 year.