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We believe Azerbaijan’s socio-economic development is closely linked with entrepreneurship and its future development!

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

Meeting with the World Intellectual Property Organization 24.06.23

The Discussion was held at the meeting between KOBİA and the World Intellectual Property Organization on the development of startups and innovative entrepreneurship in Azerbaijan, support for SMBs regarding intellectual property and the opportunities for joint cooperation with WIPO in this regard.

Hasan Kleib Kichic, Deputy Director General of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), who is on a visit to Baku, and Orkhan Mammadov, Chairman of the Board of the Medium Business Development Agency (KOBİA), met.

At the meeting, ideas were exchanged on the development of startups and innovative entrepreneurship in Azerbaijan, support for SMBs on intellectual property, and opportunities for joint cooperation with WIPO to this effect.

It is worth noting that WIPO is the specialized agency of the UN in the field of intellectual property. This international organization, bringing together 193 countries in its ranks, promotes creativity, unites the efforts of member states in the field of protection of all types of literary and artistic works and objects of industrial property, and supports the development of intellectual property. Azerbaijan has been a member of WIPO since 1995.