SMB

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

Opportunities for cooperation with the Asian Development Bank (ADB) in the field of SMB were discussed 28.01.20

A meeting was held with the delegation led by Joao Pedro Farinha, the chief economist of the Central and West Asia Department of the Asian Development Bank, at the Small and Medium Business Development Agency (SMBDA) of the Republic of Azerbaijan.

The meeting provided information on the measures to develop small and medium businesses in our country and discussed opportunities for cooperation with SMBDA within the new Partnership Strategy for Azerbaijan of Asian Development Bank. Furthermore, the parties at the meeting exchanged views on the improvement of knowledge and skills of SMBs, expansion of access to financial resources and markets, perspectives of cooperation on development of public-private partnership projects and other areas of mutual interest, as well as projects.