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First Meeting of the Permanent Coordination Group under KOBİA "KOB FEST" exhibition-sale fair held in Ganja 3 more SMBs Receive "Startup" Certification A new startup product has been developed for financiers in Azerbaijan AI-Based SMM Platform Initiative to Simplify SMB Operations – Customs activities at the "Baku SMB House" Memorandum on support of the transition to the "Green economy" The "KOB FEST" exhibition- sale fair is underway in Ganja Invitation to collaborate in exhibition-fair, and congress activities in the CIS Countries What services did entrepreneurs most frequently request at the “Baku House of SMEs”?

Over 300 trainings, over 700 consulting services, support for developing some 150 business plans 14.07.23

In the first half of 2023, KOBİA provided training and consultancy services to over 3,000 SMB entities and people seeking to start a business.

In the first half of 2023, the Small and Medium Business Development Agency (KOBİA) conducted 308 trainings for entrepreneurs seeking to start a business, and startups to acquire business knowledge and expand their existing knowledge. The trainings held by the Agency's SMB development centers operating in different cities and regions of the country covered business start-up, project management, financial management, sales, marketing, digital skills, "green economy" and other topics.

During that period, 13 entrepreneurs and managers attended a professional development course in Germany as part of the " Joint Germany-Azerbaijani Program on Professional Development Managers in the Business Community of Azerbaijan" to gain international experience.

244 entrepreneurs and people seeking to start a business become beneficiaries of the free online training videos uploaded on the video training platform of the agency.

SMB development centers provided consulting services to 729 entrepreneurs and people interested in starting a business on access to sales channels, marketing, business planning, accounting, and legal issues.

Overall, in the first half of 2023, more than 3 thousand SMBs, startups and aspiring entrepreneurs benefited from the support and services provided by the Agency to expand the business knowledge of SMBs.

In the first half of this year, KOBİA supported the development of 148 free business plans in the fields of agriculture, production, service etc.