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HELF/AZHAB Forum 2026 to Be Held Within the Framework of the IsDB Group Annual Meetings in Baku A meeting with entrepreneurs was held in the Khizi district For the attention of micro and small entrepreneurs wishing to present their products and services at the “Local Companies Promotion Exhibition!” ANNOUNCEMENT WUF13 Hosts Awareness Event for Entrepreneurs The project “Women Entrepreneurs in Successful Partnership” has been completed Growing role of women in business: from state support to sustainable development Rwandan Delegation Familiarized with the SMB House Model A survey is being conducted among startups “Türkiye–Azerbaijan Trade Delegation and B2B Meetings” event was held

SMB volunteers hired 07.11.19

Five more SMB volunteers who successfully completed their volunteering activities at the Small and Medium Business Development Agency of the Republic of Azerbaijan (SMBDA) have started their careers in various fields.

Volunteers working at the Gabala-Oghuz office of SMB Friend - Raphaet Bayramova, Aysel Jalalova, Teymur Alishanov, and Elvin Mammadov have been respectively employed at ASAN Service Center in Gabala, Youth Development and Career Center under the Youth Foundation of the Republic of Azerbaijan and State Agricultural Development Center of the Ministry of Agriculture the Ministry of Agriculture.

Samad Azizov, one of the first volunteers of the Shamakhi "SMB Friend" office, started his work in Aghsu regional office of "Azerigaz" Production Union.

Worth noting that the Agency is implementing an "SMB Volunteers Program" to increase the knowledge, skills, and vision of young people, to train labour skills before commencement of professional labour activity, as well as to voluntarily involve young professionals and students to support entrepreneurship. Currently, 25 young people are volunteering at the Agency and the SMB Friend network, which operates in 16 cities and regions of the country. Most of them are young people studying in various higher and secondary education institutions in the field of economics, business, and management. A total of 70 young people were involved in volunteering activities in the Agency under the "SMB Volunteers Program" so far and 45 of them completed the program successfully. Throughout their volunteer activities, young people, by gaining relevant experience, expand their career opportunities, and successfully enter the job market.