International Organizations supported the initiative to hold international conference in Baku
Baku, 27 September 2009 - Today the Council of State Support to Non-Governmental Organizations under the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan held next meeting of the Organizing Committee of the international conference on “Civil Society Development: Best Practices and New Opportunities” with the participation of a number of international organizations. more
Europe’s new democracies poised to weather global economic slump
Bratislava, Slovak Republic, 31 March 2009 – In a challenge to the sceptics, Jan Zielonka of Oxford University argues in the new issue of Development and Transition that emerging democracies in Central and Eastern Europe will survive the global economic slump intact. ‘The economic slowdown in Central and Eastern European countries will be deep, but this newly democratized region has ample recent experience of reform and adjustment which might actually make it better positioned to withstand political crises’, says Zielonka in the lead article. more
Conference on Media’s Role in Drug Prevention held
June 19, 2008, Baku city – Every year 26th of June is celebrated as the International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking. In Azerbaijan, as in the rest of the world, important public awareness events are held on this day to promote healthy lifestyle. more