The improvement of management in the field of micro, small and medium business development, investment and export promotion, and some related issues have been regulated.
APA reports that President Ilham Aliyev has signed a Decree in this regard.
According to the Decree, the Agency for the Development of Small and Medium Business, Investment and Export Promotion of the Republic of Azerbaijan under the Ministry of Economy of the Republic of Azerbaijan (hereinafter – the Agency) has been established on the basis of the public legal entity “Agency for the Development of Small and Medium Business of the Republic of Azerbaijan” and the public legal entity “Agency for the Promotion of Investments and Exports of the Republic of Azerbaijan – AZPROMO” under the Ministry of Economy of the Republic of Azerbaijan.
It has been determined that the Agency is a p included in the structure of the Ministry of Economy of the Republic of Azerbaijan, operating in the direction of supporting the development of micro, small and medium entrepreneurship, promoting investments and exports in the non-oil (gas) sector, participating in the protection of the interests of entrepreneurial subjects, and coordinating the services of state bodies (institutions) and entrepreneurs in this field.
The total staff limit for the Agency's employees has been set at 370 staff units, including 291 staff units for its Apparatus employees and 79 staff units for its regional divisions' employees.
