The Twinning project has successfully launched the Kick Off Conference on 1st of August, 2019 in Baku Business Center. The conference was opened by the Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Minister – Counsellor of the European Union
Delegation and representatives of the embassies of all consortium countries – Italy, Lithuania and Poland participated. The event was attended by the Chairman of the State Agency for Agricultural Credits under the Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Azerbaijan, representatives of the Italian Ministry of Agricultural, Food and Forestry Policies (Mipaaf), director of the Agency for Restructuring and Modernization of Agriculture under the Ministry of Agriculture of Poland, representatives of the National Paying Agency under the Ministry of Agriculture of Lithuania, representatives of the Ministry of Economic Development and Ministry of Labor and Social Protection of Population of the Republic of Azerbaijan.
The event was chaired by the Project Leaders from Beneficiary and Member states of all consortium countries, Resident Twinning Advisor and his counterpart. Beneficiary Project Leader Mirza Aliyev has presented agricultural subsidy reform. He emphasized the significance of the Twinning Project to Azerbaijan. Member State Project Leader Salvatore Carfi covered the European Common Agricultural Policy, best practice and the expected results from the Twinning Project. The Junior Project Leaders from Lithuania and Poland have presented the implementation experience of Common Agricultural Policy in their respected countries. Resident Twinning Advisor and his counterpart have underlined the activities conducted during the missions so far.
"I expect this project to make a significant contribution to sustainably develop the agriculture and rural development potential of Azerbaijan, using its enormous diversity while enhancing the protection of both environment and rural cultural heritage. I am happy to see that three EU member states with most relevant and complementary sector competence have agreed to support this joint EU-Azerbaijan effort. The project continues the EU-Azerbaijani partnership in the domain of agriculture, rural development and food safety and which is geared towards improving rural livelihoods, enhance food safety, market access and thus trade prospects."
Simona Gatti, press briefing after Kick Off event, 1st of August
Other news
- Study visit to Italy 9-13 September, 2019
- Field trip to Lankaran and Ismayilli 25-26 September, 2019
- The arrival of the newly appointed Resident Twinning Adviser, Mr. Riccardo Passero
- The 3rd Steering Committee Meeting took place on 17th of March 2020
- The 4th Steering Committee Meeting took place on July 16th, 2020
- The 5th Steering Committee Meeting of the Project Took Place on September 29, 2020
- The 6th Steering Committee Meeting took place on December 10th, 2020
- The 7th Steering Committee Meeting took place on March 12th, 2021
- Intermediate Meeting of the project successfully took place on August 3, 2021 in Baku.
- The 8th Steering Committee Meeting took place on June 22nd, 2021
- The 9th Steering Committee Meeting took place on September 28th, 2021 in Baku.
- The 10th Steering Committee Meeting took place on January 11th, 2022
- The 11th Steering Committee Meeting took place on March 17th, 2022
- Closing Conference of the Twinning project took place on 27th of April 2022 in Baku.
- Webinar entitled “Methodology and practice for Monitoring/Evaluating the impact of Agricultural Policy. Policy scenario for future State support to agriculture in Azerbaijan” took place on 2nd of March 2021.
- Webinar entitled “Twinning Work for Improving Effectiveness and Efficency of Subsidy Policy” took place on 3 March 2022.
- Twinning Seminar on “Introducing a Rural Development framework and setting-up a national Agritourism system in Azerbaijan”, Baku, 17th February 2022.
- Training on "Farm Data Monitoring System (FDMS) alignment with EU Farm Accountancy Data Network (FADN) standards and practical example of related use for policy analysis" took place on 14th April 2022 at Agro Research Center in Baku.
- Webinar entitled "Administration, payment and control of area-based subsidies" took place on 16th of March 2022.
- Downloadable Brochure on Twinning Project achievements.