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Barda meeting focuses on youth involvement in EITI
 Two civil society institutions Healthy Development and Education (SIMIB) and
Youth Democrats Reformists (DIMIB) held a round table in Barda, a town in the
central part of Azerbaijan, on June 16th 2007, in the framework of the Youth
Involvement in EITI Processes project of the coalition Increasing Transparency
in Extractive Industries. All 22 participants of the gathering were provided
with proceedings from an international conference entitled Experience of Pilot
Countries, as well as with portable calendars, notebooks and pens bearing the
logos of the ITEI coalition, SIMIB and DIGIB organizations. Also in the course
of the event, the walls of the seminar room were hung on with writing pads, as
well as instructional sheets, bearing the logos of the ITEI coalition, SIMIB and
DIGIB, with information about revenues and expenditures of the State Oil Fund of
Azerbaijan (SOFAZ).
Opening the round table, project manager Mr A. Mikayilov informed the audience of the goal, objectives and topicality of the project as well as the organisations implementing it (EITI, SIMIB, and DIGIB). Then the floor was given to Mr Anar Khalilov, the chairman of SIMIB. The presentation by Mr Khalilov had in-depth coverage of the role of petrodollars in the ongoing socioeconomic situation in Azerbaijan. After that it was the turn of Mr Matlab Abbasov, the chairman of SIMIB’s Law Studies Centre and lecturer at Odlar Yurdu University, to provide extensive information to the participants on the reasons for and historical background to the establishment and, afterwards, management of the State Oil Fund of the Azerbaijan Republic (SOFAZ), as well as necessary prerequisites for the foundation of the ITEI coalition, its mission, activities and history. An expert in law, Mr Matlab Abbasov also touched upon at length the benefits of civilian oversight of EITI developments. Finally, Mr Rasim Abutalibov, the head of SIMIB’s section of economics and lecturer at Kavkaz University, made a comprehensive presentation on the sources of receipts to SOFAZ and areas of allocation of the proceeds out of the accounts of the institution, including the projects that were funded by the Fund. The presentations raised many questions which were answered by speakers. In implementing the round table, the Ministry of Youth and Sports provided the organizational support, with information support given on behalf of the State Oil Fund of the Azerbaijan Republic (SOFAZ). Last correction date of the file: 24/7/2008 - 15:7:30
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