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United Project - 2007: Ganca
Agricultural Academy hosts a Round Table (30/06/2007)
 A round table took place at
the Ganja Agricultural Academy on June 30th 2007 as part of
the 2007 action plan of the coalition Increasing Transparency in Extractive
Industries. Participating in the gathering
were members of the Board of the ITEI Coalition – Mr Sabit Bagirov and Mr Oqtay
Gulaliyev; the co-ordinator for Ganca Regional Branch of the ITEI Coalition, Mr
Aslan Valiyev; member of the Board of the Ganca Regional Branch, Mr Irsad
Abbasov; lecturer at Ganja State University, Ms Maleika Abbaszada; the chairman
of the Children’s Fund, Mr Rovsan Novruzov; the chairman of the Ganja Branch of
the Union of Merchants and Manufacturers, Mr Cabrail Mammadov; the chairman of
the Ganca Regional Branch of the For the Sake of Civil Society NGO, Mr
Vaqif Imanov; journalist from Baki Xabar (Baku news) newspaper, Mr Ruslan
Xalill; a person in charge of organisation of round tables at universities in
Baku and regions, Mr Ehtiram Ali; and members of the teaching staff and
representatives from students’ circles at the university.
Mr Irsad Abbasov, a member of the Board of the Ganca Regional Branch, officially opened the conference by briefing the audience of the importance of the meeting. For his part, Mr Aslan Valiyev, the co-ordinator for Ganca Regional Branch of the ITEI Coalition, made a short presentation on the significance of the International Transparency Initiative to the participants of the gathering. Then Mr Oqtay Gulaliyev gave a speech on large-scale and explicitly useful activities of the ITEI Coalition in the country, and invited the audience for active involvement in such kind of actions. Afterwards, Mr Sabit Bagirov, another member of the Board of the ITEI Coalition, made an in-depth presentation entitled Oil Factor and Relevant Earnings, Opportunities and Effects. He gave the audience an extensive insight into the existing international experience in the field of transparency and historical background on Azerbaijan’s joining to the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative, as well as on the status of the State Oil Fund of Azerbaijan (SOFAZ), the point of enhancing transparency in spending receipts from extractive industries, the factor of petrodollars and providing the public with access to the detailed information on the ways of use of petrodollars for various purposes, and ensuring the involvement of the population and civil society institutions in decision-making processes concerning petrodollars and the easy of use of them, and the establishment and exercise of civilian oversight of the generation and management of oil revenues. The topic raised broad discussions. In this respect an emphasis was laid on the reinforcement of educational activities and the strengthening of the role of social organisations, including individuals in capacity of teachers and students. The corresponding questions were answered at length. It was proposed to make arrangements or such kind of educational meetings at other higher educational institutions in Ganja too. Summarizing the round table, Mr Irshad Abbasov noted the importance of the role of the teaching staff and students in the strengthening of transparency in extractive industries and the necessity to hold such kind of meetings in the future. So was the ending of the meeting.
Last correction date of the file: 24/7/2008 - 14:59:11 Other language version of the file: /az/ |
