Head of UNDP Eurasia concludes three-day visit to Azerbaijan
15 March 2019
- During her three-day visit to Azerbaijan, Mirjana Spoljaric Egger, UN Assistant Secretary-General and Director of UNDP’s Regional Bureau for Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States held a series of meetings with UNDP key government and development partners in Azerbaijan discussing future opportunities for closer cooperation on women and youth empowerment and economic diversification.
“The working-age population in Azerbaijan is growing by about 100,000 people a year. UNDP remains strongly committed to expanding our excellent partnership with the Government of Azerbaijan to create new jobs, start-ups and small family businesses, empower women and youth and create a more diversified economy that will benefit everyone”, Ms. Spoljaric Egger stated during her meeting with President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev.
‘I trust and believe we will continue to expand our partnership and intensify our cooperation with the Government of Azerbaijan in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals,” concluded Ms. Spoljaric Egger following her meetings with senior government officials key state officials.
Head of UNDP Eurasia also spoke at the opening ceremony of the 7th Global Baku Forum on ‘New Foreign Policy’ hosted by the Nizami Ganjavi International Centre and the Panel on Sustainable Development Challenges. At the ceremony the UN Assistant Secretary-General highlighted the importance of forging new partnerships between governments, the private sector, civil society and citizens to ensure the achievement of the SDGs.
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