BAKU, Azerbaijan, June 16. The Islamic
Development Bank (IsDB) aims to support Azerbaijan Accreditation
Center through a joint project with Kazakhstan.


IsDB said in its latest report that it is preparing a Reverse
Linkage project between Azerbaijan as the recipient country and
Kazakhstan as the provider country to enhance the capacity of the
Azerbaijan Accreditation Center with the ultimate goal of gaining
full membership in the International Organization for
Accreditation.


The Azerbaijan Accreditation Center (AzAK) is a public legal
entity that serves as the state’s authorized single national body
responsible for ensuring compliance with accreditation principles
and rules, and for confirming that conformity assessment bodies
meet accreditation requirements.


“Through these engagements, Azerbaijan demonstrates leadership
in promoting solidarity-driven cooperation between the IsDB member
countries,” said the IsDB.


The report recalls that in 2023, the IsDB approved a US$260,000
Reverse Linkage grant for Azerbaijan.







“Under this grant, Pakistan, as the provider country, put at the
disposal of Azerbaijan, as the recipient country, its expertise in
developing cotton lines with economical traits and resistance to
wilting diseases. The first phase consisted in dispensing, in
Pakistan, a training course which was successfully completed in
2025, while the rest of the grant’s components are still underway.
The overall objective of the grant is to build Azerbaijan’s
capacity in developing genome-edited cotton varieties capable of
resisting environmental conditions (verticillium wilt and drought
along with insect and weedicide, etc.). Specifically, it will be
achieved by introducing at least two to three Azerbaijani cotton
varieties with traits capable of resisting verticillium wilt, salt,
and drought, and training a minimum of three personnel to plan and
execute the experiments with cross-validation. Eventually, cotton
yields in Azerbaijan will become more resistant to different stress
factors with improved economic viability,” reads the report.


In 2025, the IsDB said it approved a US$258,000 Reverse Linkage
grant to enhance public service delivery in Tajikistan based on
innovative solutions.


“Azerbaijan is the provider of the expertise and Tajikistan the
recipient. The grant will support Tajikistan in initiating the
development of a digital platform that will serve as a centralized
platform similar to the ASAN Service of Azerbaijan to enable
digital public service delivery in selected line ministries in
Tajikistan. This centralized platform, as the first comprehensive
digital solution, directly benefits users by simplifying their
daily utility transactions,” said the report.