BAKU, Azerbaijan, December 29. The activities
of the Agency for State Support to Non-Governmental Organizations
(NGOs) of Azerbaijan are being improved, Trend reports.
President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev signed the
relevant decree.
According to the decree, institutions financed from the state
budget and capable of providing grants to legal entities and
individuals, as well as municipalities, in accordance with their
areas of activity, as well as the Azerbaijan Youth Fund, the Agency
for the Development of Small and Medium-sized Businesses, and the
Social Services Agency under the Ministry of Labor and Social
Protection of Population, will implement all types of financing of
NGOs, including competitive and non-competitive, state orders and
subsidies, together with the Agency for State Support to NGOs, on
the basis of the "single window" principle.
At the same time, the decree establishes the "State Support to
Non-Governmental Organizations" information system. The functions
of the owner and operator of the system will be performed by the
Agency for State Support to NGOs.
The Cabinet of Ministers must prepare proposals for improving
regulatory legal acts related to the activities of non-governmental
organizations and a draft of the system's charter within six months
and submit them to the President of Azerbaijan.
