Meeting on the issues arising from the republican deliberation of non-oil exporters, which was chaired by the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev in Yevlakh has been held at UNEC.
Speaking about the benefits of non-oil sector to the country’s economy, Rector Professor Adalat Muradov highlighted that the University would support the state strategy in this area, targets set forth by the President Ilham Aliyev and the entrepreneurs of the export-oriented enterprises.
Afterwards, the position of the scholars on stimulating non-oil exports were heard and proposals on the development of specialists on exports were analyzed within the debates. The participants of the meeting evaluated the proposal on the establishment of the center that will cover the activities of non-oil exports in a positive manner. The main objective of the center to operate under the Department of “Trade and Organization of Customs” would be the development of non-oil fields in the country and support the proposals on increasing export potential.
To ensure the development of personnel for this area of the economy, it was offered to prepare export-oriented curricula. The significance of rendering methodological support to exporters was stressed and the preparation of the cooperation principles in this field was instructed. Proposals on increasing attention to the issues of export in dissertations were assessed positively. Decisions on developing specialists in the Graduate Center of UNEC, UNEC Business Center, International Graduate and Doctorate Center, establishing new majors, conducting large-scale scientific research studies at the Scientific Research Institute of Economic Studies and organizing the work to investigate international markets aiming to support exporter enterprises were also made. A.Muradov instructed to involve UNEC’s teaching staff who graduated from the prestigious overseas universities to investigate the international markets, at the same time, the students who continue their studies in the foreign universities within the dual diploma programs to support exporters.
The decision on inviting exporter companies to the university was made in the end.