The European Union (EU) and Azerbaijan are preparing 10 new twinning projects. This was announced today by charge d’affaires of the EU delegation in Azerbaijan Toralf Pilz at a presentation of the twinning project ‘Bringing Azerbaijani legislation in the field of securities in accordance with European Union legislation and institutional development’.
“The European Union has been annually allocating 7.6 million euros to implement twinning projects in Azerbaijan since 2006,” he said. “Seven twinning projects have been successfully implemented. Ten projects are currently underway with another 10 being prepared.”
He said that the EU is cooperating with the Ministry of Taxes, Ministry of Agriculture and Ministry of Education, the Ombudsman’s office and other Azerbaijani state bodies within the EU twinning projects. “Twinning projects are not only about transmitting knowledge, but strengthening relations between Azerbaijan and the EU which creates a guarantee for developing further reforms,” he said.
