The National Conference on Resource Efficiency & Cleaner Production (RETI) opened in Baku today.
Addressing the conference, RETI national coordinator from the Ministry of Economy of Azerbaijan, Ayaz Gadirov, said that “2014 was declared the Year of Industry in Azerbaijan, and in 2015 the Industrial Sector Development Program 2015-2020 was adopted, which sets out in detail the tasks necessary to ensure the development of industry in the country."
According to him, the first stage of the EapGreen program, which offers to hold training courses for local participants, has been completed, and the relevant certificates will be given to all eight manufacturing companies involved in the program.
"Within the next stage of the program a center for clean technologies and a green economy indicator will be created. The center and the indicator will be established in cooperation with the other national coordinator - the Ministry of Environment & Natural Resources of Azerbaijan," Gadirov stressed.
