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Title	Report on the 'Azerbaijan ODA Project' Completion Conference
Date	2020-04-17
□ Overview of Business Trip   ○ (Purpose) To participate in the Azerbaijan ODA project completion conference, have a high-      level meeting with the President of Azerbaijan and sign a MoU for statistical cooperation   ○ (Dates and Location) December 09, 2019 (Mon.) ～ December 13, 2019 (Fri.) / Baku,      Azerbaijan   ○ (Participants) KOSTAT Commissioner and five officials □  Major Activities   ○ Official Visit to Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev      - (Date/Location) December 11, 2019 (Wed.) 14:35-15:05, at the President's office in Baku      - During the Meeting, both parties confirmed the achievements of the project and their        willingness to engage in continued cooperation in statistics.      -  Azerbaijani President Ilham Heydar oglu Aliyev highly regarded the technological         assistance delivered by Statistics Korea and  thanked for the contribution made to the         successful project. Also, President hoped to continue to receive support from Korea as         Azerbaijan is committed to making efforts to develop statistics which comply with         international standards.      - Commissioner Kang Shin-wook emphasized that President Aliyev's keen interest and support        greatly contribute to the statistical cooperation between Azerbaijan and Korea, and that        Azerbaijan’s ASAN* services and SDGs statistics are very impressive, providing lessons        that Korea can learn from.   ○ Participation in 「Azerbaijan ODA Project Completion Conference」      -  (Date/ Location) December 11, 2019 (Wed.) 09:30 ~ 13:00, Hilton Baku Hotel      -  (Main Activities) Gave local media interviews, made a congratulatory speech and signed a         MoU for statistical cooperation      -  [Media Interview] Commissioner Kang Shin-wook explained that the purpose of the visit         was attending to attend the two-year project completion conference and confirm the         achievements of bilateral cooperation, and spoke about the importance of bilateral         statistical cooperation      -  [Congratulatory Speech] Commissioner Kang noted that the project laid a foundation for a         stronger bilateral cooperation and the MoU signed on statistical cooperation is expected         to provide momentum for systematic promotion of future projects, and suggested that both         countries make greater efforts to enhance their national standing in the international         community.   ○ Visit to Baku Regional Statistical Office and Baku ASAN service center No.3 (December 12)      -  (Baku Regional Statistical Office) Confirmed the importance of the role of regional         statistics offices, which are the starting point for national statistics, and the         necessity of including 'capacity building for staff in regional statistics offices' as         part of statistical cooperation with Azerbaijan, and hoped to develop a constructive         partnership.      -  (Baku “ASAN service” center No.3) The ASAN service center suggested working together         to upgrade its public services including statistical service. In response, KOSTAT         mentioned that  there should be opportunities to cooperate with the center, and KOSTAT         will look into how it can be of help. □  Promotion   ○ (Korean Media) Interviewed by the Korea Times and others   ○ (Azerbaijani Local Media) Covered by ZERTAG(in English), AZERTAG(in Azerbaijani), AZ TV,       REAL TV, CBC, BIRBASA, etc.
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