Azerbaijani president approves statute of clean energy centre of Organisation of Economic Cooperation

The President of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev, has approved the statute of the Clean Energy Centre of the Organization of Economic Cooperation.

The information regarding the approval was published on the official website of the President of Azerbaijan, Caliber.Az reports.

The 25th Meeting of the ECO Council of Ministers (COM), held on November 27, 2021 in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan, adopted the Charter of the Clean Energy Centre for the ECO region (CECECO) and nominated the Republic of Azerbaijan as the host country of the centre.

The host country was selected based on a competitive process.  Currently, the ECO Secretariat, UNIDO and Azerbaijan are finalizing the hosting arrangements and are discussing financial support with various international partners.

The United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) and the Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO), with the financial support of the Austrian Development Agency (ADA), are partnering on the establishment of the Clean Energy Centre for the ECO region (hereinafter CECECO).

ECO Member States include Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Türkiye Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan. The Implementation Framework of the ECO Vision 2025 aims to establish the regional centre by 2025. 

By Aghakazim Guliyev