COE HELD ROUND-TABLE DISCUSSION IN BAKU

Baku, 14 0ctober, (AzerTAj)Discussion on “Applications of Fundraising Tactics” was held at COE office in Azerbaijan.

Organized by the Council of Europe Secretariat within the circles of the Kiev Initiative, the meeting brought together national coordinators for regional programs on Azerbaijan, Ukraine, Georgia, Moldova and
Armenia.

British experts Rod Fisher, Timothy Mason and Lady Laysen attended the
discussion.
Head of Cooperation with International Organizations and Programs Division of the
Ministry of Culture and Tourism of Azerbaijan Yashar Huseynli spoke on behalf of
Azerbaijan.
Meeting participants debated over issues related to the regular meeting of national
coordinators for Kiev Initiative, due in Baku on 4 December, 2008.
While meeting Robert Palmer, Director of Culture and Cultural and Natural Heritage
of the Council of Europe and Katrine Merkle, Director of Cultural Policy, parties
touched upon issues that pertain to the forthcoming conference of culture ministers
of the European Council member states due in Baku on 2-3 December as well as the
annual conference of national authors due in Baku on 3-4 December and timed to the
tenth anniversary of COE ‘Compendium of Cultural Policies and Trends in Europe’
project.
Dwelling on his visit to ISESCO on October 9, 2008, Robert Palmer said the main
purpose of the visit was to discuss ISESCO accession to ‘Compendium’ project.