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Soros Fund to implement new information program in Azerbaijan

The Soros Foundation jointly with the UN Development Program and the government of Republic of Azerbaijan will implement the next stage of the information program, Samir Aliverdiyev, the program head has told a news conference. (30 July 2004)

Published: July 31, 2004

The Soros Foundation jointly with the UN Development Program and the government of Azerbaijan will implement the next stage of the information program, Samir Aliverdiyev, the program head has told a news conference. (30 July 2004)

Aliverdiyev said that the 3-year program with the budget of $1.300 million targets providing the country’s scientific-research, educational and higher institutions as well as public organizations with information service.
The program head underlined that $265,000 grant had been allocated to the information program that was launched in 2001 through the Soros Foundation in 2004. The figure is expected to reach $267,000 in 2005.
In total, 335 grant projects have been financed within the program so far, with the largest grant amounted to $133,000 and the smallest one totaling $351.*

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