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National Confederation of Entrepreneurs (Employers) Organizations of Azerbaijan Republic (AEC) was established on March 5, 1999 and officially registered on April 9, 1999.
AEC being a union of employers in the Azerbaijan Republic is non-commercial, non-governmental, self-managing organization coordinating activities of the juridical and physical persons dealing with the entrepreneurial activity not-dependent on their property and organization-legal form (excluding state financed organizations) on voluntary basis, protecting their legal and economic rights, having social-effective objectives and considering not to get profit as the basic principle of its activity.
Within its goals the Confederation carries out the following functions:
· To protect rights of the entrepreneureal subjects, their property and other legal interests before the corresponding state structures, municipality bodies and other organizations;
· To assist strengthening of the market infrastructure and development of entrepreneurship relevant to the trends of the State Entrepreneurship Development Programme;
· To participate in the collective negotiations with the Azerbaijan Government and Trade Unions Confederation with the purpose of regulation of the labour relations according to the Labour Legislation in the country, to sign the tripartite General Collective Agreement together with the Azerbaijan Government and Trade Unions Confederation;
· To provide the establishment of permanent business relations among its members, to assist work out of the investment, innovation and other initiative projects and formation of sound entrepreneurship environment;
· To participate in preparation and realization of various social-economic oriented sector, regional and country programmes;
· To assist local entrepreneurs in search of partners in the country and abroad, participate in their information supply;
· To realize the preparation of the social-economic oriented draft laws and other normative-legal acts related to the development of entreprenurship;
· To create conditions for study of the world experience of entreprenurship and its available application in Azerbijan;
· To assist the establishment of social-economic oriented organizations;
More than 4000 entrepreneurial entities as well as about 50 economic and social oriented Associations, Unions are currently members of National Confederation of Entrepreneurs (Employers) Organizations of Azerbaijan Republic.
AEC implements its responsibilities as the represantative of the employers being a social partner in trilateral General Collective Agreement signed between Cabinet of Ministers Trade Unions Confederation and AEC in May 26, 2008 for determination of social-economic policy in Azerbaijan and regulation of labour relations.
AEC is the member of International Organization of Employers, World Association of NGOs, International Industrialists and Entrepreneurs Congress. Confederation works closely with the embassies of USA, Great Britain, Germany, France, Iran, Turkey, Egypt and Israel, International organizations, such as UNDP, CDC and participates in their various meetings.
Confederation has 10 regional representations covering all the country.
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