Azerbaijan 7.2.4
Jul 25

Azerbaijan 7.2.4

  • July 25, 2019

Professional creative unions currently obtain their centralised funds and material-technical bases, including buildings, from the state system but administer material, social and professional matters themselves without state interference. Central and local authorities provide different organisational and financial support to creative unions, involving their members in national and international events and regularly purchasing products of their art and creativity. In particular, special funds from the state budget are intended to support professional creative unions and other non-governmental organisations through the Ministry of Culture.

For example, AZN 7,438,312 was sent from the state budget of 2024 to support such organisations as:

  • The Azerbaijan Composers’ Union;
  • The Azerbaijan Artists’ Union;
  • The Azerbaijan Writers’ Union;
  • The Azerbaijan Architects’ Union;
  • The Azerbaijan Ashiq Union;
  • The Azerbaijan Cinematographers’ Union;
  • The Azerbaijan Theatre Workers’ Union;
  • The Azerbaijan Red Crescent Society;
  • The “Azerbaijan World” International Relations Centre;
  • The Azerbaijan Elders’ Council;
  • The Azerbaijan Republic Organization of War, Labour and Armed Forces Veterans;
  • The Azerbaijan Children’s Fund.

In this regard, it should be noted that the volume of financial support for professional creative unions and other non-governmental organisations is growing in correlation to the overall development of the Azerbaijani state. Thus, in 2020, the amount of similar support was 5,523,650 manats.

The state seriously considers providing financial support to professional creative unions and other non-governmental organisations and does not allow delays in transferring allocated budgetary funds. For instance, by the relevant paragraph of the Decree of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan On several issues related to the implementation of the Law of the Republic of Azerbaijan No. 1028-VIQ dated December 5, 2023, “On the State Budget of the Republic of Azerbaijan for 2024 (No.2424 dated December 26, 2023), the Ministry of Culture must distribute the funds provided for in the subsection on Financial Assistance to Non-Governmental Organizations of this Decree among the relevant organisations within 20 days by coordinating with the Ministry of Finance and ensure payments following the distribution. This state approach and requirement is implemented as a normative practice annually.