A meeting was held at the Center for Analysis of Economic Reforms and Communication (CERC) regarding the implementation of the “State Programme for 2026–2030 on the Development of Tourism in the Republic of Azerbaijan”.

At the meeting, the formation of a monitoring and evaluation framework for the State Programme’s Action Plan, including the determination of outcome indicators, units of measurement, baseline and annual target indicators, the formation of a list of projects to be implemented, as well as coordination issues among the implementing institutions, were discussed.

Speaking at the meeting, Taranah Salifova, Deputy Executive Director of CERC, emphasized the importance of conducting the monitoring and evaluation of the State Programme based on a unified approach. She provided information on the tasks arising from the Order No. 1182 of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan dated August 20, 2026, as well as from the Order adopted by the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Azerbaijan in this regard. It was stated that the monitoring and evaluation process of the State Programme will be carried out digitally through the relevant Module to be created on the “e-monitoring” portal.

Simrah Ismayilova, Chief Adviser of the Monitoring and Evaluation Department of CERC, made a presentation on the structure, priority areas and monitoring approach of the Action Plan. The presentation provided information on the results-based monitoring model, the relationship between the State Programme’s targets for 2030 and the Action Plan, as well as the distribution of measures among the main implementing institutions.

In addition, mechanisms for entering and tracking information on projects to be identified within the framework of the State Programme were presented. Representatives of the main and other implementing bodies (institutions) of the measures envisaged in the State Programme participated in the meeting.

It should be noted that, according to the Order of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan, the monitoring and evaluation of the measures envisaged in the “State Programme for 2026–2030 on the Development of Tourism in the Republic of Azerbaijan” has been assigned to the Center for Analysis of Economic Reforms and Communication at the request of the State Tourism Agency.