On 01 December 2022, the next meeting of the AHK Azerbaijan HR and VET Working Group took place with the participation of around 40 company representatives. The event was focused on discussions of the key findings of the “AHK Human Resources Insights” series, which will be published in the coming months. Since early 2022, several members of the HR and VET WG have been working on articles to address the most important and challenging questions on people-related issues in Azerbaijan.

Opening the meeting, Mr Tobias Baumann welcomed the participants and speakers and praised the hard work and dedication gone into the preparation of the “AHK Human Resources Insights” series. Thanking Mr Dayanat Ahmadov for his commitment over the last five years, he announced the handover of the leadership of the HR and VET Working Group in the new term to Ms Nigar Huseynzade, Human Resources Executive Director at the AccessBank CJSC.

After this, Mr Dayanat Ahmadov talked about the initiative that led to the establishment of the HR and VET Working Group. Speaking of the “AHK Human Resources Insights” series, he added that more publications are expected to be out by the end of this year.

Three crucial topics were chosen earlier, and two group members were assigned each. The topics and their assigned group members are as follows:

• Performance Management - Ms Nigar Huseynzade and Mr Yilmaz Ozturk;
• Increasing Employee Loyalty and Employee Retention - Ms Asiya Hagverdiyeva and Ms Saadat Nurmammadova;
• Well-Being and Mental Health - Ms Nigar Ibadzada and Ms Jala Mursalova.

One member of each group presented the key results of their respective subjects to the participants during the meeting. The meeting was followed by a lively question and answer session with the participation of the member companies of AHK Azerbaijan.