Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences

In recent years, in the Republic of Azerbaijan have been taken a number of measures in the field of organizing and developing research activities, managing it, supporting research and innovation activities and stimulating scientific achievements.

At the same time, the challenges of the modern period dictate the need to apply advanced international experience, new management models and innovative solutions in implementing a unified state policy related to the attestation of highly qualified scientific and scientific-pedagogical personnel, monitoring scientific activities in accordance with the existing potential, improvement and effective using the mechanisms of its evaluation and forecasting.

The formation of a unified electronic information system, the preparation of electronic reports forms, methods and criteria based on scientifically-metric and expert approaches on the basis of modern technologies of information resources about scientific work, research and teaching staff are important in this direction, as well as strengthening the diagnostic analysis in the scientific field.

Guided by paragraph 32 of Article 109 of the Constitution of the Republic of Azerbaijan, in order to improve the attestation of scientific and scientific-pedagogical personnel and increase the level of scientific research in the Republic of Azerbaijan, I decide:

To Supreme Attestation Commission under the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan within two months:

1. Jontly with the Ministry of Education of the Republic of Azerbaijan and Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences, taking into account the proposals of the structures in charge of scientific and educational institutions prepare and submit proposals to the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan on improving management and regulation in the field of assessment and monitoring of rules for assigning degrees and scientists titles, research activities, creation of a database of research and accessibility of scientific information, as well as establishment of a unified electronic information system to improve the quality of analytical, statistical analysis and reporting;

2. To prepare and submit to the President of the Azerbaijan Republic proposals for improving the activities of the Supreme Attestation Commission Under the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan.

Ilham Aliyev,

President of the Republic of Azerbaijan

Baku, December 10, 2018.