Azerbaijan Public Relations Assosiation was established in the next meeting of PR specialists of well known companies held in “Excelsior Hotel Baku” on June 7, 2016.
PR managers of “AtaHolding”, “Veysaloglu”, “Excelsior Hotel Baku”, “Pasha Hayat Insurance”, Bakcell, “AtaBank”, “Caspian Development Bank”, “Hed Academy” and head of “Alibayov Communication & Consulting” company took part in the meeting.The tasks about establishing of Azerbaijan Public Relation Association and forthcoming duties of assosiation was discussed in the meeting.
Head of Public Relations division of “Veysaloglu” Holding and simultaneously the chairman of APRA Ilham Mammadzade noted that new established Azerbaijan Public Relation Association will give its contribution to the development of PR sphere in Azerbaijan. The Assosiation will be a member of international PR associations too. I. Mamedov also noted that the main purpose of establishing the organization is to improve the education in the sphere of Public Relations, creating the condition for increasing personnel potential and to achieve the development of this sphere from view of comprehensive,quality and quantity.
Head of Corporate Communication division of “AtaHolding” noted that there was necessity for establishing the association for uniting of PR agencies and PR structures in the professional level and coordinating their activity.We decided to use our skills and practice gained in a long period of our activity in the future activity of assosiation.
It was considered that assosiation will help to follow high professional and etic standards in the sphere PR application. Condition will be created for qualitative increase of national specialists. Different courses, trainings, seminars, conferences will be organized for education of association members.
Besides, relations with government and non government organizations, periodical press, electronic media will be established, cooperation with them and mutual projects will be realized.
