On 22 December 2010 Rauf Majidbayli, the deputy head of the Civil Service HR Recruitment Department of the Civil Service Commission under the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Vugar Asgarov, head of the Legal Sector and Seymur Aliyev, Civil Service HR Recruitment Department held a meeting with students of the Public Administration Academy under the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan. R.Majidbeyli talked about reforms conducted in the civil service field last years, performance of the Commission, innovations applied in the civil service recruitment system. He also informed about current situation with the competitions announced in October and November 2010. Afterwards, R.Majidbeyli and V.Asgerov answered questions of the students.

On 14-17 December 2010, the Civil Service Commission under the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan carried out regional trainings for 37 civil servants those who responsible for civil service and personnel issues in the judicial bodies in Ganja, Mingachevir and Shaki. During the training Fuad Mayilov, Chief Consultant of the Civil Service HR Recruitment Department and Elvin Aliyev, Leading Consultant of the Legal Sector carried out presentations on “Civil Service Recruitment Rules”, “Rules of the interview holding”, “Rules of the Civil Service Register Maintenance”, “Ethics conduct rules of civil servants” and others. It is planned to continue conduct of such trainings in other regions.

On 16-17 December 2010, the Civil Service Commission under the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan, UNDP and UNFPA jointly organized the training course “Gender equality in civil service: practical application and gender sensitive approach” in the framework of the project “Gender sensitive approach in civil service”.

On 14 December 2010, the Civil Service Commission under the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan carried out training on Rules and Methodology of holding interviews in the Conference Hall of the Ambassador Hotel for personnel of the executive and judicial power bodies those who will participate in a panel of interviewers for interview and competitions announced on 21 and 29 October 2010.

The regular meeting of the BSEC Working Group on Institutional Renewal and Good Governance was held in Istanbul, Turkey on 7-8 December 2010. Member states, namely Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Greece, Moldova, Turkey, Ukraine, Russian Federation and other countries, as well as representatives of the Parliament Assembly of the Black Sea Economical Cooperation participated in the meeting. During the event Turkish and Ukrainian delegations held presentations about progress in the civil service field in their countries.

On 7 December 2010, workshop on the “Legality and Managerial Discretion in HRM in the Public Service” was organized in the Shusha hall of the “HYATT Hotel – Nakhchivan” in framework of the joint project between the Civil Service Commission under the President of Republic of Azerbaijan and SIGMA (an organization specifying in the civil service field and a joint initiative of the OECD and the European Union, principally financed by the EU).