OREANDA-NEWS. June 14, 2011. The Central Bank of the Republic of Azerbaijan is commencing trainings on Central Banking for journalists within the framework of Communication Strategy it has adopted.

The primary goal of the trainings to last for two months is to assist the journalists to improve their knowledge on finance, economics and banking. The media journalists will be provided with in-depth information on monetary policy, and banking supervision at ten-session trainings to be followed by QA sessions.

The first training was opened by Asif Jahangirov, Director of Department of Development of the Center for Researches and Development of the Central Bank who greeted the participants and stated that the media representatives will have an opportunity to obtain information on primary macroeconomic and monetary terminology, the system of macroeconomic diagnostics, monetary policy goals and framework, the economic role of payment systems, the communication strategy of the Central Bank along with information on the role of the Central Bank in the Azerbaijani economy.

Rufat Abbasov, Director of Communications Department, participating at the opening ceremony noted that improvement of knowledge of the journalists on banking and finance will help media representatives professionally develop materials not only on the Central Bank but also on the overall Azerbaijani economy.

Certificates will be issued upon the end of the trainings.