Country Fact Sheet Azerbaijan 2017 Credit: Mila Tsehaieva 2010 Disclaimer IOM has carried out the gathering of information with great care. IOM provides information at its best knowledge and in all conscience. Nevertheless, IOM cannot assume to be held accountable for the correctness of the information provided. Furthermore, IOM shall not be liable for any conclusions made or any results, which are drawn from the information provided by IOM. I. CHECKLIST FOR VOLUNTARY RETURN II. HEALTH CARE 1. General Information 2. Medical treatment III. Labor Market 1. General information 2. Ways/assistance to find employment 3. Unemployment assistance 4. Further education possibilities, vocational trainings IV. Housing I. General Information 2. Ways to find accommodation 3. Social grants for housing V. Social Welfare I. General Information 2.Pension system 3.Vulnerable Groups VI. Education 1. General Information 2. Costs, loans, and stipends 3. Approval and verification of foreign diplomas VII. Concrete support for returnees You can find further information here: 2 https://www.returningfromgermany.de/de/countries/azerbaijan I. Checklist ___________________________________________ To do before the return: To do immediately after the return: ✓ Bring diplomas / certificates and other ✓ apply at the State Agency for Public relevant official documents obtained from Service and Social Innovations under the schools in Germany. President of the Republic of Azerbaijan ✓ get information concerning the arrival at (ASAN) to obtain documents the airport and the onward journey. (http://www.asan.gov.az/), There is a direct express minibus route number 116 operating from the airport to ✓ if he/she travelled with a re-entry Baku city centre. Service runs every 30 certificate (i.e. laissez-passer) and his/her minutes beginning from early in the national ID or passport is expired. morning until late night. The bus leaves Otherwise no registration is mandatory outside the airport building, across the after arrival. parking area. The service terminates at S. Vurgun’s Park on the 28 May Street. The ✓ recheck the registration in a public journey takes approximately 30–40 hospital near to the residing area. minutes. The journey from city centre to the airport by car takes approximately 30 ✓ targeted social assistance is provided by min-40 min. Taxis in Baku are the purple the Government to low-income families, if London cabs. To use the service of applicable. “London” taxis, it is enough to call Baku Taxi Company to short code * 9000. ✓ approach the State Employment Service Another convenient twenty-four-hour taxi under Ministry of Labor and Social service is provided by “Motor Service” Protection of Population for the possible Company, which receives the orders by employment purpose. calling (99412) 189. ✓ contact services assisting with the search ✓ take vaccinations certificate/s from for jobs and housing. clinics/hospitals that will be necessary when returning to the country of origin ✓ apply for child care, schools or other for the (re-) registration in public hospital, educational institutions especially for children. ✓ find a temporary accommodation. 3 II. Healthcare__________________________________________ 1. General information Benefits: Procedure of admission: There is no public health insurance available. There is no a special unit available that According to the law of the Azerbaijan Republic returnee/s should to approach for the further services are free of charge at state owned referral, they need to first visit a nearby hospitals and care units. hospital/clinic according their place of the The Ministry of Health (MoH) is responsible for residence. certain central, typically specialist, institutions, and the administrations of regions and cities are Availability and costs of medication: responsible for all other services. A manual on essential drug use has been In addition, there are several parallel health published and distributed by the MoH. Drugs establishments run by other ministries, e.g. the are purchased and distributed to hospitals by hospital of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Central the pharmaceutical department of the MoH. Hospital of State Customs Committee. Drugs are free-of-charge for in-patient treatments. Patients are charged for the drugs 2. Medical treatment and and availability for out-patient treatments, except for cancer and costs of medication and some psychiatric diseases. Drugs are Medical facilities and doctors: comparatively expensive. Most drugs are • Specialized Republican Hospitals: Central available but some may not in Azerbaijan. In Hospital, Centre of Orthopedics and some cases the names are different from those Prosthetic, Centre for Neuro-Surgery, in the EU. Pharmacies are usually private. Ophtalmology Hospital, Psychiatric Hospital, Tubercolosis Hospital, Urology Hospital, Children's Clinical Hospital, Centre for Oncology. • Private Hospitals and Clinics: Hospital and clinic of Leyla Shikhlinskaya (http://www.shiklinskayaclinic.com ), Oksigen Medical Clinic (http://www.oksigen.az/ ), Turkish-American Medical Centre (http://www.tamc.az ), Baku Clinic (http://www.bakuclinic.az/en ), MediClub (http://www.mediclub.az/ ), HB Guven (http://www.guvenklinik.az/en ), Central Clinic Hospital (http://www.merkeziklinika.az/) Access especially for returness Eligibility and requirements: All public clinic/hospitals are free of charge if you have a valid national ID Registration procedure: Returnee need to contact with the Ministry of Health or nearby hospital/clinic according to his place of registration. Required documents: Valid National ID 4 III. Labor Market_______________________________________ I. General information Access to Unemployment assistance: One of the main trends of the social-economic There are no national legal act provides policy realized in the Republic of Azerbaijan assistance to returnees. Returnee need to during last years is the development of labour approach state employment agency under the market and advantageous use of labor force. Ministry of Labor and Social Protection of Population. They need a national ID and pervious Reforms implemented in the country caused by labor record book (if available). changing of fundamental quality in the country economy, dynamic economical development has been provided. Relevant measures were taken in 3. Further education and vocational the direction of the regional economical trainings development, increasing social welfare and life Establishments of primary and secondary level of the population in the regions, economy of specialized education is in subordination of the the country especially carrying out of Ministry of Education. development of non-oil sector. More information at: In 2018, the amount of minimum monthly wage http://edu.gov.az/az/page/354 was defined 130 manat and the average monthly nominal wage of employees is 499,8 manat. The official unemployment rate was 5.0% 2. Ways/Assistance to find employment The state employment agency under the Ministry of Labor and Social Protection of Population provides assistance on employment. More information at: • http://www.ses.gov.az/ Online recruitment websites: • http://www.jobsearch.az/ • http://www.rabota.az/ • http://boss.az/vacancies • http://ejob.az/ Office Adress Baku 44, Sattar Bahluzada str. Tel: (+994 012) 562-75-67; 562-11-23; 562-75-34 Sumgayit Sumqayıt city, 9 mkr, apt 64 (+994 018 64) 2-02-57; 2-02-17 Ganja 122, Mammad Khalafov str, Tel: (+994 02226) 5-12-22; 585-26-22 Mingachevir 1, M.Fizuli str. Tel: (+994 024 27) 4-14-70; 4-32-62 Credit: Mila Tsehaieva 2010 5 III. Labor Market_______________________________________ 3. Unemployment assistance Starting from 2018, the national unemployment The fund’s revenues are formed from insurance Insurance Fund has begun operating in Azerbaijan. payments of budget organizations and their According to the Law on Unemployment employees (17.726 million manats), insurance Insurance, 0.5% of the monthly wage of an payments of other insurers (53.567 million employee will be transferred to the fund as an manats) and other incomes (20,000 manats). insurance premium. The fund’s revenues and expenditures for the next year are approved at 89.04 million manats, according to the order. Of the total expenditures of the fund, 35.802 million manats will be allocated for organization of events for self-employment, 33.478 million manats - for unemployment insurance benefits, 13.709 million manats - for maintaining administration of the employment service and its local bodies, 1.788 million manats - for paid public work, 1.613 million manats - for professional training and additional education, 1.38 million manats - for co-financing (together with an insurer) of a part of salary of those insured for a certain period, 1.15 million manats - for career counseling, 120,000 manats - for organization of labor fairs and stock exchanges. Credit: Mila Tsehaieva 2010 6 IV.Housing___________________________________________ 1. General Information Reconstruction assistance is provided to The rental costs for an apartment in the capital city vary, depending on the location, refugees ethnic Azerbaijanis from Armenia and from AZN 300 per month to AZN 600 or IDPs from Nagorno Karabakh by the Social more. Apartments can be rented based on an Fund for IDPs and Refugees. No construction agreement certified by a public notary. The assistance is provided to returnees. Real estate state duty for this notary action is 20 AZN agencies websites (house rent/sell and the returnee’s valid nation