#11. Rza Aliyev: on the vision of Global Baku Forum and Young Leaders Program

SCOLAR Podcast

Today we are coming to you from **Baku, Azerbaijan**, with the first of the two special episodes recorded during the **7th Global Baku Forum.** In the first episode we spoke with **Rza Aliyev**, who is currently pursuing his PhD in Economics at the Academy of Public Administration under the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan. He has worked as a Private Banker, Advisor at the International Market Analysis Ltd., Special Envoy of “Children Uniting Nations”, and has been an active participant in Club of Rome and Club de Madrid meetings, among many other titles. But most importantly for our today’s episode, Rza is Deputy Secretary General on Foreign Affairs of the Nizami Ganjavi International Center. NGIC is an organisation promoting the values of peace, justice and human rights, a network of top global thinkers connecting 100 former presidents and prime ministers representing more than 50 countries, as well as the hosting organisation for the Global Baku Forum (check their website: http://nizamiganjavi-ic.org/aboutus). How did Global Baku Forum – an “unusually open and honest discussion" forum – emerge, and what values and ideas does it promote? How does it try to address pressing international issues in unique and practical ways? What sets it apart from other comparable professional organisations? And, importantly, what is the role of the young leaders in all this? About all this and more you will hear from the discussion between our host, Olim Alimov, and Rza Aliyev. We hope you enjoy – and tune in next week for the second special episode from Baku!