1. 41st World Scout Conference
14 – 18 August 2017, Baku

2. General Overview – Azerbaijan
The Republic of Azerbaijan (86,6 square km) is located in the east of the Southern Caucasus
Azerbaijan

3. General Overview – Azerbaijan Borders: Russian Federation – north
Georgia – north-west
Armenia – west
Turkey – west
Iran – south
Water boundaries:
Turkmenistan
Kazakhstan

4. Conference Location – City of Baku
Capital city of the Republic of Azerbaijan
About 4 millions of inhabitants
Ancient and Modern
Climate:
Dry subtropical
Average August temperature 26 – 28 C˚

5. Heydar Aliyev Cultural Center
Conference Venue –
Heydar Aliyev Cultural Center
Distances:
20 km from the International Airport (15 minutes)
3.5 km from the Downtown (5 minutes driving)

6. Heydar Aliyev Cultural Center
Conference Venue –
Heydar Aliyev Cultural Center
General plan of Heydar Aliyev Cultural Center
Sections
Auditorium (4 levels)
Multifunctional conference halls
Meeting rooms
Media center
The Exhibition Halls (9 floors)
Exhibition Halls
Administrative office
Restaurant
Cafeteria

7. Heydar Aliyev Cultural Center
Conference Venue –
Heydar Aliyev Cultural Center
Heydar Aliyev Cultural Center
Baku Conference Center

8. Heydar Aliyev Cultural Center
Conference Venue –
Heydar Aliyev Cultural Center
Conference Hall #1

9. Heydar Aliyev Cultural Center
Conference Venue –
Heydar Aliyev Cultural Center
Conference Hall #2

10. Heydar Aliyev Cultural Center
Conference Venue –
Heydar Aliyev Cultural Center
Exhibition halls
Located on 1,2,3 and 4 floor
Total area – above 4000 m2

11. Conference – Accommodation Accommodation facilities:
Average corporate price for Scouts per the year 2015:
5* Hotels – EUR (Marriott, Sheraton, Fairmont, Sapphire)
4* Hotels – EUR (Chain of Qafqaz Hotels, Park inn)
3* Hotels – EUR (Local Hotels)
Locations
Downtown
Old City
Venue

12. Conference –
Accommodation

13. Conference– Transportation Routes:
Comfortable buses will transport participants from the hotels to the Venue and back
Transportation during the day
Routes:
Route #1 – 15 min Route #2 – 10 min Route#3 – 5 min walk
(Old city – Venue) (Downtown - Venue) (Venue)

14. Getting there Heydar Aliyev International Airport;
Ganja International Airport.
Direct Flights from:
Amsterdam
Doha
London
Paris
Tashkent
Astana
Dubai
Milan
Podgorica
Tbilisi
Barcelona
Frankfurt
Minsk
Prague
Tehran
Beijing
Istanbul
Moscow
Riga
Tel Aviv
Budapest
Kiev
New York
Rome
Vienna

15. Special arrangements
Easy visa obtaining procedure - Getting visa at the airport upon presentation of invitation letter from ASA, the State Migration Service of the Republic of Azerbaijan
Solidarity Operation Fund – EUR 175,000 (Approximately USD 200,000 (to be used for A and B category countries NSOs. Priority will be give to the Youth attending 13th WSYF & 41st WSC)

16. THANKS
Questions?