DEVELOPMENT CONCEPT “AZERBAIJAN - 2020: OUTLOOK FOR THE FUTURE” Project work of public commissions. NGOs’ potential in informing the world public and international organizations about the fair position of our country on the Armenian-Azerbaijani NagornoKarabakh conflict will be used more effectively. In order to develop civil society, it is important to stimulate the private sector’s donor activity and achieve an institutional level in this sphere. The creation of a national donor institute will give an impetus to the formation of corporate culture of social responsibility and increase social investment programmes by transnational companies and large business organizations. In order to achieve this, a strategy and state programme on corporate responsibility will be prepared and appropriate changes will be made to the legislation. The consideration and application of civil society initiatives during the period when the concept will be implemented will deepen mutual relations between government agencies and NGOs, while the number of NGOs in regions will increase and their materialtechnical base will strengthen. In the long-term implementation of the concept, measures aimed at developing freedom of speech and information will continue, the national legislative basis regulating the activities of the information and mass media will be improved in line with international standards, and comprehensive support will be given to strengthen the economic independence of the mass media, increase their potential and ensure their leading position in global information space. Necessary measures will be taken to determine and implement priorities in the information sector in the current period when a trans-border informationtelecommunications network and information society are taking shape, and the study and application of modern methodological and technical innovations will speed up. Increasing the quantity and quality of national information resources in the global network, expanding their coverage area and strengthening their ability to influence international public opinion will be one of the main tasks. As an effective means of forming and expressing public opinion in the modern period, the role and importance of the mass media in society are high. For this reason, the implementation of legal, economic, organizational and technological measures aimed at balancing the interests of persons, society and the state in their activities and ensuring information security are one of the major directions of the state’s information policy. Along with stimulating new manifestations in the information sector, the Azerbaijani state will also continue to effectively organize the activities of traditional information resources and support the strengthening of their logistical basis. In compliance with the “Concept of state support for the development of the mass media in the Azerbaijan 30