DEVELOPMENT CONCEPT “AZERBAIJAN - 2020: OUTLOOK FOR THE FUTURE” Project cooperation of the state-run and private sector in order to develop the export-oriented nonoil sector will be developed. Measures will be taken to encourage intellectual activity, create favourable conditions for investment in innovation and creativity, ensure the sustainable development of a creative economy based on intellectual property and increase its share in the country’s GDP. Within the framework of the concept, it is planned to develop the tourism infrastructure, expand the scope of tourist services that meet international standards, increase the competitiveness of this sphere and increase its special role in GDP. In order to develop tourism, legislation and standards regarding this sphere will be improved, the necessary measures will be taken to make full use of the tourism potential of the Caspian Sea, tourism activities will be stimulated in the regions, information and propaganda work will be strengthened, and various types of tourism and relevant tourism routes will be created and promoted on the basis of national, historical-cultural, socio-economic and natural features. Special attention will be paid to the processing of agricultural produce as a sphere that is of special importance in terms of developing the non-oil industry, and complex measures will be taken to increase the productive capability of existing agrarianprocessing enterprises as a result of the application of modern technologies and to create new enterprises. State support will continue in line with international experience in order to stimulate the intensive and effective development of the agrarian sector. Additional measures will be taken to create an environment where the allocation of funds (loans) to this sector by private banks and credit organizations will be encouraged, while the mechanism of insuring agriculture will be improved. As a result, productivity in agriculture will increase and the rural population will become more closely acquainted with advanced international experience. In the next few years, the land market in the country will develop and farmers will be encouraged to join farming traditions on a voluntary basis. Melioration and irrigation measures will be strengthened, and measures will be intensified to prevent soil erosion and the salination of irrigated sowing areas and to increase fertility. The production of eco-friendly agricultural and food products in the country will be stimulated. Also, purposeful measures will be taken to protect genetic reserves and biodiversity and to improve the production of saplings and seedlings, and breeding work. The provision of agricultural producers with modern equipment, fertilizers, seeds and seedlings will improve. In the agrarian sphere, it is planned to improve scientific support and staff training in the agrarian sector. In order to ensure the intensive 16