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Baku International Congress

Tunneling and Underground Infrastructure in Urban Areas

Baku, Azerbaijan, 10-11 September 2012

Azerbaijan Tunnelling Association


Tunneling and Underground

Infrastructure in Urban Areas

Baku, Azerbaijan,

10-11 September 2012

Official Partners:

Platinum Sponsors:

Gold Sponsors:

Partner: Official Hotel: Travel Partners:

Ministry of Culture and

Tourism of the Republic

of Azerbaijan

International

Tunnelling

Association

The University of

Architecture and

Building Azerbaijan

French Tunneling and

Underground Space

Association

Baku City

Executive

Power

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1. Message from the President

of the Azerbaijan Tunnelling Association 2

2. Congress Organizing Committee 3

3. Information about AZTA, AFTES, ITA-AITES 4

4. Programme 7

1 Day - 10 September

2 Day - 11 September

5. Congress Location 10

6. Registration Conditions 10

7. Exhibition Floor Plan 11

8. Accommodation 12

9. Programme for accompanying persons 14

10. Pre / Post Congress Tours 15

11. Transport 16

12. Visa Procedure 18

13. About Azerbaijan 20

14. Great Baku Projects 22

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Message from the President

of the Azerbaijan Tunnelling Association

Dear Colleagues and Partners,

Azerbaijan Tunnelling Association (AzTA)

is pleased to invite you to join the Baku

International Congress «Tunnelling and

Underground Infrastructure in Urban Areas» in

Azerbaijan from 10th to 11th September 2012.

This event is organized by the Azerbaijan

Tunnelling Association (AzTA) under the auspices

of the International Tunnelling and Underground Space Association (ITA)

and of partnership French Tunnelling and Underground Space Association

(AFTES). Azerbaijan and other new states have a lot of major infrastructure

projects including the construction of great underground structures for the

coming years. We intend to organize this conference which will provide the

opportunity to present all these new projects of urbanization, the prospects

of tunnels and underground structures in the region. With in this context

other topics such as security, new methods of operation and construction,

technical innovation in the implementation of the underground structures in

urban areas will also be discussed.

Dear colleagues, we are pleased to provide the opportunity to discover

the capital of the Republic of Azerbaijan, a country of warm friendly eastern

hospitality. The country located on the crossroads of key economic and

cultural ways of Eurasia and Baku is a bridge linking the East with the West.

Baku plays a key role as one of the largest political and economic centre of

the Caucasian region.

I look forward to seeing you and it is my pleasure you invite to visit Azerbaijan!

We warmly welcome you.

Shaiq Efendiyev

President of Azerbaijan

Tunnelling Association

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GENERAL ORGANISATION

Congress Organizing Committee

Shaig EFENDIYEV – President Azerbaijan Tunnelling Association Kamala MURADOVA – Chairman Organizing CommitteeAlain BALAN – Honorary President AFTES Olivier VION – Executive Director ITA-AITESYun BAI – Professor, Vice-President Member Nation Coordination ITA- AITESIgor KHANKISHIEV – Azertunnel-Subway Bulding Society Nargiz ABDULLAYEVA – Pro-rector, Azerbaijan University of Architecture and ConstructionYagub PIRIYEV – Dean of Department of Transport, Azerbaijan University of Architecture and ConstructionFrançois VALIN – President of The Equipment, Machinery and Products Committee, AFTESAlain MERCUSOT – Secretary General, AFTESArif RASULOV – Deputy Head and Chief of the Station Project Directorate of Baku MetroEfendi ISMIEV – Chairman, Azerkorpu SC Khalil GOYUSHOV – Chairman, KBT LLCKamala BUNYATOVA – Jurist, AzTADavud ABDULLAYEV – Director of BakuMetro Project Institute Arif AlIYEV – Engineer, Azertunnel Mirnasir SAMADOV – Accountant, AzTaAlikram AGAYEV – Advisor, Azertunnel Rauf ISMAILOV – Chief Production EngineerBahruz HIDAYETZADE – Director of Business Development, ITECA Caspian

Babek AMASHEV – Technical Manager, ITECA Caspian

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AzTA - Azerbaijan Tunnelling Association 33, H. Javid str., AZ1070, Baku, Azerbaijan

Azerbaijan Tunneling Association was created in 1992

just after the independence of the Azerbaijan and became

the 59th member nation of ITA. The AzTA includes 14 collective members.

The objectives are :

the underground engineering theme,

many related fields(technical, scientific, standards, industrial, economic,

legal, administrative and social),

partnership organizations, and forging contacts with public and private

bodies(consulting engineers, universities, research laboratories, contractors)

for exchanging information concerning underground structures.

Infrastructure in Urban Areas” is first event organized by AzTA.

Founded in 1974 by the initiative of nineteen Nations, the International

Tunnelling and Underground Space Association (ITA) which aims are:

- to encourage the use of the subsurface for the benefit of public,

environment and sustainable development;

- to promote advances in planning, design, construction, maintenance

and safety of tunnels and underground space, by bringing together

information thereon and by studying questions related thereto;

Since then, ITA has considerably developed. Any independent nation,

may through the medium of a National Organization become an ITA

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Corporations and individuals (as far as they fulfill the conditions) can

member”. ITA gathers 280 Corporate or Individual Affiliate Members.

The General Assembly, which met annually, resolves all questions

concerning the organization and conducts of the affairs of the Association;

it shall approve the budget of receipts and expenditure, and appoint and

organize all Committees of the Association; it shall decide on the admission

of new adhering national Organization and of the new affiliate member.

The General Assembly is host by a Member Nation at the occasion of the

yearly World Tunnel Congress.

AFTES -French Tunneling and Underground

Space Association

Member of the ITA

Founded in 1972 as a non-profit organization, the French Association of

Tunneling and Underground Space (AFTES), aims to :

- associate, with an ongoing commitment, owners, engineering firms,

research and training centers and contractors, architects, urbanists,

equipment manufacturers, teachers,

- mobilize our industry in order to share and develop our common

knowledge,

- keep informed and support all stakeholders in technical, contractual,

social, environmental matters,

- promote the use of Underground Space and support all actions to make

it known,

- improve visibility of AFTES’ actions and works including its national and

international influence,

- help enlarging the know-how of French engineering and contracting

firms know-how

- keep developing technical input and doctrine elaboration, in line with key

needs of our members and including even higher technical intelligence,

- attract and involve more young people in AFTES and in the underground

business.

AFTES, more than 790 members, is headed by a Board of Directors (36

directors) and run by an Executive Council (11 members) assisted by a

secretariat and supported by Committee.

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Congress Theme

Tunnelling and Underground Infrastructure

of Urban Areas

Main topics:

- Presentation of infrastructure projects: extension of metro, tunnel,

highway and railways in Azerbaijan and Russia, Ukraine etc .

- Underground Infrastructure as a solution for modern urbanization

- Urban tunnelling

- Construction of underground infrastructures in complex

geological conditions

- Latest technical innovations in tunnelling

- Urban tunnels driving: methods and risk control

- Security and safety in tunnels and in underground structures

Session proceedings

Simultaneous translation will be provided throughout all sessions on all two

days. At the start of the first session for each topic, the rapporteur-general

will present the key features of the communications to be published in the

proceedings of the Congress, particularly those which will not be included

in the oral presentations. At the end of each session, delegates may put

their to the session’s speakers.

Publications

Delegates will be supplied the Proceedings of the Congress (summary

and digital media) on arrival. These will include all the communications

selected, whether or not have been presented in sessions.

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SUMMARY PROGRAMME

Monday 10 September 2012 Tuesday 11 September 2012

Wednesday

12 September

2012

Time Time

08.00-

09.00Registration

08.30-

9.00Registration

09.00-

10.30

10.30-

11.00

11.00-

12.30

12.30-

14.00

14.00 -

15.30

15.30-

16.00

16.00-

17.00

17.30-

18.30

18.30-

19.00

19.00-

21.00

Opening Ceremony:

Official Speeches

Exhibition Opening

Ceremony

Session 1: Great City

Projects Presentation

project Great Baku

Lunch

Presentation Great

Baku, Great Paris

Coffee Break

Subway of Kiev,

Presentation Great Baku,

Great Paris

Visit tribute to H.Aliyev,

founder of the new

Republic of Azerbaijan

Discover the Old -City

of Baku, UNESCO

heritage

Welcome Reception

in the Old City

09.00-

10.30

10.30-

11.00

11.00-

12.30

12.30-

14.00

14.00-

15.40

15.40-

16.00

16.00-

17.00

17.00-

17.30

17.30-

18.00

19.00-

21.30

Session 2: Keynote lecture

Tunnels and Underground

Infrastructure of urban Areas as

a modern solution.

Coffee Break


Construction of Underground

Infrastructures in complex

geological conditions,

Lunch


Newest technology in

Mechanized Tunneling

Coffee Break

Session 5: Keynote lecture:

Urban tunnel driving: methods

and risk control

Security and safety in tunnels

in road tunnels

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PROGRAMME DETAILED MONDAY 10 SEPTEMBER 2012

08.00-09.00 Registration

09.00-10.30

Shaig Efendiyev, AzTA President Abulfaz Garayev, Tourism and Cultural Ministre Hajybala Abutalybov, Mayor of Baku City In Mo LEE, ITA - AITES President Alain Balan, AFTES Honorary President

11.00-11.20 Presentation Great Baku project, A. Aleskarov, Chairman of the Architecture and City Development Committee

11.20-12.00 The project of Development Metro of Baku for 20 next years Arif Rasulov, Deputy Head and Chief of the Station Project Directorate of Baku Metro

14.00-14.20 Architecture of the stations of Baku Subway, Professor Nargiz Abdullayeva,

14.20-14.45 Baku White City project Presentation

14.45-15.05 Presentation Parking Project

15.05-15.30 Great Paris Project Presentation

16.00-16.20 Subway of Kiev

16.20-16.40 Subway of Barcelona

16.40-17.00 Road Tunnels of Baku

17.30-18.30 Visit tribute to H. Aliyev, founder of the new Republic of Azerbaijan

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TUESDAY 11 SEPTEMBER 201209.00-10.30 Tunnels and Underground

Infrastructure of urban Areas as a modern solution “CAIRO Development of a metro in a very dense urban environment” Francois RENAULT - Vinci GAUTRAIN - Jean Denys ARNAL –Bouygues ATHENS Subway, Bruno GEOFFROY –Vinci

11.00-12.30 Session 3: “Particular constraints for the design of Memar Ajami station of the new Baku purple line metro” Systra “Design and Build of underground car parks in urban and/or historical centers” Michel MOREL - Vinci “EPB tunneling with shallow cover under the historical Lavov most in Sophia” Systra

14.00-15.40 Session 4: “Newest technology in Mechanized Tunneling” Martin HERRENKNECHT – Herrenknecht -“Mechanized Tunneling in Soft Sole General Aspect & History of Machine’s Devel opment” Rick LOVAT “Moby Dic, méthodes instrumentation sur les tunneliers” par Bruno COMBES –

compliance with site safety requirement” Bekaert “Rocksky

Maccaferri Gabions CIS Ltd

16.00-17.00 Session 5:incertitudes des risques géotechniques en travaux souterrains” M. Deffayet, Manager of CETU “Management and control of risks in the conception and realization of underground mass transport infrastructures on

construction” Fabrice BELHOMME HSE - QA/QC Manager for Africa - Middle East – Asia – Waterworks – LNG

17.00-17.30 ”Security and safety in tunnels in road tunnels” M. Deffayet, Manager of CETU

17.30-18.00 Closing Ceremony

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All technical sessions, social events, workshops and exhibit will be conducted at:JW Marriott Absheron 674 Azadliq Square, Baku, AZ1010, Azerbaijan

The registration fee for participants is 650€ trough 15 June 2012 and 750 € thereafter.

The registration fee includes:- Conference sessions (2days) - Monday’s reception- Simultaneous interpretation,- Lunch and coffee break - Free admission to the exhibit hall- The conference packet- A technical visit

- Monday’s reception- Free access to the exhibit hall

More information and for registration form: www.azta-asso.com, e-mail: [email protected]

Equipped space: rear and side walls, carpet,fascia panel with company name, 1 table, 2 chairs, waste basket, electricity connection (3kW), 1 plug socket (220v) per and 1 spot lights per 4m².

The congress organizing committee offers various sponsoring packages to raise

information please contact: [email protected]

Three mains sponsoring:

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ACCOMMODATION

JW Marriott Hotel Absheron Baku674 Azadliq Square, Baku, AZ1010, Azerbaijan

Luxury JW Marriott hotel is located in the Baku city centre, on the Azadliq

Square, nearby Baku Boulevard.

The hotel features 243 rooms with a view to the Caspian Sea and city center of

Baku. 13 meeting rooms with daylight, 1208 sq.m. pillarless Ballroom with pan-

oramic view and high ceilings.

GREENWICH Travel Club provides special rates for accommodation in JW Mar-

riott Hotel Absheron Baku:

Deluxe room SGL/DBL - 170 AZN / 185 AZN

*Prices are including breakfast and excluding 18% VAT and 1.10 municipality tax

Option:

Executive Deluxe room SGL/DBL - 210 AZN / 235 AZN

JW Executive benefits:

· Private check-in and Private check-out

· ONE Superior continental breakfast

· All day snacks & beverages

· Cocktails & Hors D’Oeuvres

· Extended selection of newspapers and magazines

· Complimentary pressing (1 garment)

· Complimentary Internet access

· Complimentary parking

· Concierge services

· Access to the 300 square meters area of outdoor terrace

· Complimentary meeting room access (2 hours)

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5* hotels

ATROPAT Hotel 5* (15 min walking distance from Marriott)Standard room SGL/DBL - 115 AZN / 135 AZN

HILTON BAKU 5* (5 min walking distance from Marriott)Single/Twin Hilton Guest room - 200 AZN/218 AZN

4* hotels

AUSTIN Hotel 4* (15 min walking distance from Marriott)

Standard room SGL/DBL- 120 AZN/144 AZN

GANJELI PLAZA Hotel 4* (2 min walking distance from Marriott )

Standard room SGL/DBL – 100 AZN/120 AZN

PARK INN 4* (5 min walking distance from Marriott )Standard Room SGL/DBL - 180 AZN/210 AZN

*Rates maybe lower on the moment of booking.

Please, confirm with the official travel agency!

3* hotels

KICHIK GALA Boutique Hotel 3* (15 min walking distance from Marriott)

Standard Room SGL/DBL - 100 AZN/110 AZN

THE HORISON Hotel 3* (15 min walking distance from Marriott)Standard Room SGL/DBL - 80 AZN/90 AZN

*Above rates are exclusive of 18% VAT and 1.10 municipality tax

*Above rates are inclusive breakfast

For reservation please contact Greenwich Travel:

Mrs. Sabina Bagirova

Tel/Fax. +994 12 465-70-62

Mob. +994 50 731-83-56

E-mail: [email protected]

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PROGRAMME FOR ACCOMPANYING PERSONS

Baku City Tour & Gobustan

1 Day,

10 September 12

Baku -City Visit

TourIncludes

Price per Person 150 € Includes

Starts - 10.30

Lunch - 13.00

Ends - 17.00

Visiting Azneft square,

Crystal Hall,

Visiting «Black City «

(in ancient times there

were many oil wells at

that place, thus, people

called this place Black

City) Carpet’s museum,

Modern Art Museum,

Opera and Balet theatre,

Caviar Shopping

-Transfer

- English Speaking Escort

Guide from the beginning

till the end of the program

- Excursions according to

program by local guides (if

required)

-All Entry Fees per

program (required to give

lists of sites require entry

fees)

-Lunch

2th day

11 September 12Gobustan City Tour Price per person 150 €

This day is devoted for visiting to Gobustan reserve. Gobustan is an open-air museum

with littered Neolithic rock drawings. You can see a lot of drawings made by Stone Age

folks on the rocks, which reflect the daily life, especially as they were hunting and liked

boogie. Their dances are thought to have been accompanied by the melodious strains

of the Gaval-Dashy (Tambourine Stone) - a rock that has a deep, resonating tone when

struck.

The well-preserved sketches display ancient populations travelling on reed boats; men

hunt antelope and wild bulls, women dance. The famed Norwegian anthropologist Thor

Heyerdahl returned many times to Azerbaijan between 1961 and his death in 2002 to study

the site, which he argued to be evidence that modern-day Scandinavians migrated north

through the Caucasus in prehistoric times. He found similarities in the drawings to those

found in Scandinavia, particularly some in Alta, Norway. According to Icelandic Sagas,

written in the 13-th century, the Norse God Odin (Wotan) migrated from the Caucasus in

the first century AD.

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PRE -POST CONGRESS TOUR

TOUR TO Sheki

(2 days; 1 night)

1 Day

Breakfast in hotel

This day is devoted to be close to historical places of the country, join

Palace (XV c.), Juma mosque (Shamakhi, beg. XX c.).

Lunch based on the cuisine of South-Caucasian region in restaurant

Lunch in Restaurant

After Lunch devoted for journey to Sheki, North-Western part of

Azerbaijan. Visit to Caravanserai (Sheki Khans’ Palace, 18th c.), silk

factory. Then visit to Albanian church.

Arrival in Sheki. Leisure

Dinner (Sheki cuisine)

Overnight in Narin Qala

2 DayBreakfast in Sheki Narin Qala and departure to Baku. On the way is

an excursion-trip to Shamakhi.

2 DAYS 1 NIGHT OF TOUR Baku- Qebele – Sheki INCLUDES:

Transfer: Baku-Ismayilli - Qebele-Sheki-Baki

1 night hotel in Sheki Sheki Olimpic Hotel 4*

Accommodation

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All entrance fees to sightseeing places in all towns mentioned in the itinerary

Transportation in a fully air-conditioned, non-smoking coach

Services of professional Azeri, English, Russian, Turkish, speaking guides

2 DAYS 1 NIGHT OF Tour Baku- Qebele – Sheki EXCLUDES:

Alcoholic drinks

Insurance

Air-ticket

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TRANSPORT

Azerbaijan Airlines

Azerbaijan Airlines (AZAL, Az rbaycan Hava Yollar in Azerbaijani) is part of the

Azerbaijan Hava Yollari Closed Joint Stock Company, the biggest Azerbaijani

airline and national flag carrier. Headquartered in Baku, it is a member of the

International Air Transport Association (IATA).

The airline’s base airport, the Baku Heydar Aliyev international airport, is located 20 km

north-east of Baku. Azerbaijan Hava Yollari operates passenger flights to countries of

Europe, the CIS, Middle East and Asia. In 2014, after purchasing new Boeing aircraft for

long-haul flights, the airline plans to open regular flights to destinations in North America

and South-East Asia. As a national flag carrier, Azerbaijan Hava Yollari holds an important

place in the international aviation community and a leading position in the CIS. Azerbaijan

Hava Yollari is also a regional and CIS leader for the number of new aircraft.

www.azal.az

The Heydar Aliyev International Airport

The largest out of the 6 international airports in the country, the Heydar Aliyev

Airport is located 25 kilometers to the north of Baku. Cards and cash (Azerbaijani

manats, US dollars, euros and Russian rubles) are accepted.

Besides the Heydar Aliyev Airport, airports in Nakhchivan, Ganja, Zaqatala,

Lankaran and Qabala are currently operating, each of them having the status

of an international airport.

2 DAYS 1 NIGHT OF Tour Baku- Qebele – Sheki: 250 € per person

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Address: AZ104, Baku, Bina, the District of Khazar

Phone: (+99412) 497 2600

www.airport.az

Taxi

TX4 make London Cabs may be ordered anytime at *9000. The fare is 70 qapik

per 1 kilometer for the distance of 10 km., 40 qapik per kilometer for the distance

up to 20 km., and 20 qapik per kilometer for the distance exceeding 20 km.

Meanwhile 189 taxi service is also available.

The Baku Subway

Two subway lines with 23 operating stations are currently functioning in the city. The

entrance to subway is by cards, the fare for one time ride is 20 qapik. Icherisheher,

Sahil and May 28 stations are located amidst the downtown, whereas Koroghlu is

close to the Heydar Aliyev International Airport.

National Currency

Manat is Azerbaijan’s national currency. At the moment, 1, 5, 10, 20, 50 and 100

manats bills are used in the country.

The banknotes have 4 levels of protection. The first security level elements for

general population are the same for all types of banknotes and located in the

same place. These indicate the banknotes’ face value together with the word

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VISA PROCEDURE

Note: The visa support is given as a part of accommodation package and it is free of charge.

If the visa support is ordered without accommodation it will be subject to 60 per person.

Citizens of the most CIS countries do not need visa to enter Azerbaijan

(except Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan).

Citizens of Turkey has simplified visa entry procedure. The visa is granted

upon arrival at the Baku Airport.

Citizens of Israel taking direct flight of AZAL (Azerbaijan Airlines) from Tel-

Aviv can obtain visa on arrival to Baku Airport.

Citizens of other countries need to obtain visa in one of the nearest

Azerbaijani diplomatic missions abroad before traveling to Azerbaijan. The

Letter of Invitation (LOI) from the organizer should be obtained to apply for

the visa. Issuing of LOI takes 1-2 working days. See the list of Azeri diplo-

matic missions abroad on pages 4 – 6.

Citizens of the most Asian, Pacific Ocean Islands and African coun-

tries should have the Visa Support Letter (VSL) from the Ministry of Foreign

Affairs of Azerbaijan when applying to visa. Please, note that the VSL to

these nationals is provided selectively.

Proceeding of visas in the Consulate takes up to 10 working days (please,

confirm with the correspondent diplomatic mission).

Note: As many exhibitors usually plan to visit several exhibitions and have many business

trips, it is strongly recommended to obtain your visa beforehand.

Important: Due to the new visa system (from January 2012) all applicants should

apply to the Consulate in person to provide their fingertips and biometric photos,

new online applications are filled by the Consulate employees in applicant`s pres-

ence. In this case there is no need in the VSL. Before appliance, please, confirm if

the particular Azeri consulate is already connected to this system.

Warning: Non-compliance with the entry regulations will result in the deportation

of the traveler.

More information on the types of visa and period of stay in Azerbaijan can

be obtained at www.mfa.gov.az. The rules and fees are subject to

change without prior notification.

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ABOUT AZERBAIJAN

We are pleased to hereby

introduce Azerbaijan, a

miraculous country with the

nature second to none, the

history of multiple centuries,

the residents hospitable,

the lifestyle flamboyant, the

culture diverse and based

on the synthesis of various

civilizations, the customs and

traditions truly unique.

The Republic of Azerbaijan is

located in the eastern part of the South Caucasus, at the western coast of the

Caspian Sea, with Baku as the capital city. The country features rich and bountful

nature with wildlife varying a lot among its major areas like Nakhchivan, Sheki

Zagatala, Qusar, Lerik, Shamakhy, Shusha, Aghdam, etc.

Azerbaijan is a geographic concept. The origin of the country’s name is bound

with the cult of fire professed by the majority of this area’s inhabitants since times

became the signature element of the peninsula of Absheron where Baku is located.

The source of this flame were rich deposits of natural gas running upon the surface

and nurturing this flame. The last surviving natural wonder of this kind, Yanar Dagh

(the Flaming Hill), may still be found in Baku’s suburb of Muhammadli, whereas in

Surakhane, the whole shrine of fire-worshippers, Atashgah, was erected atop of

never extinguishing fire torches. It was this phenomenon of natural fire and the cult

of worshipping it that won Azerbaijan its name of the Land of Fire.

The structural formation of Azerbaijan’s political system was completed by way of

the acceptance of the new Constitution of Azerbaijan on November 12th, 1995.

The constitution established Azerbaijan as a democratic, constitutional, secular

and unitary republic. The Republic of Azerbaijan is ruled by the people. The

sovereign duty of the people of the Republic of Azerbaijan is to determine its future

fate and the form of independent and free ruling. The power in Azerbaijan is divided

into the legislative, executive and judicial powers. Each of them acts in accordance

with the constitution and legislative acts. The president is the head of the state.

The legislative power is held by Milli Majlis. Executive power is carried out by

the president, while the judicial power is held by the courts of the Republic of

Azerbaijan. To January 15, 2010, population of the Republic of Azerbaijan was

estimated at 9 million.

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ABOUT BAKU

Baku is a historical city located on the

west side of the Caspian Sea and the

south of Absheron peninsula. Baki is

often named the city of winds. The city

features a dry subtropical climate.

The overall area of Baku is 2130

square kilometers and it consists of 11

administrative districts. Old Baku was

once a center of trade and oil production. The history of oil production and its

spread to the surrounding areas dates back to the period of the Babylonian

Empire.

along with clay in Babylon walls. Known

as a fuel it was exported from Absheron

peninsula to Iran, Iraq and India. In 700-

600 BC oil was used in all areas of daily

life, including medicine, home heating

and lightening”.

The oil and gas Baku was so famous

about were the reason of the appearance

of a unique Fire temple built as a

Zoroastrian shrine to worship spectacular flames more than 2,500 years ago over

gas seepage in Surakhane, one of Baku’s oil rich suburbs. With dissemination of

Islam in the area, the temple was used by the Indian Zoroastrians viewing Baku

with its eternal flames as a sort of Mecca. Alexander Dumas the Father found 3

last worshippers in the shrine during

his voyage to Baku in 1859. Today,

Atashgah, the Temple of Fire is cherished

as a museum. Inscriptions in Sanskrit

featuring the place are considered to be

rare findings. Deeply-rooted traditions

of worshipping fire in Baku provide one

of the explanations of the city’s name.

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Along with being known as The City of

Winds (Baadiye-Kubiden), the origin of

Baku’s name is oftentimes explained as

Ateshi-Baqavan, i.e. The Place of Fire

(Atesh), the House of Lord (Baqavan).

Interestingly enogh, the wind and the fire

remain the major features distinguishing

Baku to this very day.

Being a bridge between the East and

the West, Baku had been captivating

the world for centuries as an intersection of various cultures and civilizations.

Maintaining close economic and cultural ties with the Central Asia and the Middle

East, as well as other areas through marine and caravan trade, Baku was known as

the major exporter of oil and salt since the times immemorial. A recognized urban

settlement since the time of its foundation, Baku grew into a significant cultural

and commercial hub in the following

centuries, with the image, layout and

development pattern of its own.

The spirit of contemporary Baku is very

attractive indeed. For the city with a rich

and eventful history is in the meantime

a vibrant and dynamic metropolitan

area today dotted with modern-style

high risers, museums, theatres, concert

halls, a lengthy waterfront promenade area (the Boulevard), beautiful parks,

restaurants equally proficient in national and universally accepted cuisine, as well

as recreational areas.

In the meantime Baku’s social and public life is extremely flamboyant. Important

international conferences, festivals,

exhibitions, and business and sporting

events, held in Baku, increase the

regional significance of Azerbaijan’s

capital. The Bakuvians are the greatest

asset of the city. The hospitality and

openness of the city’s residents leave an

indelible impression for anyone visiting

Baku.

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Baku, Azerbaijan,


GREAT BAKU PROJECTS

Baku subway extension program for 20 years

The project of Baku subway construction was already studied in 1932. But the beginning of Second World War slowed down the realization of this project. Today Baku subway is consisted of two lines. According to the new program the construction of 3 more lines are scheduled which will serve the entire city. By decree of March 18, 2011 of the Presi-dent of the Azerbaijan Republic a development program for the next 20 years was set up. This program consists of increasing the number of stations till 76.Thus we have a challenge to build 53 new stations, 119km of tunnels for 5 independent lines.

The development scheme of the lines

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Baku, Azerbaijan,


Baku White City

“Baku White City” project is one of the major urban-planning projects carried out in Azerbaijan in respect of Decree of the President of the Azerbaijan Repub-lic, Ilham Aliyev, entitled to “Comprehensive action plan for improving the ec-ological conditions in the Azerbaijan Republic during 2006 - 2010” and accord-ing to the order of the Ex-ecutive Power of Baku City dated June 11, 2007.

The project provides resto-ration and development of the eastern part of the city centre (Black City) with the territory over 221 hectare into the new modern cen-tre of Baku affording addi-tional opportunities for at-traction of investments.

“Baku White City” Master-plan considers creation of 10 universal urban dis-tricts, which will offer the best conditions for life, work, recreation and enter-tainment to its residents.

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Baku, Azerbaijan,


As lead consultant, the world-renowned global multidisciplinary engineer-ing and architectural de-sign form Atkins (UK) per-formed masterplanning and detailed planning activities for the project. Along with specialists from Azerbai-

“F+A Architects” were also involved.




Baku, Azerbaijan,


BITC - 2012 Organizing Committee

Ms.Kamala Muradova, Chairman

E-mail: [email protected]

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www.azta-asso.com

Link of sponsor and partners:

ITA-AITES www.ita-aites.org

AFTES www.aftes.asso.fr

AzertunelMetroTikinti SC www.aztmt.az

Ministry of Culture and Tourism

of the Republic of Azerbaijan www.mct.gov.az

Baku City Executive Power www.bakucity.az

ITECA CASPIAN www.iteca.az

HERRENKNECHT www.herrenknecht.de

VINCI www.vinci.com

Bouygues www.bouygues-construction.com

MILLENNIUM tourism&congress DMC www.millenniumtour.az

GREENWICH Travel Club www.exhibitions.gwtc.az

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