Projects List

Third Highway Project

The project will contribute to a more efficient and safer Baku–Shamakhi road and higher quality road services as part of the upgrading to motorway standards, and to improve the management of the nascent motorway network.

Second Highway Project, Second Additional Financing

The second additional financing will promote regional economic development and poverty reduction by reducing road transport costs and improving access, transit, and road safety.

Ujar-Zardab-Aghdjabedi Highway Construction

Power Distribution Development Investment Program

The technical assistance aims to set out a financing framework agreement and an investment program that is economically, financially, and technically feasible, and socially and environmentally acceptable.

Preparing the Railways Sector Development Program

The technical assistance supports the Railways Sector Development Program, which enhances railway transport services in Azerbaijan.

Power Transmission Enhancement Project

The project will build a double-circuit 220-kilovolt transmission line and associated substation facilities, replacing two existing lines that have been in use for about 60 years by state-owned power firm, Azerenergy. It will improve power supply, especially in the key Azeri industrial hub, near the capital city of Baku.

Road Network Development Program, Tranche 2 (Ganja Bypass)

The second project under the multitranche financing facility will rehabilitate about 37.5 kilometers of the two-lane Ganja bypass road. The road is part of the country's primary east-west highway linking the capital, Baku, to the Georgian border.

Support to Export Promotion Activities of the Azerbaijan Export and Investment Promotion Foundation (AZPROMO)

The project has supported strengthening the institutional capacity of AZPROMO by providing training opportunities for AZPROMO staff; and supporting AZPROMO in promoting export and investment by organizing country presentations, business forums, conferences in the country and abroad.

Second Highway Project, First Additional Financing (East–West and North–South Corridors: Alat–Masali and Tagiyev–Sahil)

The additional financing will help achieve the original project's objectives to reduce road transport costs and improve access, transit, and road safety within Azerbaijan's east–west and north–south corridors.

Rail Trade and Transport Facilitation Project (East–West Main Line)

The objectives of the Rail Trade and Transport Facilitation Project are to improve railway services in Azerbaijan, as well as the competitiveness, financial sustainability, operating and cost efficiency, and capacity of Azerbaijan Railway (ADDY) in particular along the transport corridor toward Georgia.

Power Transmission Enhancement Project

The objective of the technical assistance (TA) is to review and update the existing pre-feasibility study for a proposed energy investment project, including due diligence review and updated feasibility study with detailed assessment in the financial and economic analysis, social and environmental assessment in line with ADB's guidelines.

Road Network Development Program, Tranche 1

The first project under the multitranche financing facility will construct a 22.1 kilometer expressway between Masalli and Astara on the southern corridor, rehabilitate local roads in the project area and along East-West highway, install vehicle weighing stations in selected locations, and provide project support and capacity building.

Modernization of Customs Services in Azerbaijan Project

The project aims to support the State Customs Committee in strengthening the customs control at the air transport facilities in Baku, as well as its special operations, speeding up customs clearance of air cargo, processing of passengers, and prevention of smuggling.

Second Highway Project

The project will help reduce road transport costs and improve access, transit, and road safety within East–West and North–South corridors by upgrading some sections of the Alat–Masalli road of the Baku–Iran highway (M3) and rehabilitating the Baku–Shamakhi road (M4).

East–West Highway Improvement Project

The project will help accelerate socioeconomic development in west Azerbaijan (Agstafa, Ganja, Goranboy, Khanlar, Qazakh, and Yevlakh) and strengthen regional cooperation by improving transport efficiency in the East-West Highway and selected local roads.

Southern Road Corridor Improvement Project (Alyat–Astara Road)

The technical assistance will prepare the Southern Road Corridor Improvement Project so that it is suitable for Asian Development Bank financing.

Capacity Building Support to the Ministry of Economic Development to Develop a Competitive Non-Oil Sector in Azerbaijan

The project helps Azerbaijan diversify its economy by facilitating the growth of a globally competitive private non-oil sector.

Baku to Samur

The proposed project will upgrade and rehabilitate a 60 km section of road, from Sumgait to Zarat, which is located on the main north–south route from Baku to Samur, which is located at the Russian border.

Transport Sector Development Strategy

The technical assistance aims to improve transport sector performance in Azerbaijan by assessing in detail all modes of transport and identifying strategic priorities and resources for sector development and operational needs for the medium term (2006-2016).

Implementation of the Corporate Plan of the Road Transport Services Department

The technical cooperation of EBRD provides support in the implementation of the corporate plan of Azerbaijan's Road Transport Services Department.