State Committee for City Building and Architecture (Azerbaijan)
The State Committee for City Building and Architecture () is a governmental agency within the Cabinet of Azerbaijan in charge of regulating the urban construction and development and overseeing architectural activities in Azerbaijan. The Committee is headed by Anar Guliyev. History. The committee was established on February 28, 2006 on the basis of "State Construction and Architecture Committee" which was abolished on the same day and its component entities of "Azərdövlətsənayelayihə State Design Institute", "State Appraisal Department" were transferred to the Ministry of Emergency Situations. On April 4, 2007, in accordance with the  Presidential Decree No. 2081, Abbas Alasgarov was appointed as its chairman. Structure. The committee is headed by the Chairman of the collegium of six members which include the chairman of Nakhichevan AR Committee for City Building and Architecture, chief of Administration of State Committee for City Building and Architecture, director of the Department of Architecture within the committee, director of the Department for Documentation and Compliance of Architectural Planning, director of "Azərmemarlayihə State Design Institute" and director of "Baku State Design Institute". Main functions of the committee are ensuring compliance of urban construction with the state policies of Azerbaijan Republic ; development of the city building sector; protection and preservation of traditions of city building and national architecture; assurance of proper use of territories and their resources in cities and their surroundings; preparations of city building methodologies and manuals; assurance in increasing quality in architectural planning and design of buildings, towers and other complexes, etc. The committee, in cooperation with Mayoralty of Baku and other executive governmental offices, also oversees preservation and storage of dismantled monuments. One of the largest projects on the committee's agenda is the development of Greater Baku, a project to be funded by the World Bank  for development of Baku, Sumgayit, Absheron for the next 20 years. Statue. The State Town Building and Architecture Committee of Azerbaijan is governed by the Constitution of Azerbaijan, Presidential decrees and orders, Cabinet of Ministers` decisions, and international treaties which are also supported by Azerbaijan. The Committee operates in association with other executive power and local self-governing bodies and non-governmental organizations. It has an independent balance, public property, seal, treasury and bank accounts, and own title, corresponding stamps and forms. The Committee is funded by the state budget and other sources identified by legislation. Committee`s activities and  duties. The State Town Building and Architecture Committee of Azerbaijan is responsible for protection of the town building and national architectural traditions and along with corresponding executive power and local self-governing bodies the effective use of territories of towns, settlements historically formed around them taking into consideration their natural and local features. It also assures creation of the standard-methodological support for implementation of the public town building cadastre and implementation of the town building cadastre in the way set for the republic, in parallel, development of the architectural planning and projecting solutions of buildings, establishments and their complexes ; Duties of the Committee include: Departments. City Planning Department Department of Urban Cadastre Department of Architecture Planning and Architectural Planning Department Department of Economics Project and Scientific Department Department of City Planning and Architectural Control Technical Regulations and Licensing Department Engineering department Department of International Relations and Information Finance, Accounting Department of Personnel, Labor and Social Affairs Common department Sub-organizations. Azermemarlayiha State Project. The Azermemarlayiha state project began its activity in 1930 as the Kolkhoz Cooperative Construction Bureau. Since its establishment, the main activity of the organization has been the design of important agricultural facilities, district planning projects, drawing  up master plans for cities and districts, and designing public and residential buildings. AzIMETI. The Azerbaijan Research Institute of Construction and Architecture was created on the basis of the Resolution of the Council of Ministers of the USSR dated June 13, 1984, and the Council of Ministers of the Azerbaijan SSR. The Institute aims at developing new favorable and reliable building solutions for buildings and structures, building, studying various building structures and engineering techniques, as well as studying and strengthening buildings and structures and improving the principles of urban planning in accordance with local climatic and social conditions, studying The  new progressive architecture and national traditions of architecture. Baku State Design Institute. Baku State Design Institute was founded in 1937. Since its inception, the institute has been engaged in project activities, during which problems of urban planning were solved and schemes and projects for engineering and transport infrastructure were developed. Since 2005, the Institute is the author of the General Plan of the city of Baku. The institute's activities include regional planning projects, master plans, detailed planning projects, construction projects of residential areas, residential and civil buildings projects, engineering and communication infrastructure, environmental protection, ecology, dendrology, drainage, geodetic and  geological research.