| Organization Title: | Oil Workers Rights Protection Organization Public Union |
| Legal Status: | NGO |
| Legal Representative: | Mirvari Gahramanly (mob: (99450) 220 27 52) |
| Address: | 38 Shemsi Bedelbeyli, Baku АZЕ 1014 |
| Email: | е-mail: gmirvari@azeronline.com |
| Phone: | (99412) 494 33 76 |
| Fax: | (99412) 494 14 58 |
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Why, when and by whom was our organization established? Explain the fundamental stages and major changes the Organization underwent. What is your major action for last 3 years?
Formation of new economic relations based on private property, realization of big oil projects in Azerbaijan was accompanied by violation of human rights in oil sector of Azerbaijan. Existing trade unions were passive in protection of human rights of employees.
The public has no information of contracts signed with big oil companies. It was too difficult to be familiarized with these documents and majority of these contracts were signed under very hard economic conditions for Azerbaijan.
In connection with this, a group of oil workers founded in 1996 Oil Workers Rights Protection Organization Public Union (the Organization) in oil industry of Azerbaijan and assure public control on oil projects. From its establishment the Organization has actively operated in field of protection of employee rights, evaluation of social impact of operation of oil companies on environment, effective use of revenues coming from oil production and sale, discovery of corruption in oil industry and fighting against that (for detailed information visit www.nhmt-az.org). After long-term hard operation the Organization was registered in 2006 only.
1. Protection of human rights in oil industry and training of these rights
In 1999, 2000 and 2002 implemented educational programme on study of Labor Code of Azerbaijan among oil workers due to financial support of Westminster Fund of Great Britain, Eastern Europe Institute of America, Netherlands Embassy, Royal Norwegian Embassy to Azerbaijan.
Renders free legal help to oil workers. Monitors trials, informs the country community, respective government bodies and international community of illegalities and corruption admitted by judges, partakes in making of alternative reports on human rights, including socio-economic and labor rights. Due to efforts and with direct participation of the Organization 4 writs not met in Azerbaijani courts on labor right were taken into execution by European Human Rights Court in 2005.
Renders legal aid to local employees working in contracting and subcontracting companies involved in oil projects implemented in oil industry of Azerbaijan in creating their trade unions in order to protect their socio-economic rights. Due to support of our organization local employees in 5 foreign companies involved in oil projects created in 2005 their trade unions.
2. Public control on big-scale projects, also projects funded by International Financial Institutions (IFI) and holding monitoring:
In connection with this, the Organization held monitoring in 2003, 2004 and 2005 on the impact of BTC oil pipeline on socio-economic problems in districts of Azerbaijan, partook in the monitoring of BTC Public Investment Programme and implementation of audit of process of elimination of discrepancies found out by the monitoring. Besides, head of the Organization held BTC monitoring in Georgia and Turkey within the international mission.
From January 2007 the Organization monitors project ‘Urban water supply and sanitation” of Agdash, Nakhichevan and Goychay cities’ implemented due to financial support of ADB.
The Organization is organizer of International Seminar to be held in October 2007 in Baku regarding action of ADB in Azerbaijan in order to increase knowledge and skills of NGOs.
3. The functioning in realization of fight against the corruption in the country program:
For this goal, the Organization implemented in 2004 project ‘Obligations of the Republic of Azerbaijan before CE: Corruption and Poverty’ and as result of this, informed the public of 98 corruption facts for 6 months
To find out the state of implementation of State Programme on Fight with Corruption (2004-2006) adopted by the government to fight corruption the Organization held monitoring in 6 districts, results of the monitoring were declared to the domestic and international community, delivered to other government bodies fighting the corruption
Starts to implement from October 2007 project ‘Fighting the corruption via the press’ funded by the Embassy of Finland.
4. Monitors action of IFI in Azerbaijan:
Implements project ‘Action of IFI in Azerbaijan’ started in 2003 and continued at present. Head of the Organization attended in 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2007 the annual sittings of EBRD Directors Board in London, Belgrade, London and Kazan, annual meetings of ADB in Istanbul, Hyderabad and Kyoto in 2005, 2006 and 2007, tried for solution of different problems in projects funded by EBRD and ADB.
From January 2007 monitors the projects to be funded by IFI this year.
5. Action in field of assurance of transparency in oil revenues use:
Partook as partner organization in implementation of project ‘Public discussion of delay of audit of SOCAR and state of transparency in action of the Company’ due to funds of Open Society Institute - Assistance Fund in June-December 2006
Implemented in October 2006-June 2007 project ‘Monitoring of projects on use of oil revenues and public discussion of results’ implemented due to financial support of Oxfam Novib
From April 2007 implementation of project ‘Assurance of public control on action of oil companies in Salyan city’ due to funds of Open Society Institute - Assistance Fund.
From January 2008 implementation of project “Assurance of transparency in the use of oil revenues, organizing public awareness campaigns and public listening”.
From January 2008 monitoring of “National Action Plan on Protection of human rights in the Republic of Azerbaijan”
The Organization is member of Azerbaijan NGO Coalition ‘Lifting Transparency in Mine Industry’, NGO Coalition ‘Transparency in Oil Revenues Use’, Azerbaijan Human Rights Organizations Federation, international organization CIVICUS, partner organization BANK WATCH, International NGO Forum that controls action of ADB.
License number: 031588
AUDITOR OPINION
“Kernur Audit” Limited Liability Company
I, Vahabov Adil Idris - Director of the “Kernur Audit” Limited Liability Company performing audit services on the basis of the license No 031588 issued by the Azerbaijan Chamber of Auditors on 01 February 2008 have audited the financial-economic activities of the Client – Oil Workers Rights Protection Organization for its project period of 01 December 2007 – 30 November 2008 based on the agreement No - AP 031377 on Provision of audit services signed on 30 December 2008. The audit was started on 01 March 2009 and completed on 19 March 2008.
Management's Responsibility for the Financial Statement
Management is responsible for the preparation and fair presentation of these financial statements in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards. This responsibility includes: designing, implementing and maintaining internal control relevant-to the preparation and fair presentation of financial statements that are from material misstatements, whether due to fraud or error; selecting and applying appropriate accounting policies; and making accounting estimates that are reasonable in the circumstances.
Auditor's Responsibility
Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audit. We conducted our audits in accordance with International Standards on Auditing. Those standards require that we comply with ethical requirements and plan and perform the audits to obtain reasonable assurance whether the financial statements are free from material misstatement. An audit involves performing procedures to obtain audit evidence about the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. The procedures selected depend on the auditor's judgment, including the assessment of the risks of material misstatement of the financial statement, whether due to fraud or error. In making those risk assessment, the auditor considers internal control relevant to the entity's preparation of the financial statements in order to design audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances; but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the entity's internal control. An audit also includes evaluating the appropriateness of accounting policies used and the reasonableness of accounting estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our audit opinion.
Opinion
In our opinion, the financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Organization as of November 30, 2008 and its financial performance and its cash flows for the year then ended in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards.
This report is intended solely for the information and use of management of the Oxfam Novib and should not be used for any other purpose.
Mr Vahabov Adil Idris
Director, “Kernur Audit” Limited Liability Company
Baku, 27 July 2009