Irada Baghirli

Civil Servant, Special rank: I rank migration service employee

Experienced Protocol & International Cooperation Specialist with 8+ years in high-level government roles, including presidential protocol, migration diplomacy, and intergovernmental negotiations. Adept at organizing state-level events, drafting bilateral agreements, and coordinating with UN, EU, and regional actors. Recognized for professionalism, discretion, and effective leadership in international affairs.

• 9th Online Course on Teaching Refugee Law of the Department of International Refugee Law and Migration Law, IIHL, Sanremo ( 3 April - 3 March 2025)
• 11th Online Course on International Migration Law of the International Institute of Humanitarian Law (IIHL) of San-Remo University (Apr 2023- May 2023);
• Training on Introduction to International Recommendations on Refugee and IDP Statistics by the Statistical Institute for Asia and The Pacific (Mar 2023-Apr 2023);
• Seminar on “Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration” for Central Asian countries organized by IOM (October 14, 2023, Tashkent, the Republic of Uzbekistan);
• Study trip on “Migrant Resource Center” within the framework of the technical assistance and information exchange instrument of the European Union (TAIEX) (on November 29 - December 1, 2022; Zagreb, Republic of Croatia);
• Training on migration data organized by the International Organization for Migration’s Global Migration Data Analysis Centre (2-3 October, 2022, Istanbul);
• Training of Trainers in the framework of the Regional Training Center on Migration (25-29 July, 2022, Baku);
• Representing Azerbaijan on the first International Migration Review Forum, New York, USA / Headquarters of the United Nations in New York (16 - 20 May, 2022, USA, New York);
• Framework of “Consolidation of Migration and Border Management Capacities in Azerbaijan Project”, implemented by the European Union (EU) and the International Organization for Migration (IOM) (30 October-1 November 2017, Baku);
• “Cascade Training Manual on combating human trafficking” in the framework of “Enhancement of National Capacities to Combat Human Trafficking in Azerbaijan” project implemented by EU and IOM; (5-7 December 2018, Baku);
• Seminar on kinship and citizenship issues” by IOM (4-5 October 2018, Baku);
• Workshop on combating human trafficking” in the framework of “Enhancement of National Capacities to Combat Human Trafficking in Azerbaijan” project implemented by the EU and the IOM (11-12 October 2018, Baku);
• Training on Ways to Combat Violent Extremism and Radicalization: An Inclusive Society, Diversity and Tolerance” by leaders of the Foundation of Kofi Annan “Extremely Together” (27 February 2019, Baku);
• Training on combating human trafficking and detection of forged documents” by the Embassy of the United States of America in the Republic of Azerbaijan (28-29 March 2019, Baku);
• Representing Azerbaijan at “ The 10th Anniversary of the Prague Process” event (17 June 2019, Bucharest, Romania);
• Training on implementation of Advance Passenger Information (API) and Passenger Name Record (PNR) systems in Azerbaijan” by IOM, United Nations Counter-Terrorism Office (UNOCT) and UK Border Force (5-7 February 2020, Baku).

• Trainer of the Regional Training Center on Migration (since 2022);
• Trainer on Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration on the roll-out session on Curriculum of the Regional Training Center on Migration (29 September, 2022, Baku);
• Speaker on “Global Migration Trends” theme at the event with the participation of students of the European Law Students Association (ELSA) (7 July 2019);
• Trainer on “Information about migration: main concepts and terms, global migration trends” at Migration School-2 of the State Migration Service of the Republic of Azerbaijan;
• Speaker on “Migration and COVID-19 – the main challenges” theme at the event with the participation of students of the European Law Students Association (ELSA) (19 July 2020).