IDEA has for the first time started usage of biodegradable bags in Azerbaijan.

IDEA has installed environmental boards at the ASAN xidmət center which has been newly opened in Ganja.

The international environmental forum of youth of the CIS countries titled "Learning from each other" was opened in Baku on December 17.

IDEA (International Dialogue for Environmental Action) Public Union, founded by the Vice-President of Haydar Aliyev Foundation, Mrs. Leyla Aliyeva, and "YARAT!" Contemporary Art Space carried out a joint project "From Waste to Art".

The awarding ceremony of the national stage of the international contest "Eco Picture Diary 2013" held among schoolchildren in Azerbaijan for the first time took place in the Heydar Aliyev Center on 10 December.

State Agency for Public Service and Social Innovations under the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan and IDEA (International Dialogue for Environmental Action) Public Union have signed a memorandum of cooperation.