Within the framework of Eastern Partnership and with the aim of promoting local democracy, an EU-funded project aimed at building ‘capacity for increased participation by citizens and increased accountability of elected bodies’ was able to establish advisory councils in a number of local communities. Azerbaijan is also represented in CORLEAP through the Chair of the Association of City-Municipalities of Azerbaijan; Chairman of the Committee of Human Rights International and Inter-Parliamentary Relations of the Ali Majlis (Parliament) of the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic (Azerbaijan); and Chair, Sheki city municipality. Azerbaijan also has an embassy in Brussels that represents the interests of the country in negotiations with the European Union. ​