Tofig Babayev is also the Head of International Relations and Innovation Department at the Institute of Control Systems, Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences and chief of eCommerce Working Group of EU4Digital project in Eastern Partnership countries. He was previously national coordinator of 12 ICT-related European Union-funded projects, including the Study on Harmonisation of Digital Markets (HDM) in the EaP (eTrade, eLogistics, Digital Transport Corridors.