October 2008 - May 2009
Three Regional Business Resource Centers conduct business environment studies in Yevlakh, Agdash, and Agstafa Contact person: Rasim Tajeddin
November 2008
Online Registration for Graduate Entrepreneurship Training through IT starts on JAA website. Contact person: Rashad Khanlarov
November 2008
JAA to issue pre-program evaluation results in BTC and Baku Corridor regions Contact person: Hokuma Babayeva.
November 2008 – January 2009
JAA conducts National Management and Economics Competition for 10-11 grade students Contact person: Rashad Khanlarov
November 2008 - May 2009
Student Companies, the youth entrepreneurship project, starts for students Contact person: Seymur Hajiyev
December 2008
Business Ethics training starts for rural entrepreneurs in BTC regions Contact person: Rasim Tajeddin
January 2009
National Skills@Work Challenge starts for vocational schools in 6 regions Contact person: Seymur Hajiyev
February - May 2009
JAA to start "JA Success Skills" which will provide engaging, academically enriching, and experiential-learning sessions in work-readiness education and career perspectives. Contact person: Hokuma Babayeva
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JA Azerbaijan announces the start of the National Management and Economics Competition for 2008/2009 academic year. Each school can nominate two teams of three members to participate in the elimination rounds. The group round for the School Economics Education Program (SEE) schools will be conducted on November 23 in Baku School #132 at 10 a.m. The School Economics and Business Education Program ...
October 31 2008, in Caspian Plaza Meeting Room, Hewlett Packard (НР) and Junior Achievement Azerbaijan hosted the opening of the GET-IT Training Center for young entrepreneurs. Students, teachers, JAA program alumni, business community and media representatives attended the event. Established in JA Azerbaijan office (Caspian Business Center, Floor 7), the Center will be functioning within the HP GET-IT (Graduate Entrepreneurship Training through IT) Program, which provides professional IT in business management skills to young entrepreneurs, unemployed and students ...
September 27, 2008, at Caspian Plaza, the United States Agency of International Development (USAID), Chevron Khazar Ltd. and StatoilHydro Azerbaijan signed the Memorandum of Understanding to support the implementation of the School Economics Education (SEE) Program by Junior Achievement Azerbaijan in 230 schools of Azerbaijan in 2008-2010. Within the Global Development Alliance (GDA), established between USAID, StatoilHydro and Chevron, the Memorandum envisages the implementation of SEE program activities that support business and economic education in Azerbaijan ...
In August 2008, British Council and Junior Achievement Azerbaijan signed the Memorandum of Understanding on the implementation of the Skills@Work Challenge in 2008/9.
The Skills@Work Challenge is a national and international competition to encourage young people to use their skills in enterprising and innovative ways, ultimately increasing their employability and entrepreneurial flair. The contest is designed to deliver valuable entrepreneurial experience to students from twelve vocational and technical colleges in ...
Junior Achievement Azerbaijan had a great pleasure of cooperating with BP and partners, StatoilHydro, McDermott Caspian Contractors, and KCA Deutag within the Student Internship Program 2008. The project designed to provide hands-on work-readiness skills and help the participants decide about their careers, placed eight JA students in work environment with business professionals. During the one-week experience at StatoilHydro, McDermott, and KCA Deutag the students explored the companies’ business values, available professions, and business ethics...
While the world’s sport tensions heated in Beijing, sixteen young bright business minds challenged each other in Colorado Springs, CO, United States for the prestigious Hewlett-Packard Global Business Competition awards. Junior Achievement Worldwide and HP Corporation brought together eight teams from Argentina, Azerbaijan, Canada, Estonia, Lithuania, Hong-Kong, United States, and Poland, who passed through qualification rounds and semi-finals of the business Olympiad to compete in the final contest.
The HP Global Business Challenge (HPGBC) is based on JA Titan...
Colorado Springs, Colo. - JA Worldwide (Junior Achievement) has been awarded special consultative status to the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC). Special consultative status is granted to organizations with expertise in a particular field of activity covered by the Economic and Social Council. Through this status, JA is recognized as an important organization in issues relating to economic development as it relates to young people. Organizations with consultative status are allowed to participate, present written contribution and make statements to the Council...
Azerbaijan’s Minister of Education, Dr. Misir Mardanov, issued the decree “On Economics Education in Azerbaijan Republic Secondary Schools” dated July 17, 2008 that supports implementation of Junior Achievement activities. According to the order the tenth-graders from 15 rural schools in Agdash, Ujar, Kurdamir, Yevlakh, and Goranboy regions will join the network of 225 schools and 10 colleges that now study economics and business through JA Applied Economics curriculum and the national and international competitions. Junior Achievement Azerbaijan with the funding from BP and ...
Junior Achievement uses hands-on experiences to help young people understand the economics of life. In partnership with business and educators, Junior Achievement brings the real world to students, opening their minds to their potential. Junior Achievement's unique approach integrates program materials, training, and support. Junior Achievement is the success bridge between education and business.
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--- Dr. Graham B. Spanier
President
The Pennsylvania
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