Junior Achievement Azerbaijan Board of Directors would like to take this opportunity to express our deepest gratitude and appreciation to Mr. James L. Hensley, the outgoing Chairman of JAA Board of Directors, for his invaluable contribution to the organization's successful operation in Azerbaijan over the past six years...

On November 10-11, Junior Achievement On November, 10-11, 2005 one hundred teachers from eleven regions throughout Azerbaijan shared their experiences and expertise in teaching economics at the School Economics Education (SEE) Program's Lead Teacher Conference held by Junior Achievement Azerbaijan (JAA) and Project Harmony (PH). The US Ambassador to Azerbaijan Mr. Reno L. Harnish, Azerbaijan Republic's Minister of Education, Dr. Misir Mardanov, USAID Country Coordinator Mr. James L. Goggin, local and foreign business community and media representatives all participated in the event...

On November 10-11, Junior Achievement Azerbaijan and Project Harmony will conduct the School Economics Education Program Lead Teacher Conference for the teachers involved in JAA economics and business education curriculum. 50 teachers from Baku and 50 teachers from the schools in other regions of Azerbaijan will participate in the two-day event at Grand Hotel Europe. Azerbaijan Republic's Minister of Education, US Ambassador to Azerbaijan, the representatives from international and local businesses and media are invited to take part in the event...

On October 16, 2005, JAA held a competition to test business skills of students for Student Company Program in Zangi Lyceum. 82 students from 31 teams representing 27 schools of Baku and Sumqayit (BMLK, schools # 95, 96, 234, 158, 15 etc.) took part in the testing. 10 teams with scores ranging 155-170 (maximum 200) gained privilege to participate in the next stages of Student Company Program...

As a new step JAA plans to include 50 new schools into the project from the following regions this year.
Organization's representatives interviewed teachers from schools in the above-mentioned regions and invited them to summer economics training. In the fall of 2005, JAA had a total of 130 schools in the country. Every year more than 15,000 students take "Applied Economics" classes introduced by JA in Azerbaijani high schools...

On June 17, 2005, JAA organized a ceremony on the occasion of successful participation of Azerbaijani teams in Hewlett Packard Global Business Challenge (HPGBC) international competition in Hyatt Regency Hotel.
For five years JAA has been sponsoring teams from Azerbaijan schools to compete in the HPGBC International Competition. Each year JAA organizes a country-wide challenge to prepare for the international competition in which teams from regions around Azerbaijan (Baku, Absheron, Sumqayit, Lankaran and Ismayilli) compete in the “National Applied Economics Competition"...