Junior Achievement Azerbaijan has launched Phase I of the Community Economics Education Program (COMEEP) funded by British Petroleum and partners. COMEEP aims at developing the business workforce through economic training for secondary school students, university and college students and graduates, emerging business representatives and other interested community members...

In collaboration with the Azerbaijan Connections and Exchange program, School Economic Education (SEE) program connected 131 US and Azerbaijani-from West Noble High School in Indiana, Lake Mary High School in Florida, School #15 in Sumqayit, and School #1 in Ismayilli-students to examine advertising strategies in a global market. The project "Advertising Globally" asked participants to select similar products and analyze their advertisements in...

During summer and fall 2006, JA Azerbaijan distributed 7,000 textbooks for fifty new School Economic Education Program schools in Baku, Ganje, Sumqayit, Ismayilli, Yevlax, Goychay, Quba and Lenkaran. The materials printed with the financial support of Statoil Azerbaijan, Exxon Mobil Azerbaijan Operating Company, Chevron Azerbaijan and KCA Deutag Caspian are both in Azerbaijani and Russian and are intended to be used in economics classrooms in 10-11th grades...

Throughout October 27-28, the School Economic Education Program students discussed business ethics, cross-cultural understanding and the cores of business management with their peers from Central Asian and South Caucasian countries. Conducted in Karagaly, Kazakhstan, the Global Business Ethics (GBE) conference brought together twenty students, the winners of the international essay competition, and program administrators...

On October 27, 2006, at Park Inn Hotel in Baku, Junior Achievement Azerbaijan hosted a press conference dedicated to the School Economic Education Program (SEE) students' successful participation in the international competitions and the internship program. SEE is funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and private business companies since 2003. The program provides business...

Junior Achievement Azerbaijan started the "Student Companies" project within the School Economic Education program (SEE) for 2006/2007 academic year. "Student Companies" seeks to bring a practical understanding of entrepreneurship to Azerbaijani secondary and high school students and helps them to apply their theoretical economics knowledge and entrepreneurship skills by creating business plans for running a private company...

Junior Achievement Azerbaijan Board of Directors would like to take this opportunity to express our deepest gratitude and appreciation to Mr. Stein A. Bogwald, the outgoing Chairman of JAA Board of Directors, Mr. David K. Churchman, the outgoing Deputy Chairman of JAA Board of Directors, and Mr. Nicholas Blower, outgoing member of JAA Board of Directors, for their invaluable contribution...

Shahin Qahramanzade and Ayaz Efendiyev decided to become businessmen, but as they admit "did not know what qualities and skills a successful business person should possess." Now after graduating from Junior Achievement Azerbaijan programs both students run a successful web design business - Newstyle (www.newstyle.ws) along with their partners from Germany and Russia...

In May-August, 2006, Junior Achievement Azerbaijan provided nine most successful students with the opportunity to learn careers in the real work environment through the Work Experience Program. Every year twenty winner-students of JAA's "Student Companies," "Management and Economic Simulation Exercise," and "Global Business Ethics" projects receive the opportunity to apply for one...

The School Economic Education Program (SEE) student-team from Zangi Lyceum in Baku triumphed at the prestigious Hewlett Packard Global Business Challenge by becoming the Third among more than 1,000 teams from 68 nations. The successful team competed in the contest's finals, held in Cupertino, California on August 14-19, 2006, with eight teams from Ukraine, Russia, Estonia, Canada, and China...

Throughout August, 2006 more than eighty economics, math, and geography teachers from fifty new SEE schools and colleges in Baku, Ganje, Sumqayit, Yevlakh, Lenkaran, Quba, Ismayilli, and Goychay participated in the Junior Achievement Economics training. JA Azerbaijan conducted the course designed for secondary school teachers as a part of the School Economic Education program (SEE)...

Junior Achievement Azerbaijan enhances its economics curriculum by bringing international collaboration and distance learning components to its projects. In collaboration with Project Harmony, JA Azerbaijan starts series of international online educational initiatives beginning October, 2006. During the activities the students and teachers from the United States and Azerbaijan will learn advertising and marketing strategies, the necessary first steps...

Junior Achievement Azerbaijan (JAA) has received a sub-grant from the United States Agency for International Development for financing its School Economic Education Program, and now intends to apply part of the funds from the grant for feasibility study on Content Improvement of JAA Economics Textbook and JAA Teachers’ Manual in Azerbaijani and Russian languages...

In 2006, teachers and students from fifty new schools in Baku , Ganje, Sumqayit, Lenkaran, Yevlakh, Quba, Ismayilli and Goychay will enter the exciting world of market economy, business, ethics and economic relationships through Junior Achievement Azerbaijan programs within the School Economic Education (SEE) Program. The program will reach broader audiences by expanding into five colleges in Baku , Ganje, Sumqayit and Lenkaran to its network. SEE is funded by the United States Agency for...

Project Harmony and Junior Achievement Azerbaijan cooperate within the Azerbaijan Connections and Exchange (ACE) program, funded by the US Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. Both ACE and School Economic Education (SEE) programs interact in many ways to bring positive change to the communities by providing online project facilitation and computer training, technical troubleshooting and mobilizing...

We are inviting teachers and students from the schools within SEE network to join the project that will engage student teams of five in business management and administration training and business plan writing...

The Global Business Ethics program’s fall semester for 2006 (V Session) starts September 25, encompassing 14 schools and involving 420 students throughout seven regions of Azerbaijan.

The program starts with the Teacher Workshop that will be held for fourteen participating teachers. Each of these teachers will instruct the twelve-module-based GBE curriculum for 30 students at their school October 1 through December 10...

On March 15, 2006, at Delfin Hotel, JAA held the final session of the “Student Companies” project implemented by JAA and sponsored by JAA private donors and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID).

The project, launched in October 2005, is one of the most popular JAA project that helps Azerbaijani secondary school students to apply their theoretical economics knowledge and entrepreneurship skills by creating business plans for running a private company...

A crowd of teachers, parents, students and media representatives gathered at School #18 in Sheki to listen to US Ambassador, Mr. Reno Harnish's lecture on labor productivity and to listen to his discussion on US economy with JAA economics class of thirty students on March 10, 2006. The Ambassador visited JAA school within his business trip to Ismayilli and Sheki, where he met with local government officials as well as visited US Government...

On July 25, 2006 at 6.00 pm, at Nasimi Room of Park Inn Hotel, Junior Achievement Azerbaijan (JAA) will host an event dedicated to the successful participation of School Economic Education program students in the international Hewlett-Packard Global Business Challenge. School Economic Education Program is funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and implemented by JAA in Azerbaijan. Minister of Education, Dr. Misir Mardanov, current USAID Country Coordinator, Mr. James Goggin and newly-appointed USAID Country Coordinator, Mr. Scott Taylor are expected to attend the event. All media representatives are invited to attend this event...

In February 2006, Junior Achievement Azerbaijan launched the forth session of the Global Business Ethics (GBE) program with 240 students and eight teachers from eight Baku , Sumqayit and Lenkaran schools. The course links students worldwide through a virtual web space, giving them the opportunity to debate and discuss ethical dilemmas, exploring common values, character development, and business ethics through a twelve-week case study-based curriculum...

This year Junior Achievement Azerbaijan, with the support from the United States Agency for International Development, sponsors 130 students' participation in the international Hewlett-Packard Global Business Challenge (HPGBC). JAA also provided technical assistance to fifteen alumni to join the contest...

In 2005-2006 more than 7,500 students from eighty schools throughout Azerbaijan explored the new world of free market, business and entrepreneurship using Junior Achievement Azerbaijan “Economics” textbooks and computers. Within the School Economics Education Program JAA distributed 6,900 Azeri and 800 Russian-language books and materials on teaching Economics and fifty computers to schools in Baku, Ganje, Sumqayit, Mingechevir, Aghdash, Ali Bayramli, Barda, Lenkaran, Quba, Zaqatala, Ismayilli and Qazakh during September-December 2005...

On March 7, 2006 at Baku School #20, JAA conducted Global Business Ethics (GBE) training of trainers for School Economic Education (SEE) program teachers. The Global Business Ethics program takes students from around the world through a twelve-week case study-based program as they explore personal values, character development, and business ethics. With the assistance of mentors, the program link students, giving them the opportunity to debate and discuss ethical dilemmas...

237 high school students from eight School Economics Education program schools in Baku and Sumqayit examined global communication, conflict research, critical thinking and decision making skills through the Global Business Ethics (GBE) program, implemented by Junior Achievement Azerbaijan and funded by United States Agency for International Development and Junior Achievement Worldwide. During the program teachers and students from Baku Zangi Lyceum, Elite Gymnasium, schools #147 and #6 and Sumqayit schools #15, #23 and Tafakkur Lyceum participated in a series of training sessions, business case studies and interviews where they explored personal values, character development, and business ethics...