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...
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Junior Achievement provides teachers, and schools with concrete programmes, and allows students to learn how to put theory into practice and to understand what entrepreneurship is about. In this way students gain self-confidence and motivation, become proactive and learn how to work in a team. This is an important investment in Europe's future.
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Junior Achievement provides teachers, and schools with concrete programmes, and allows students to learn how to put theory into practice and to understand what entrepreneurship is about. In this way students gain self-confidence and motivation, become proactive and learn how to work in a team. This is an important investment in Europe's future.