Dear Partners, Junior Achievement Azerbaijan is pleased to announce the recruitment of volunteers for the 2009 Student Companies Program.JA Student Companies Program provides basic economic education for high school students. By organizing and operating an actual business enterprise, students not only learn how businesses function, they also learn about the structure of free enterprise system and the benefits it provides.
The program covers actual steps of setting up a company and its departments; defining the roles of leadership and employees; developing departments’ and company business plans and output producing and selling.Lessons Timeline: Once a week from November till April or more flexible schedule depending ...
In September 2009, the American Chamber of Commerce in Azerbaijan (AmCham) donated 5,000 AZN (6,250 USD) in support of the School Economics Education Program (SEE). The funding will be allocated for the implementation of the JA Titan TM business simulation component, the National Management and Economics Competition for 105 secondary school students, and the JA Job Shadow Program for 6 students.The SEE Program is supported by the coalition of companies, such as StatoilHydro, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Chevron ...
In May 2009, Junior Achievement Azerbaijan had the honor to welcome Mr. Seymour Khalilov, BP Azerbaijan, and Ms. Ineke Botter, Bakcell Limited, as the new members to the Board of Directors. JAA Board of Directors is comprised of key business leaders, who determine the organization’s mission and purpose. Currently, chaired by Mr. Daniel Matthews, Baker & McKenzie, the JAA Board includes the representatives from StatoilHydro, Chevron, USAID, American Chamber of Commerce, ExxonMobil, and PricewaterhouseCoopers.
BP and its co-ventures and JA Azerbaijan signed the contract for 2009/2010 for the implementation of the Community Economics and Business Education Program – Phase II in the regions affected by Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline. The extended program will support local municipalities to create social enterprises that will benefit both municipalities and communities they serve; enhance business education in secondary schools; and assist high school students in career and education choices.
In May, the American Chamber of Commerce (AmCham), Bakcell and Baker & McKenzie joined the coalition to support the School Economics Education Program (SEE). Launched in 2008, the program is implemented by JA Azerbaijan with the financial support from StatoilHydro Azerbaijan, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), and Chevron Khazar, and in strategic partnership with the Ministry of Education.SEE delivers economics and business knowledge to 94,000 students and over 300 teachers in 230 schools and colleges through ...
In May, in collaboration with McDermott Caspian Contractors, ExxonMobil, KCA Deutag, and Baker & McKenzie, JAA organized HR classes at four schools engaged in the implementation of the JA Success Skills program. Designed for the high school level, the project meets the needs of a diverse group of students by providing engaging, academically enriching, and experiential learning sessions in work-readiness and career perspectives. The final session consisted of the in-class activity with the HR specialist, during which the students learned the most ...
The World Bank announces the Y2Y Global Youth Conference 2009 Essay Competition: Youth Entrepreneurship in Times of Crisis. The young entrepreneurs are invited to share ideas on the following topics: What are the constraints to youth entrepreneurship in your country? Has the global crisis changed the dynamics? How can governments help young entrepreneurs to create and further develop their social and productive ventures? The essay guidelines and conference information are available here.
Bakcell, one of the leading mobile operators in Azerbaijan, is starting a new initiative to support students of technical Universities in the country. Bakcell will organize for the students of various universities to spend time in the company as part of the job-shadowing program. This program will allow the students to get to know the company and the telecommunications industry in general.
For this purpose Bakcell signed an agreement with Junior Achievement Azerbaijan, JAA, one of the world-wide leading organizations dedicated to educating youth about work ...
Throughout June-August 2009, five international companies operating in Azerbaijan will host 11 secondary school and college students, the winners of Junior Achievement Azerbaijan (JAA) projects and competitions, for the annual Job Shadow project. The initiative is a part of larger School Economics Education Program funded by StatoilHydro, US Agency for International Development, Chevron, Baker & McKenzie, American Chamber of Commerce, and Bakcell. JA Job Shadow places the most successful participants of JAA programs on job sites and provides them with the ...
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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.