Garadagh Cement OJSC and Junior Achievement Azerbaijan, in strategic partnership with the Ministry of Education, launched the School Business Education Program (SBE) in Sahil and Umid settlements of Baku. Started in October, the program will continue until September 2011, and will provide economic and business education to 940 high school students at the age of 15-17 and train 6 educators on teaching economics, entrepreneurship, and financial literacy...
In September 2010, with the support of Bakcell Ltd. and in partnership with Alcatel-Lucent Azerbaijan, Junior Achievement Azerbaijan launched the second phase of the Introduction to Mobile Telecommunications Business Program. The two-year program will support 90 undergraduate students with technical backgrounds to obtain the work-readiness and business ethics skills, learn about the mobile telecommunications through the industry-specific practical training program, and apply the knowledge gained in the actual workplace through the internship program at Bakcell ...
March 10, 2010 – 2.30 p.m. at Grand Hotel Europe, Baku Room: Junior Achievement Azerbaijan hosts the finals of the 2010 National Management and Economics Competition (NMEC). The activity is conducted within the School Economics Education Program (SEE), supported by the coalition of companies – Statoil Absheron, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), and Chevron Khazar Ltd. as main donors, and Baker & McKenzie, Bakcell, AmCham, and the Ministry of Youth and Sports as event partners ...
On January 27-28 2010 Junior Achievement Azerbaijan together with the British Council, Azercell Telecom LLC Company and Microsoft Azerbaijan will conduct national finals of 2010 Skills@Work Challenge competition in Grand Hotel Europe.The opening will take place on the 28th of January at 10.00 in Grand Hotel Europe and will bring around 100 students from 7 vocational technical schools to compete for the best decision on business case set before participants. Supporting internationalism in the field of vocational education and training in South-East ...
Baku, Azerbaijan – JA Azerbaijan has been awarded a grant from MetLife Foundation to translate JA Exploring Economics™ into Azerbaijani. The program teaches high school students about fundamental economic concepts and their effect on U.S. and global markets, the role government plays within a market economy, and how economic principles guide business decisions. MetLife Foundation provided major funding for development and implementation of JA Exploring Economics. Four JA operations received the 2009 translation grants, which were ...
Azerbaijani students from the Azerbaijan State Oil Academy and Baku School #95 advanced to the finals of the 14th Annual HP Global Business Challenge – a prestigious economics and business competition conducted by Junior Achievement Worldwide ...
May 26, 2009 – 3 p.m. at Hotel Ambassador, Countess Room: 63 most successful participants of the JA Student Companies program, the youth entrepreneurship initiative, from across Azerbaijan will come together for the 2009 Student Business Day. JA Student Companies program is a component of larger School Economics and Business Education Program, funded by BP and its co-ventures in ACG, Shahdeniz, BTC, and SCP, StatoilHydro, USAID, Chevron, and Baker & McKenzie and implemented by Junior Achievement Azerbaijan in strategic partnership with Ministry of Education ...
April 21, 2009 – 3 p.m.at Grand Hotel Europe, Baku Room: Junior Achievement Azerbaijan (JAA) will host the finals of the National Management and Economics Competition (NMEC) 2009. The activity is conducted within the School Economics Education Program, supported by BP and its co-ventures in ACG, Shahdeniz, BTC, and SCP, StatoilHydro, USAID, Chevron, and Baker & McKenzie.
The guest speakers at the event will be representing Azerbaijan Ministry of Education, USAID, BP, StatoilHydro ...
Hosted by British Council in partnership with Junior Achievement Azerbaijan the national finals of Skills@Work Challenge competition will take place on January 27 at the Grand Hotel Europe.
The event starts at 10 am in the Baku Room and brings together 100 students from 11 vocational and technical colleges to compete on providing the best solution to a proposed business challenge. All media agencies are invited to attend the event ...
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.
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.
--- Jose Manuel Barroso, President of the European Commission
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.