The first stage of the project “Support for the expansion of international cooperation opportunities of the higher educational institutions of Azerbaijan in the regions” started.
The project is funded by the Ministry of Science and Education of the Republic of Azerbaijan and implemented by the “Bridge to the Future” Youth Public Union.
The aim of the project is to increase employees’ skills and knowledge of higher education institutions located in the region in order to take advantage of international opportunities, including the formation of relevant skills.
In the opening event of the project, MP (deputy) – Parvin Karimzada, board member of the “Bridge to the Future” YPU, Seymur Valiyev, and head of the Innovation Department of the Azerbaijan Technology University – Shamo Salayev spoke and noted the importance of this project for regional universities. Later, the trainer Gulshan Bayramova organized the first training module on internationalization in higher education. In the training, topics such as internationalization strategies of higher education institutions, analysis of the current situation were explained and practical exercises were carried out with the participants.
As the first stage of the project – the training course will continue with the participation of a total of 20 potential employees of 6 higher education institutions from different regions.
As a step after the training, the project experts will conduct an online mentorship program for university employees for a period of 1 month.
Based on the mentorship program, the employees will now work on formulating real project proposals.
It should be noted that the project is one of the winning projects of the grant competition “Organization of voluntary activity in education” announced by the Ministry of Science and Education of the Republic of Azerbaijan.