Dr. Tofig A. Babayev

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Latvia, Riga April 6-7 , 2005
Advanced Resource Centres for Rural Economic
Development (ARCRED)

• Dr. Tofig A. Babayev
• e-mail tbabayev_at_bstc.az
• http//www.bstc.az

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On February 7, 2002 the joint project "National
Information Communication Technology Strategy
(NICTS) development and its initial
implementation in the Republic of Azerbaijan"
between the Government of Azerbaijan and UNDP was
signed.
The aim of the Strategy Via wide application of
information-communication technologies promote
democracy and build information society in the
country
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NICTS
Main directions

• Evaluation of status. Monitoring
• Development of information-communication
• infrastructure
• Creation and development of legal base related
• to informatization
• Wide use of Azerbaijan language and ABC in
• national information space
• Establishment of national information recourses
• Development of internet and information
  services

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NICTS
Main directions

• Creation and development of regional and local
  information centers

• Creation and development of regional and local
  information centers

• Application and development of information-communi
  cation technologies in Governmental
  organizations. Training of state servants
• Development of ICT fundamental and applied
  sciences
• Informatization of the education. Distant
  education

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BSTC main activity
Baku Scientific and Training Centre
Baku Scientific Training Centre (BSTC) was
established in 1987 y

• Training and re-training of IT users and
  professionals
• Research in new IT
• Software development and implementation
• System integration
• Preparing of post graduate students
• Web-design

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BSTC main activity

• Training and re-training of IT users and
  professionals
• Research in new IT
• Software development and implementation
• System integration
• Preparing of post graduate students
• Web-design

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Projects of UNESCO/UNDP implemented by BSTC

• Strengthening of Computer and Technology and
  Training Centre for Azerbaijan (1995-1997)

• Establishment of Sumgait Computer Centre for
  Training and Information and Telecommunications
  Services (1996-1999)

• Establishment of Nakhchivan Computer Centre for
  Training and Business Information Services
  (1998-2000)

Establishment of Regional Academy for Online
Network Governance and System Administration
(RAONGSA) (2001-2003)
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Baku Scientific and Training Centre

Regional IT Academy
CISCO Regional Academy
Microsoft CTEC
Testing Centre
Azerbaijan Project Management Association
Training Centre
PROMETRIC Testing Centre
MOUS Testing Centre
ECDL Testing Centre
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BSTC branches
BSTC established 14 branches in different
regions of Azerbaijan, including computer centres
in two big cities Nakhchivan and Sumgait
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Model devolopped by BSTC for Regional IT Centres
establishment

• Selection of Region, negotiations with local
  authorities
• Holding of ICT Workshops for regional
  population
• Choosing of the office for Regional Information
  Centre
• Selection of staff for future RIC from
  residential population and carrying out training
  for them in BSTC
• Equipping of RIC with computers, furniture etc.

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Model devolopped by BSTC for Regional IT Centres
establishment

• Registration of RIC as a BCTC branch
• Providing RIC with training materials
  (curriculum, books, multimedia training courses
  on CD in Azeri language)
• Carrying out experimental courses with BSTC
  participation.

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Main requirements

• maintenance of high level of training and
  services
• financial sustainability

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At present Regional IT Centres render following
services

• Computer courses
• Internet services
• Special courses under the agreement with regional
  placement departments of Ministry of Labor and
  social security (business courses, secretary
  courses, computer courses and English courses)
• Training for admission to Universities
• Software development by local organizations
  request
• Printing services and etc.

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Further steps

• update infrastructure of local IT centres
• provide them with leased Internet channel
• promote autonomous activities of local IT centers
  including resource recovery
• reinforce capacity of local Information Centres
  for reshaping them into
• Advanced Resource Centres for Rural Economic
  Development (ARCRED)

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Functions of ARCRED

• Vocational Training for Grassroots
• Training for SMS Entrepreneurs
• Information and consulting Service

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BSTC as an NCP of IST EC Programme in
Azerbaijan takes part in following projects of
IST EC Programme
Support for Telematics Application Cooperation
with the Commonwealth of Independent
States (1996-1999)
New Methods of Working for Information Society
Technologies Programme Promotion to
Commonwealth of Independent States (2000-2003)
Telework Solutions for Promotion of EU
Cooperation in Business and Research with the
Commonwealth of Independent States (2002-2005)

TRISTAN-East Training of IST multipliers and
Awareness Nurturing in the 3-rd Countries of
EAST Europe (NIS) (2003-2005)
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Workshop"Telework in government, business,
research and vocational training"5-6 February,
2004Baku, Azerbaijan
More than 150 participants from 14 foreign
countries as well as from different regions of
Azerbaijan took part at the Workshop

• 25 specialists from Austria, Belgium, Germany,
  France, Netherlands, Spain, Turkey, Latvia,
  Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Kyrghyzstan,
  Uzbekistan and Georgia

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IDCs activity in Azerbaijan

• IDCs are supplied with appropriate releases,
  books
• and periodicals
• Database of organisations, that may be
  interested in
• participating in IST Programme of EC was
  created
• IDC in BSTC organises workshops and meetings
  with
• representatives of local state and private
  organisations,
• SMEs and NGO, provides them with information
  about
• FP6 priorities, mainly IST programme of EC.
• Participants of workshops were acquainted with
  rules of
• proposals preparation, submitting them to EC,
  partners
• seeking and forming consortia.

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Thank you for your attention !

• Dr. Tofig A. Babayev
• e-mail tbabayev_at_bstc.az
• http//www.bstc.az