IREX is an international nonprofit organization providing leadership and innovative programs to improve the quality of education, strengthen independent media, and foster pluralistic civil society development.
IREX has been registered in Azerbaijan since 1998. Working throughout the country, IREX currently administers a variety of civil society, higher education and media development programs funded by USAID and the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) of the US Department of State.
On Wednesday, January 6, alumni gathered at the IREX office to discuss upcoming activities for the Young Vision project. Young Vision is supported by IREX, American Councils and Ol Movement, and provides opportunities for alumni to conduct outreach sessions in the regions. During these outreach trips, alumni give a presentations on study abroad opportunities, civic participation, community activism and other topics of interest to young people in the regions. The next planning meeting will be held Thursday, January 14, at the ACCELS office.
Nargiz Hajiyeva (MUSKIE 07) conducted Ethics in Leadership Training for 24 high school principles within the Leadership Projects of the Center for Innovation in Education in December.
On December 26, 2009 around 15 Global Undergraduate Program alumni gathered together in order to celebrate New Year in the ADAM's Club and to highlight charity efforts and the value of volunteerism.
On December 19, 2009, 30 Muskie alumni gathered for the Muskie Networking/New Year Celebration Event. Muskie Alumni represented many different program years, from 2001 to 2008.
The Global Undergraduate Exchange Program (Global UGRAD) in Eurasia and Central Asia is a program of the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs of the United States Department of State. The Global UGRAD program provides opportunities for full-time undergraduate students from Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Russian Federation, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine and Uzbekistan to spend one academic year of non-degree study in a US university or community college.
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