Two Azerbaijani girls at an internet computer center

View* the Summer 2007 Azerbaijan Connections and Exchange' newsletter.
[updated 06/19/07]

The Azerbaijan Connections and Exchange Program (ACE) establishes Internet Computer Centers across Azerbaijan and provides extensive training for educators so that these resources can be used to enhance civic education and cross-border dialogue through online collaboration within Azerbaijan and with partner schools abroad. Participants carry out joint educational projects by developing innovative cross-cultural curricula focused on civic engagement and mutual understanding. Working closely with partner schools in the United States, Project Harmony provides educational leadership and technical support to ensure that the use of the Internet is integrated into the academic program of participating schools. ACE has established Internet Computer Centers in fifty schools among seventeen regions - Baku, Ganja, Mingachevir, Barda, Sumgayit, Lenkaran, Sheki, Naxchivan, Ali Bayramli, Quba, Kurdamir, Shamakhi, Sharur, Salyan, Yevlax and Goychay. This program year ACE will open 22 more Internet Computer Centers to schools and communities in Baku, Ganja, Mingachevir, Ismayilli, Sumgayit and Masalli, ten of which will be in direct partnership with the Ministry of Education and World Bank Education Reform initiative.

U.S. teachers interested in connecting their students with Azerbaijani classrooms may visit www.projectharmony.org/scp for more information and an online application. Please note that five active American teachers will be able to participate in an exchange this summer to Azerbaijan.

For more information, please contact: Shawn@projectharmony.org or call (802) 496-4545 for more information.

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