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Azerbaijan State Economic University:
                     a new member of the UNCTAD Virtual Institute


             The Azerbaijan State     Founded
                                                  in
             Economic
                          University
                                      1930, ASEU is a
             (ASEU) has now joined    public university
             the UNCTAD Virtual       located in Baku,
             Institute (Vi), bringing the   Azerbaij an.
             number of core members   ASEU
                                                  is
             and countries represented   Azerbaij an's lea-
             in the Vito thirty-three.   ding university
             ASEU has become the      in the area of
             first Vi member of 2011   economics edu-
             and joins Belarus, Russia   cation
                                                and
             and Ukraine as the fourth   research, offe-
             transition-country core   ring undergra-
             member. The university's   duate, graduate
             application was presented   and Ph.D. pro-
             under the auspices of the   grammes on a
             Permanent Mission of     variety of topics to its more   through its 1,000 profes-  economy), and the overall
             Azerbaijan in Geneva.    than 16,000 students,   sors and teaching staff.   development of the coun-
                                                              The research conducted by  try (employment creation
                                      including about 1,000
             The Vi works with a global   foreign students from fif-  the university relates to  and poverty reduction; the
             network of universities,   teen different countries.   global issues (develop-  Azerbaijani model of sus-
             mainly in developing     Since it was established,   ments in international  tainable socio-economic
             countries, to enhance their   more than 120,000 highly   trade, the international  development).
             capacities to conduct    qualified specialists have   financial system, foreign  ASEU is one of the pio-
             trade-related teaching and   graduated from this presti-  direct investment (FDI))  neers regarding the imple-
             research responding to the   gious university. ASEU   and their implications for  mentation of the Bologna
             needs of policy-makers   offers a higher economic   the country and its integra-  Process setting up the
                                                                                                      Higher
             and other relevant stake-  education in four langua-  tion into the world econo-  European
             holders in their countries.   ges (Azerbaijani, English,   my. Recent research pro-  Education Area in the
                                                              jects covered trade issues  South Caucasus region. It
                                      Russian and Turkish)
                                                                         (the impact of  actively co-operates with
                                                                         WTO acces-   some international educa-
              FRENCH -  GERMAN -  ENGLISH -  ITALIAN -  SPANISH   -  CHINESE
                                                                         sion, regional  tional bodies, such as the
                      ECOLE VARADI SA®                                   integration  Association of European
                ®                                                        and co-opera-  Universities,
                                                                                                         the
               Y                                                         tion, EU inte-  Association of Eurasian
               - TURKISH -   English . German . Chinese • French • Russian   -   gration and  Universities, 	the
                    Around a language in 80 hours
                                                                    AN -
                                                                         the free-trade  Federation of Islamic
                                                                                      Universities, etc.
                                                                         area), compe-
                                  +33 languages
                                                                     ARAB
               SWEDISH   Personalized programs from 1 to 20 lessons per week   titiveness   You can find more infor-
                                                                         (diversifica-
                                                                         tion of the  mation about ASEU and its
                            adults. children . companies
               GERMAN -   Remedial courses on every subject. Reading   -   e c 0 n 0 in y  Vi membership from the
                                                                         toward non-
                                                                                      following
                                                                                                     webs ite:
                                                                         oil sectors,  www aseu. az
                     Preparation for English and French schooling
                                                                         ways
                                                                                  of
                      Secretarial Diploma. Computer studies
                                                                    -
               SWISS   Academic and professional orientation. Coaching   enhancing the
                          Accelerated programs in 3 months
                                                                         country's
               SERB -   Flexible schedule from 7 am to 10 pm .7 days a week   -   competitive-
                                                                         ness, the kno-
                        The first lesson entails no obligation
               N -                                                  -    wledge-based
                      32, avenue de Frontenex - 5 min from Rive          economy, the
                                                                     CROATIAN  FARSI  FINNISH   GREEK  }
                                                                         role of FDI in
                 Tél. 022 736 28 74 	www.ecole-varadi.ch                 the develop-
              ROMANIAN  -  PORTUGESE   -  JAPANESE -  HUNGARIAN -  DUTCH   ment of the
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