Participation of Representatives of All Accredited Higher Education Institutions, Governmental Institutions, the Civil Society and Mass Media

Venue: Baku State University

New building, 1^st floor, Conference hall

9:30 – 10:00    Registration of Participants (New building of BSU,1^st floor, Conference hall)

10:00 – 10:30 Welcome Addresses:

-         Prof. Abel Maharramov,Rector of  Baku State University

-         Prof. Misir Mardanov, Minister of Education of AR

-         Ambassador Rolan Kobia, EU  Special Representative , Head European Commission  Delegation  in Baku

10 :30 – 10 :45    Features of  TEMPUS IV in 2009 and  results of  2^nd Call Proposals (Mr. Franz Steidele – Tempus program Desk Officer. European Commission. The Education Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency for European Union - EACEA)

10:45 – 11:00  Coffee

11:15 – 12:30  News about 2009 Tempus IV 3^rd Call for Proposals and  management of the program by EACEA (Mr. Franz Steidele – Tempus program Desk Officer. European Commission. The Education Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency for European Union - EACEA)

12 :30 – 12 :45    Discussion

13 :00 –14 :00 Lunch

14 :00-14 :30   New  online rules for applying  Tempus project (Mr. Franz Steidele – Tempus program Desk Officer. European Commission. The Education Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency for European Union - EACEA)

14:30-15:00     Quality Assurance in Baku State University  (Prof. A. Quliyev. Head of Bio-chemistry and Bio-technology Department)

15 :00 – 15 :15    Discussions 15:15 – 15:30 Role of  Tempus and  NTO in Azerbaijan  (Parviz Bagirov – Head of  National Tempus Office in Azerbaijan)

15:30 – 16:00  Closing remarks and end of  conference