| Funded | by Information Society Technologies (IST) Programme of European Union (EU) |
| Coordinated | by "Earth Data Network for Education and Scientific Exchange" (EDNES), France |
| Organized | by Baku Scientific and Training Center (BSTC), Azerbaijan |
| Venue: | Azerbaijan State Economic University 6, Istiglaliyyet str., Baku, Azerbaijan |
| Programme Committee: | Prof. Acad. Ali Abbasov (President of AZRENA, Azerbaijan) — chairman, Dr. Tofig
Babayev (BSTC Director, Azerbaijan) — co-chairman, Prof. Jean Bonnin
(EDNES President, France) — co-chairman Members: Jacques Babot (WISTCIS project officer, EC IST), Prof. Alexei Gvishiani (CGDS RAS, Russia), Dr. Konrad Froitzheim (Freiberg University, Germany), Edwin de Vries (PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), The Netherlands), Dr. Grigore Secrieru (RENAM Association, Moldova), Dr. Mikhail Makhaniok (ISTC BAS, Belarus), L.Chobonian (BCC, Georgia), Prof. Arif Gasanov (Centre of Seismology AAS, Azerbaijan) |
| Organizing Committee: | A.Mamedzadeh (SCSE, Azerbaijan),T.Babayev (BSTC,Azerbaijan), T. Shuliakovskaya (EDNES, Russia) |
The major audience will represent environmental, educational and research communities of Azerbaijan including teachers, undergraduate and graduate students of universities. The workshop will be also widely advertised in all the seven CIS countries participating in WISTCIS project and Baltic countries participating in TELEBALT project. Thus, it is expected that representatives of Armenia, Belarus, Georgia, Russia, Ukraine, Latvian, Lithuanian and Estonian will take part in the workshop. Numerous international telematics projects that go on in collaboration between EU and the CIS countries will be presented at the workshop. Representatives of IST projects as well as of other EU telematics initiatives will be speakers at the workshop. Organisations and individual specialists in modern information technologies for distance educational, general research as well as scientists, university teachers, and representatives of ministries and governmental Departments are welcome to the workshop.
Organisations and individual specialists in modern information technologies and telematics applications, as well as scientists, university teachers, governmental departments representatives, students and businessmen are invited to participate in the Workshop and submit their presentations abstracts.
All abstracts must be written in English in electronic form. Submitted abstracts must be restricted to 1 page of A4 format and sent via e-mail as WinWord file to the Organising Committee, e-mail: khalida@bstc.azeri.com, till November 20, 2001. Simultaneously the title of the presentation must be sent to Mrs. T. Shuliakovskaya, e-mail: shu@ednes..org. Notification of the presentation acceptance will be sent to authors not later than December 1, 2001. The abstract of the presentations will be published at Baku WISTCIS IDC Web-site.
The information about the Workshop and the registration form are available on the Web-sites:
http://wistcis.bstc.azeri.com and http://www.ednes.org/wistcis.
Registration form may be filled electronically and sent directly from here.
Call for Applications (.doc) can be downloaded from here.
Tofig Babayev (Azerbaijan)
Baku Scientific and Training Centre (BSTC)
11, I.Idayat-zadeh st.
Baku 370154 Azerbaijan
Tel.: (+99412) 66 38 81
Fax: (+99412) 66 39 95
E-mail: wistcis@bstc.azeri.com
Tatiana Shuliakovskaya (EDNES, Moscow)
Tel.: (7 095) 133 43 39
Fax: (7 095) 930 55 59
E-mail: shu@ednes..org
Khalida Melikova (Baku, Azerbaijan, BSTC)
E-mail: khalida@bstc.azeri.com
Sabina Garadagli (Baku, Azerbaijan, BSTC)
E-mail: sabina@bstc.azeri.com
Tel.: (+99412) 66 38 81
Fax: (+99412) 66 39 95
http://www.ednes.org/wistcis
http://wistcis.bstc.azeri.com
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Section1: Training course on IST Programme
Training course on EC Fifth Framework Programme
Section2: Seminar on the manual on teleworking for Azerbaijan Audience
Closing of the Workshop
The first course covers the basic items of the European Union. Starting with subjects like the history, organisation and objectives an overview of the policy developed by the European Commission to achieve their objectives will be given. Special attention will be given to the Fifth Framework Programme (FFP), which will be discussed in more detail. This scheme can fund or facilitate co-operative research projects executed by business and research institutes and which can also be joined by organisations based in CIS countries.
Training course 2 Information Society Technologies ProgrammeOne of the subjects of the FFP focuses on Information Technologies for Society. A work programme has been developed by the European Commission where action items are described which contribute to the objectives of the Commission. Companies and research organisations are invited to propose projects that can contribute to the realisation of the action items. The different lectures (5) give an overview of the action items (Key Actions), requirements for eligibility of a project, how to prepare a proposal and how to execute an awarded proposal. Special attention will be given to the role and opportunities of CIS countries.
The Workshop will take place in Baku — the capital of Azerbaijan. Organizing Committee plans booking rooms in the hotel "Azerbaijan". A variety of accommodations will be available with prices ranging from 50 to 90 Euro.