Education is the future of the nation!
On June 20, Education Minister Misir Mardanov visited Education Exchanges Support Foundation within his trip to the Republic of Lithuania.
Director of the Foundation Daiva Sutinyte gave to Minister Mardanov detailed information about the organization headed by her. According to her, the Foundation established in 2007 has implemented many projects in the field of education and last year 800 grant projects were signed based on 1800 requests received from the different countries of Europe.
According to Daiva Sutinyte the budget of the Foundation, which has a staff team, consisting of 46 people, reached 21 million euros last year, including 14 million from European Union and 7 million from the state budget. The Director noted that, the budget of organization is forecast to reach approximately 19 billion euros for the period 2014-2020.
Noting Azeri students currently studying at universities of Lithuania are granted 375 euros scholarship from the Foundation, D. Sutinyte talked about the importance of expanding bilateral relations of the two countries in the education field.
At the meeting, the sides also talked about projects implemented in cooperation with Azerbaijan and discussed prospects for development of cooperation.
At the end, there were held an exchange of views on issues, such as development of educational ties between Azerbaijan and Lithuania, student teacher exchange programs, as well as other issues of common interest.
08.07.2015 - 16:52
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