The Establishment of Rectors Conference in Azerbaijan (ECAR) project, coordinated by Baku Business University, aims to foster national networking and cooperation between Azerbaijani universities and all stakeholders by establishing the conference of rectors in accordance with national development strategies and with the direct participation of the Ministry of Education.
The specific objectives of the project include a review of the models, the organizational structure, operation, objectives and missions of other European rectors’ conferences, for which the project has the participation of Crue Spanish Universities, as well as the conferences of rectors from Poland (CRASP), France (France Universités), Lithuania (LURK) and Portugal (CRUP), and from the European University Association (EUA), among others.
The ECAR project activities will last three years and the project has been selected by the European Commission within the Erasmus+ call, as a strategic association for higher education. Project activities will run until September 2023.