Tofig Babayev, Director of R.I.T.A., NCP ICT Azerbaijan, participated in the first meeting of the EU-Azerbaijan Subcommittee on Employment and Social Affairs, Public Health, Training, Education and Youth, Culture, Information Society and Audiovisual Policy, Science and Technology held on 9-10 February, 2012 in Baku. Dr. Babayev spoke in the section “Increase of research potential of Azerbaijan by researchers exchange and other means”, reporting on the work conducted by NCP Azerbaijan in 2009-2011 on increase of scientific potential of Azerbaijan by holding training workshops, infodays for dissemination of information on European Research Area.

Tofig Babayev, Director of R.I.T.A., NCP ICT Azerbaijan, participated in the Briefing Session & Tutoring Session for Modules 1 and 2 of the “Academy of ICT Essentials for Government Leaders” co-organized by UN-APCICT/ESCAP (the United Nations Asian and Pacific Training Centre for Information and Communication Technology for Development/ Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific) along with the Civil Service Commission under the President of Azerbaijan and held on 6-7 February, 2012 in Baku. Dr. Babayev gave presentations on Module 9 (Disaster Risk Management) and Module 10 (ICT and Climate Change) at the briefing session on 6 February. Station of robust noise monitoring of anomalous seismic processes (RNM ASP station) developed at the Cybernetics Institute of ANAS for determination of time of anomalous seismic processes preceding earthquakes was given as an example of application of ICT in Disaster Risk Management.

Tofig Babayev, Director of R.I.T.A., NCP ICT Azerbaijan, participated in the Kick-off meeting of PICTURE project (Policy dialogue in ICT to an Upper level for Reinforced EU-EECA Cooperation), which R.I.T.A. is a member of, held on 26-27 January, 2012 in Nice, France.
The meeting helped to identify ways to support the policy dialogue between the European Union and EEAC on scientific technical cooperation in ICT, to start discussions on creation of Thematic Working Groups and on identification of pilot projects.
The key meeting outcome is next 9 month work plan discussed and validated by all partners.