COMPETITION
The Higher Education Support Program (HESP)
of the Open Society Institute Assistance Foundation Azerbaijan (OSI-AF)
invites proposals for the

HESP National Summer Schools Program 2003

Application Form
Guide for Application

PROGRAM OUTLINE
The Summer Schools Program is one of HESP OSI-AF Azerbaijan supported programs that promote change in higher education at the classroom level. The goal of the Summer Schools is to provide young university teachers with the experience and tools for updating the courses they teach, both in terms of content and teaching methods. The schools provide teaching materials, practice and support that will enable the participants to utilize and share this experience at their home university departments. By targeting university teachers in their home regions, often in their own language, the Program encourages the widest access to new ideas.

Each School will invite between 25-30 junior academics for 2-4 weeks to participate in a number of courses taught by international teams of resource persons and engage in a variety of curriculum and teaching methodology development activities. The Schools are organized by Course Directors, who work closely with the host institutions and teams of resource persons on designing and managing the schools' contents, program, materials and follow-up activities.

PROGRAM PRIORITIES
In line with HESP priorities, the Summer Schools Program supports projects targeting junior university teachers in the broad area of Social Sciences and Humanities. HESP supports schools that are held in Central, Eastern and Southeastern Europe, the former Soviet Union and Mongolia and focus on developing, training in and dissemination of innovative teaching methodologies promoting interactive cooperative learning, discussion and development of critical thinking.

APPLICATION AND SELECTION PROCESS
Detailed Guide for Applicants, containing program, organizational, budgeting and application guidelines for Course Directors is available in printed and electronic format from the OSI-AF Education Program office. Proposals for funding the Summer Schools projects that respond to the goals and priorities of the HESP Summer Schools Program must be submitted to OSI-AF Azerbaijan Education Program Department at the address below by 1 December 2002.

For more information, please contact:
Open Society Institute - Assistance Foundation/Azerbaijan
Adress: 1, Khagani str., 4th floor
Tel: (99412) 98-69-33, 98-70-16
Fax: (99412) 98-69-34