Azerbaijan hosts seminar with participation of NATO’s military education experts PHOTO

The international seminar has started in Baku as part of the cooperation between the Azerbaijan Defense Ministry and NATO’s Bureau for International Language Coordination (BILC).

Rector of the National Defense University, Professor Lieutenant General Heydar Piriyev spoke at the seminar and welcomed the participants, Caliber.Az reports, citing the Azerbaijani Defence Ministry.

The rector noted the importance of work done in the field of military education, the importance of mutual exchange of experience between foreign and local experts at meetings, seminars and courses.

The purpose of the seminar, which is being held with the participation of more than 27 representatives from 50 countries, is to exchange views on the standardization of assessment criteria (STANAG 6001) for NATO’s and partner countries’ language centre specialists and the application of innovations in teaching English in the field of military education.

The seminar will last until October 19.

Relations with NATO started in 1992 when Azerbaijan joined the North Atlantic Cooperation Council. This forum for dialogue was succeeded in 1997 by the Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council, which brings together all Allies and partner countries in the Euro-Atlantic area.

Bilateral cooperation began when Azerbaijan joined the Partnership for Peace (PfP) program in 1994. Thanks to regular participation in PfP activities, Azerbaijan has been able to contribute actively to Euro-Atlantic security by supporting NATO-led peace-support operations.

Azerbaijan’s participation in the PfP Planning and Review Process (PARP) since 1997 has allowed NATO and individual Allies to assist Azerbaijan in developing selected units to improve interoperability with those of the allies.

NATO and Azerbaijan started work on a jointly agreed Defence Education Enhancement Programme (DEEP) in 2008 to integrate NATO standards into the teaching methodologies and curricula of the country’s Professional Military Education (PME) institutions.

In 2018, Azerbaijan asked NATO to also involve the Military High School, a pre-commissioning school, in DEEP.