The Us Educated Azerbaijani Alumni Association

The US-Educated Azerbaijani Alumni Association (AAA) is a non-governmental, non-profit organization that unites the US-educated alumni in Azerbaijan. The AAA was established in October 2003 by a group of US-educated Azerbaijani alumni with the aim of uniting all alumni of Azerbaijan under one umbrella and using their knowledge and skills to help developing Azerbaijan. The organization is run by the board of 12 alumni, representing various State Department and USAID-funded exchange programs including FLEX, UGRAD, MUSKIE, FULBRIGHT, PIE, TEA, Community Connections, Contemporary Issues, Humphrey, and RSEP. The AAA was officially registered at the Ministry of Justice of Azerbaijan in September 2004. Up to date, dozens of projects have been implemented. They include public lectures, policy discussions, radio talk shows, publications of supplements on policy issues in Ayna and Echo newspapers, translations of books from English into Azerbaijani, art exhibitions, movie nights, charity events and social networking events, regional seminars on the topic of "Education in the US," regional community projects, publication of the weekly newsletters for alumni.