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Azerbaijan Psychologists Association (APA) (established
in 1997; officially registered by Ministry of Justice
on March 19, 1997 About
APA
History & Mission
Strategy & Development
Divisions
History & Mission
Azerbaijan Psychologists Association (APA) was established
in September
1997.
On March 19, 1999 APA was officially registered by Ministry
of Justice as
a non-governmental organization, non-for-profit professional
association.
Our goal is: Development of Psychological Science in Azerbaijan
Main objectives:
- Organization of research, conferences, training, workshops
and
publications in the field of Psychology;
- Providing professional consulting, training and help
for
individuals and organizations;
- Establishment of new work places for young psychologists;
- Development and realization of projects aimed to help
and ease
solution of actual psychosocial problems in Azerbaijan,
especially
benefiting such vulnerable groups as women and children.
Any professional Azerbaijani psychologist owning diploma
of psychological
department may become a member of APA and use all membership
privileges.
Strategy & Development
In 1997, when APA has just begun its activities and up
to the end of 1999
most of our time and efforts were directed to social-oriented
projects –
that was natural response to humanitarian crisis in Azerbaijan.
About
1,000,000 refugees and IDPs are still in need for qualified
professional
help of psychologists.
In 2000 APA has begun to move towards a balance between
the science of
psychology and its applications. So now, in parallel with
social-oriented
projects APA is intended to put more efforts in
- Research;
- Scientific conferences/workshops;
- Publishing psychological literature in Azeri;
- Making academic resources available for students.
There is a great deal of work to be done in this direction!
Academic Resource Center (ARC)
The Academic Resource Center was established in March
1999 with financial
support from Canada Fund and Canadian Embassy in Ankara,
Turkey.
ARC is aimed to support academic activities and provide
availability of
psychological academic resources to
- Students of psychology and social sciences departments
of universities in Azerbaijan;
- Young professional psychologists, specialists in theory
and practice of psychological science;
- Young teachers specialized in different fields of
psychology.
ARC provides following types of support
Office;
Our visitors are free to use the Resource Center to meet
with our members
and discuss their scientific interests, studies and etc.,
so nowadays,
meetings and discussions are regular events in the office.
Mini - library;
ARC’s Mini-library consists of books on psychology published
after 1990
and not available at scientific libraries of Universities
and Academy of
Sciences.
Regularly we receive literature by e-mail and recommend
our students most
useful web links presenting updated issues of contemporary
psychology.
Computer equipment;
- Office PC’s
- Laser printer
- Fax machine
- Copier
- Scanner
Communication services, Internet;
Available Internet connection and subscription to several
psychological
mailing lists on the web gives our visitors access to
web-publications and
contacts worldwide.
Scientific information & advice;
Information about the programs, grants and events, which
may be of
interest in terms of educational and scientific development
of our
visitors and members, is posted in ARC office.
International Department regularly provides ARC with information
about
conferences, seminars, workshops and other opportunities
for visitors to
increase their qualification and to become familiar with
contemporary
issues of psychological science.
Since the beginning of the project 12 student have written
their diploma
and dissertation theses using professional consultations
and advice of APA
members.
Visitors of Academic Resource Center have a possibility
to participate in
APA’s projects in order to collect more practical experience
and to extend
their research capacities.
Equipment, literature and professional consultations
are available at the APA’s Academic Resource Center
Monday-to-Friday, 14:00 to 18:00.
ARC is coordinated by Nigar Nurradinova
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