Press Release: International Website Celebrated By UK & Azerbaijan Community

IN AZERBAIJAN, the first web portal about Azerbaijan in the UK, was launched on Friday at The Embassy of Azerbaijan. Created by The NO Collective (UK) and supported by CSSN Azerbaijan the portal was demonstrated to the pleasure of educators, youth groups and the Azerbaijani community. 

Addressing a plethora of special guests, the First Secretary of State, Polad Mammadov, commended the project for its special purpose, “[by] aiming to educate school age children.. projects like this will help us to facilitate and strengthen the people to people connections of both of our countries”.

 Described as a “wonderful gift” he continued to describe the importance of the timing of this project, launched as Azerbaijan celebrates it’s 25th year of independence.

 Attendees of the launch included young creators of the website and its content from the social enterprise, The NO Collective. Natalie, a co-founder of the collective celebrated the professionalism of all of those who have worked on the project thus far, and described the web portal as “filling a valuable void on the internet… [and one] which gives a very real insight into what life is like in Azerbaijan on a day to day basis”. 

The website, which is now live, offers a portal of information spanning from ancient history in the Caucasus to contemporary architecture of the modern day Baku, covering key areas of economics, politics, history, art & culture, society, environment, and how to visit Azerbaijan. Complementarily, the ‘In Our Opinion’ page showcases a subject of conversation each month for young writers from London’s ‘NO Collective’ and Baku’s ‘AEGEE’ to give a platform to the everyday lives of young people in both countries. Aimed at a target audience of primary to higher education, the site will also be a useful tool for educators, not only as a great information source, but also for free downloadable resources to implement in lessons. Produced by Co-Founder and resident teacher Josef Easeman, the resources aim to deviate from the regular topics learned at school whilst maintaining the integrity of curriculum outcomes. The NO Collective will be adding resources and updating the portal throughout next year to add as much detail as possible. 


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