STRENGTHENING RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT AND INNOVATION
(RDI) IN HIGHER EDUCATION IN AZERBAIJAN

The delegation consisting five people headed by Mr Anar Naghiyev, Deputy Director of Institute of Education was on two days trip to Kraków within the framework of Study Visit to Poland from 9th to 13th of September 2019. The participants visited Jagiellonian Innovation Centre of the Jagiellonian University and Kraków Technology Park providing an excellent inside how research and innovation ecosystem is organized by one of the oldest universities in Europe. Moreover there was a fruitful visit to the National Science Centre, agency supervised by the Ministry of Science and Higher education, which focused on financing of basic research, provided detailed information on development and implementation of big portfolio of financial instruments dedicated to researchers on different stage of their research career.