ESN Azerbaijan
written by updated by
Veeli Oeselg,
Prokop Teper
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Baku International Students Club (BISC) was founded in 2006 by a group of friends from the Baku State University, Baku, Azerbaijan. This group of friends acted as volunteers with the International Eurasia Press Fund (IEPF), one of the leading NGOs in Azerbaijan. In September of 2007, after a long discussion at the Council of National Delegates in Winterthur, the National Representatives approved BISC as a full member section, making Azerbaijan the 34th member country of ESN. On the 24th of May 2008, ESN BISC Baku held the “Cultural Day of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan”. The ceremony was held in Baku, the capital city of Azerbaijan.
AZ At CNR Novi Sad in 2009, the membership of ESN BISC Baku was challenged, due to the lack of communication and inactiveness on the international level of ESN. On the initiative of the NR of Germany, and the support of the CNR, both the section and NR were obliged to submit a report to the CNR and also to ensure their participation at the upcoming statutory ESN meeting. A study trip was conducted to ESN BISC Baku to find out more about the section and it’s activities. With this study visit, it became clear that there is potential for network growth in Azerbaijan. At CND Athens in December 2009, the NR presented the submitted report and verified the activeness of the section and its right to belong to the network.
Azerbaijan
(æzərbaɪˈdʒɑːn/ AZ-ər-by-JAHN; Azerbaijani: Azərbaycan [ɑzærbɑjdʒɑn])
In 2011, ESN BISC Baku decided to apply to become the OC of CNR September and, according to sources, presented a very thorough application. However, the Network finally decided to vote for another, much more conveniently located OC. In retrospect, this seemed to have been the breaking point for the presence of ESN in Azerbaijan. Ever since their OC candidacy did not win, the communication on the International level almost ceased to exist. Within less than a year, ESN Baku became a ”ghost” section. After numerous attempts and warnings, ESN Baku, and therefore ESN Azerbaijan, was finally expelled from the Network during CND Orebro in December 2012 due to not being able to fulfil their basic duties towards ESN.
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