The Imagine Team of Khazar University was selected as one of the top six teams for the campaign they designed and implemented within their participation in the Peer-to-Peer (P2P): Challenging Extremism Program. Around 100 universities from more than 30 countries participated in the spring 2016 cycle of this global youth initiative and international competition. Two universities from Azerbaijan joined the Extremism Challenge this year.

Six (6) top teams have been selected to present their marketing campaigns in Washington, D.C. in June, 2016. These six teams were selected by two panels of judges representing the U.S. Department of State and Facebook. Each panel of judges selected three teams who will be competing against each other for the scholarship award.

Khazar University’s Imagine Team was selected by the U.S. Department of State and will present their campaign on June 27, 2016 to senior government officials along with two teams coming from universities in Belgium and the USA.

The second group of the three winning teams competing against each other represent universities in Afghanistan, Belgium, and the Netherlands. These teams will be presenting their campaign to the Facebook leadership.

The Imagine Team is comprised of nine (9) students of the School of Economics and Management and is led by Ms. Sana Imran, marketing instructor. Team members include: Alihuseyn Agayev (majoring in Management), Dinara Katibi (Accounting and Auditing), Erlan Ismailov (Finance), Kamilla Lyatifova (Marketing), Nadir Gadirli (Finance), Narmin Abbasova (Accounting and Auditing), Narmin Zari (Business Administration), Suleyman Yagizarov (Finance), and Ulviyya Azizova (Finance).

The Peer-to-Peer (P2P): Challenging Extremism Program is a global University Youth Initiative and International Competition supported by the U.S. Department of State and implemented by EdVenture Partners (EVP), a marketing firm. This program provides enterprise and government agencies an innovative and effective way to communicate with and engage university students and educators in solving real problems through a program that provides students a genuine learning experience by producing real results. More information about the program may be found at:

Website of the U.S. Department of State: http://eca.state.gov/video/p2p-challenging-extremism

Website of EdVenture Partners: http://edventurepartners.com/peer2peer/

We are very proud of our team and wish them the best of luck in their presentation in the USA!