The Team FIST (Females Inside Society Taboos) which participated in the Fall 2018 edition of the Peer to Peer: Facebook Global Digital Challenge led by Dr. Bahadir Baysal and Dr. Elsever Ibadov, Coordinators of the Department of Economics and Management, and coordinated by the International Affairs Office, is among the two teams which were recognized as Honorable Mentions for the Fall 2018. The Honorable Mentions teams will be awarded an additional $500 Facebook Ad Credit to continue their important work.

The second team which was recognized as Honorable Mention for the Fall 2018 is Hope for Helpers team from Haigazian University (Lebanon).

Members of the FIST team included 3rd year students of the School of Economics and Management: Ilahe Gasimova (Finance), Saadet Sovzaliyeva (Finance), Anar Gasimov (Finance), Mehemmed Bagirov (Accounting and Audit), and Rasim Islamli (Management).

It should be noted that Khazar University has been the only university in Azerbaijan participating in the P2P Facebook Global Digital Challenge for the past 2 years. Khazar University’s involvement in the challenge has been quite successful. The very first time we got involved in the challenge, our Team “Imagine” took the 3rd place among numerous teams representing a wide geography. Participation in this Global Challenge since the very beginning has been jointly coordinated by the International Affairs Office and the School of Economics and Management.

Peer-to-Peer Facebook Global Digital Challenge is a global competition that provides hands-on experiential learning opportunities to students who work together on tackling real problems. Student teams organized by each university create an online marketing campaign that aims at challenging extremism in its various forms. Each team receives a real budget to produce and carry out an online campaign that has measurable results.

To learn more about the campaign Khazar University’s FIST team designed, please visit the following link: https://www.facebook.com/FistP2P/.