Within the framework of the “Nation Program,” 15,000 people have successfully completed 27,000 trainings so far, and the next 7,500 users have started their training.

Under the joint collaboration of the Center for the Analysis and Coordination of the Fourth Industrial Revolution (C4IR) under the Ministry of Economy and the Education Development Fund under the Ministry of Science and Education, the next 7,500 individuals have joined training courses on the Coursera online education platform within the framework of the “Nation Program.”

Since the launch of the program on April 1, 15,000 people have already benefited from the online education platform for free. Citizens have applied for nearly 80,000 trainings, and 27,000 trainings have been successfully completed, resulting in internationally recognized certificates. About 30% of users have prioritized AI and data science-related courses offered on the platform. In addition, there is considerable interest in courses related to communication skills, project and risk management, and business.

The top 10 most requested courses by users of the “Nation Program” are as follows:

• AI For Everyone

• Foundations of Project Management

• Introduction to Artificial Intelligence

• Leadership Skills

• Foundations: Data, Data, Everywhere

• Project Management Fundamentals

• What is Data Science?

• Write Professional Emails in English

• AI, Business & the Future of Work

• Introduction to Project Management

On the online platform, over 12,000 subject-specific courses and programs from nearly 350 prestigious universities and leading technology companies such as Oxford, Stanford, Yale, Duke, London, Edinburgh, Manchester, Michigan, Johns Hopkins, Illinois, Florida, Sydney, as well as Microsoft, Google, Meta, IBM, AWS, Oracle, Gitlab, Intel, SAP, Salesforce, are accessible to Nation Program users.

The goal of the program is to support the development of knowledge and skills in Fourth Industrial Revolution technologies and to prepare a qualified workforce in this field to accelerate the transition to a digital economy in the country. All citizens of Azerbaijan, regardless of age or employment status, can benefit from this opportunity. Those who wish to join can register through the link: https://form.4sim.gov.az/

It is planned that tens of thousands of users will benefit from Coursera - the world’s largest online education platform - within one year under the program.

With the support of partner companies such as SOCAR, PASHA Holding, bp, JOCAP, and Azerconnect Group, 2,500 of the most in-demand Coursera courses are now available with Azerbaijani subtitles generated using AI.

It should be noted that during the initial phase of the “C4IR Academy” last year, 10,000 people accessed Coursera’s free courses over the course of one year in rotation. Participants listened to more than 32,000 hours of courses, and those who successfully completed the trainings collectively received 4,200 international certificates. The project won the “AI Innovation” category of the “Outstanding Achievement Award 2024” by Coursera in 2024.