A training within the framework of the EU Framework Program for Research and Innovation Horizon 2020 program was held on 16 May 2014 in Lenkaran by R.I.T.A. and theLenkaran State University. 
Head of the Foreign Relations and InnovationsDepartment of the Institute of Control Systems of ANAS TofigBabaev, Deputy Head of the Department of relations with the academic structures of foreign countries of the Presidium of ANAS, RuslanGasimov,PhD in Political Science, chief specialist of the DepartmentZibakhanımJafarova attended the training.Dr.Babayevmade a presentation, in which he gave detailed information on the essence, principles and scope of the program to the participants and the administrative staff of the university. 
It was emphasized at the training that the institutes and organizations of the Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences were interested in participating in the project. 
60 thousand academics can take part in academic exchange in the framework of Horizon 2020.