Director of R.I.T.A., ICT/FET NCP in Azerbaijan, Dr. Babayev participated in the Horizon 2020-ICT/FET National Contact Points Training held on 17-18 September 2014 in Brussels. The training was mainly devoted to the upcoming ICT calls in Horizon 2020 for 2015 and the information on the ICT Proposer’s Day in Florence on 9-10 October 2014. Director of R.I.T.A., ICT/FET NCP in Azerbaijan, Dr. Babayev took part in the 14th Iranian Conference on Fuzzy Systems at Sahand University of Technology in Tabriz, Iran, on 19-21 August 2014. At the conference, Dr. Babayev gave a keynote presentation on "Opportunities presented by HORIZON2O20 for researchers of different countries to participate in European research projects”, after which Dr. Babayev was invited to give the same presentation at Maragha University. Agreements of cooperation with Sahand University and Maragha University were reached for the purpose of joint participation in Horizon 2020 projects.
1st Workshop "Towards Harmonisation of Digital Markets (HDM) in the Eastern Partnership” was held on 29 July 2014 in Brussels and gathered about 60 delegates from 9 EU Member States, all 6 Eastern European Partner countries and officials from EU Institutions. This workshop marked the beginning of formal consultations on an Eastern Partnership Action plan on HDM. It aimed at promotion of information society policies and capacity building in the EaP for creating interoperable cross-border services between the Eastern European partner countries and with the EU. The primary goal is to identify a limited number of joint priorities as a basis for pilot projects and build political support for a new Eastern Partnership initiative on Harmonising Digital Markets (HDM).
Director of R.I.T.A., ICT/FET NCP in Azerbaijan, Dr. Babayev participated in the Ideal-ist Training on Innovation held in Brussels on 17-18 June 2014. The training focused on Innovation under Horizon 2020. Over 40 participants from more than 30 countries attended the training "The SME Instrument” given by representatives of the European Commission and the training "Insights into the Innovation Process” by Christoph Mandl, Professor at the Faculty of Business, Economics and Statistics, University of Vienna, and received certificates of participation for the latter.
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. 
Director of R.I.T.A., ICT NCP in Azerbaijan Tofig Babaev took part in the meetings of EAST HORIZON and EECA-2-HORIZON projects held on 20 May in Minsk, Belarus. Among the issues discussed at the meetings were common web portal for the projects, ICT communities, dissemination plan and activities. On 21 May, PICTURE project Final Event was held in Minsk. HORIZON 2020 was introduced, PICTURE project results and success stories were shared, recommendations for future cooperation between the ETPs and the EECA region were given, new support opportunities for EECA in H2020 were discussed at the event. Dr. Babayev made a presentation on the outcomes of the PICTURE project in Azerbaijan, and WG3 expert Dr. Elkhan Sabziyev (Kiber Ltd.) spoke about the projects submitted for HORIZON 2020 with PICTURE support.