Grant program of the European Union entitled "Assistance to the process of becoming a member of the World Trade Organization of Uzbekistan"

Grant program of the European Union entitled "Assistance to the process of becoming a member of the World Trade Organization of Uzbekistan"

    Grant program of the European Union entitled "Assistance to the process of becoming a member of the World Trade Organization of Uzbekistan"

    Grant program of the European Union entitled "Assistance to the process of becoming a member of the World Trade Organization of Uzbekistan"

    Coordinator U. Yakubhodzhayev, total cost - 400,000 thousand dollars, deadline - 2022-2025.

     

    Within the framework of the grant program of the European Union entitled "Assistance to the process of becoming a member of the World Trade Organization of Uzbekistan", 4 professors were trained in the following modules of the Summer Academy of the World Trade Institute at the University of Bern, Switzerland:
    - Strengthening the management of agricultural products trade;
    - Recent developments in international investment law and dispute resolution.
    Also, many experts on the grant program are visiting the university.

    From May 15 to November 15, 2022, a grant project on "Climate Migration in Central Asia: Challenges and Solutions" was implemented within the framework of the short-term grant program of the Rosa Luxemburg Foundation of Germany.
    The total cost of the project is 20,000 euros, the executors are R. Makhmudov, associate professor of the "International Relations" department (project leader), M. Abdullayeva, a teacher of the "Political Science" department (project assistant), and L. Jorayev, deputy chief accountant (project accountant).
    The main goal of the project is to identify the possible negative consequences of climate change in Central Asia, and to make recommendations on taking effective measures against them, while summarizing the opinions and forecasts of foreign and Uzbek experts. Also, the task of increasing the relevance of this problem in the academic circles of the region, and in this direction, the position of the Republic of Uzbekistan and the voice of national scientists and practitioners, is set to reach the wider community.
    An international conference was organized on October 19 of this year, and 2 master classes for students were organized on October 20 and 29.
    At the international conference, Professor L. Lombardotsii of the Open University of Great Britain, M. Linke, head of the Central Asia office of the Rosa Luxemburg Foundation of Germany, Ye. Karimov, deputy director of the Kazakhstan Institute of Economic Research, V. Korotenko, head of the Kyrgyz "BIOM" environmental movement, and Tajikistan's "The Little Earth" T. Idrisov from the NGO, B. Alikhanov, Chairman of the Committee on Development of the Island Region and Ecology of the Senate of the Republic of Uzbekistan, A. Irmanov, the National Coordinator of the UN Office on Narcotic Drugs and Crime, and independent researcher B. Eshonov participated in the event. The event was attended by M. Bakhadirov, dean of the "International Relations" faculty, and A. Seitov, director of the laboratory of the Institute of International Prospective Studies, from among university professors and teachers.
    Specialist V. Korotenko conducted the master class organized on October 20, and on October 29, the chairman of the committee of the Senate of the Republic of Uzbekistan B. Alikhanov lectured the students on the theoretical aspects of current regional environmental problems.
    The project consists of 2 parts, and the second part of the grant program was signed in January-March 2023 in connection with the cooperation agreement with the Fund. During this period, it is planned to publish the articles presented by the participants of the international conference and the scientific works sent and selected by university professors, students, master's and doctoral students in the form of a collective monograph.