EU envoy: Cooperation in higher education is important tool for strengthening of relations
12/11/2014 13:16
EU envoy: Cooperation in higher education is important tool for strengthening of relations
12/11/2014 13:16
Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) -- Head of the Delegation of the European Union in Uzbekistan Ambassador Yuri Sterk participated at the regional meeting of the project “Euro-Asian Cooperation for Excellence and Advancement”, financed by the European Union within Erasmus Mundus Programme.
Tashkent Institute of Irrigation and Melioration hosted the meeting, which was attended by representatives of 28 universities from 10 European and 5 Central Asian states.
Sterk said that cooperation between EU and Central Asian states are important direction of foreign policy of the European Union and the EU pays great attention to partnership in higher education, especially Tempus and Erasmus Mundus Programmes.
He said that within Temus programme in Central Asia about 100 million euros were issued to 150 joint projects with 150 regional universities. In 2007-2012, the regional budget of the programme rose from 5 million to 15 million euros. Last year, additional 5 million euros were issued to Uzbek segment of Tempus programme.
Speaking about Erasmus Mundus Programme, about 25 projects, covering 96 universities from Central Asian states, were financed in 2007-2013. In the result, national budget of the programme rose by 3 million euros in 2013.
Erasmus Plus Programme, uniting Tempus and Erasmus Mundus Programme and other five projects in education, youth and sport, has been launched this year and its financing grew by 40%.
Sterk said that Tempus contributed to internationalization of university education in Uzbekistan for last 20 years as a single programme directed to long-term intensive inter-university cooperation. He said that the EU included all five states of Central Asia to new Erasmus Plus Programme for 2014-2020, which is evidence for importance of cooperation in education sphere for EU.
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