Innovation Ministry, World Bank mission discuss prospects for cooperation
21/04/2018 18:48
Innovation Ministry, World Bank mission discuss prospects for cooperation
21/04/2018 18:48
Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) -- Deputy Minister of Innovation Development Sherzod Shermatov held a meeting with the World Bank mission led by Diego Ambazz and Tatiana Shin.
The purpose of the meeting was to discuss cooperation in the field of innovative development and education.
During the meeting, Sherzod Shermatov noted that Uzbekistan is ready for carrying our radical reforms to transit to innovative development model.
The deputy minister also said that the guarantee of the successful implementation of any major project is to ensure absolute transparency of distribution of funds and attract highly qualified specialists for implementation of the tasks set.
Both sides paid special attention to modernized approach of the country’s leadership in decision-making, as well as openness of the Republic of Uzbekistan to cooperation with international organizations.
During the discussions, Mr. Shermatov stressed that to improve the quality of education, it is important not only to equip local universities with high-tech equipment in the form of scenery, but to teach the faculty to correctly use this equipment and technology in their research and teaching activities.
The deputy minister also said: “Previously, the results of scientific research were practically not used and remained for a long time in the archives. However, at the moment the President pays special attention to the commercialization of research results. So, one of the important tasks of the Ministry of Innovative Development is to support scientists in establishing cooperation with the private sector and state bodies.”
Head of the World Bank mission Diego Ambasz expressed gratitude to the Deputy Minister of Mininnovation for the productive meeting and announced his readiness to cooperate closely in various areas.
At the end of the meeting, both sides agreed that in the modern world, a very high price was paid to creative thinking and student creativity, therefore, the main task of universities should be to create conditions for development of students’ creative thinking, and not standardization of knowledge.
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