Uzbekistan has no exit to world ocean and the seas. Therefore it is very important to develop automobile and railway transport communications. Uzbekistan possesses huge transport potential and unique possibilities of maintenance of requirements of the country in moving as cargoes, and passengers in all directions. Creation of the international transport system providing access to the next states and other countries of the world, one of priority directions of development of the country.Developments of transport communications not probably without application of modern technics, ICT and preparations of engineering shots from high qualification. Therefore, Uzbekistan need to development of transport highways and of a transport infrastructure of the country, and also preparation of highly skilled engineers in the field of transport and road communications. This project domain is in-line with Uzbekistan government's national development policy in sustainable transport development of country. Therefore, it becomes relevant in Uzbek universities to develop fully compatible MSc program in ITS with European standards. The proposed project aims to create a MSc program in ITS at 6 Uzbekistan universities. Project objectives include: 1. Development of a new MSc curriculum in Intelligent Transport Systems. 2. Capacity building in Intelligent Transport Systems program at 6 Uzbek universities.3. Establishment of laboratories in ICT-based Intelligent Transport Systems.4. Development of links between university and public societies/institutions/organizations/enterprises.

In recent years Uzbekistan has paid significant attention to the practical use of renewable energy sources (RES) as they are viewed as an important factor of sustainable development and economic competitiveness of the country. Degradation of environmental conditions in Uzbekistan has become a major driving incentive for the pursuit of alternative forms of energy consumption.Fortunately, climatic conditions and geographical location of Uzbekistan make very promising perspectives for future use of renewable energy with solar energy having the highest potential. Training of engineers which are qualified to work with modern RES solutions is, therefore, an important issue that the Government wants to address.Project proposal has been prepared as a follow up of previous cooperation amongst consortium members. All partners have bi/multi-lateral cooperation. Though all institutions never worked as a single consortium, but some of Uzbek universities have had joint projects under TEMPUS and another framework. For example, KTH, UrSU and KarSU participated in a TEMPUS project, UNIVAQ and KTH were partners in another TEMPUS -2011, КТН coordinated TEMPUS projects with participation of TARI and some participants in the project have met in conferences and seminars held in the framework of the TEMPUS program. The project idea to create a master's program in Renewable energy sources for Uzbek universities was discussed in one of the meetings by representatives of TARI, UNIVAQ and KTH, in order to cope with the national needs in this field.The main goal of this project was then to develop a new master's program on renewable energy sources and sustainable environment and implement the developed courses at all Uzbek partner universities.Thus, the project's main pursued objectives were:1. Development of a new MSc curriculum in renewable energy sources and sustainable environment2. Capacity building in renewable energy sources and sustainable environment at 6 Uzbek universities3. Establishment of laboratories in renewable energy.4. Implementing the triangle research - education – innovation in Renewable Energy sources and sustainable environment.A wider objective of the project was to create an infrastructure and system for training new generation of engineers in renewable energy sources and sustainable environment. These engineers are the professionals able to solve local and regional energy and environmental challenges of industries, public administration institutions and private consumption in Uzbekistan. This objective is has been achieved by creating a new MSc program with complete curricula at the faculty of Engineering of ASU,GulSU, UrSU, KarSU, TARI and TTPU. Main outcomes of the project are also the definition of 12 new courses compatible with European standards in ECTS as the basis for a Full Master of Science curriculum; fully functional and well equipped 6 Renewable Energy labs with all tools for analyses and experiments in the area; Uzbek professors, teachers with newly gained skills in Renewable energy sources and sustainable environment; Growth of interest amongst specialists of industries and public administration institutions and the society in general in retraining and updating their skills.New laboratories and teaching facilities at ASU,GulSU,KarSU,UrSU,TARI and TTPU have been created and fully implemented in the planned activities.The Uzbek Partners represent different regions of the country, so that the dissemination of competencies and results have been easily transferred to a wide territorial stakeholders.TARI and TTPU are from the capital,GSU is from the central region,KarSU from the south,UrSU from the northwest and ASU from the east.The Minister of Higher and Secondary Specialized Education, International Solar Energy Institutre (ISEI) and Solar Energy Company(MIRSOLAR) have actively partecipated in the project and contributed with their day-to-day practical issues for studies and analysis.

Uzbekistan’s sector of higher education (HE) was in the transformation phase initiated by a government decree in the late 2012. The soviet style system of doctoral education (DrEd) was being replaced by a EHEA and ERA oriented system. At the time of initiating the reforms, Uzbek HE stakeholders turned to the European colleagues for assistance and expertise to implement planned changes in doctoral education. UZDOC, the first European project focused solely on the reform of doctoral education in Uzbekistan, was started under the coordination of UNICA, supported by the Uzbek Ministry of Higher Education eager to accelerate the reforms. We believe that after three years of successful project implementation, Uzbek sector of DrEd is prepared to push the reform in the next phase. UZDOC 2.0 structural project, in which the Uzbek Ministry of Higher Education is a partner, had the overall goal of furthering the quality of doctoral education in Uzbekistan higher education institutions (HEIs), building on the results of the 1st UZDOC project coordinated by UNICA. The Project consisted of four elements crucial for a successful reform of DrEd in Uzbekistan : institutional and structural support, integration of quality assurance elements and mechanisms, building and increasing the capacity for human resources, and creating better connections with the business and industry sector in Uzbekistan by reducing the skills gap between doctorate holders and the sector. UZDOC 2.0 had substantial impact on the capacity of participating Uzbek HEIs for development and modernisation of the quality of DrEd. The consortium was composed to provide best coverage of expertise from European institutions, to offer good geographical coverage, dissemination and exploitation potential, and involvement of diverse and mutually complementing Uzbek partners and stakeholders.We believe that by implementing the UZDOC 2.0 project, Uzbek DrEd sector became familiar with the latest European trends, integrated good practices and methodologies, and able to better respond to the challenges facing the Uzbek research and economy sectors.

The NURSLING project is a breakthrough initiative to identify common denominators in the academic sectors in Uzbekistan. The wider objective is to approach the Uzbek higher education to real needs of economic and social development of the country. The specific objectives are the following: - establishing of the National Committee on QF in Uzbekistan, together with the national Ministry of Education; - to improve national General Regulations concerning education standards in particular fields, on the basis of QF ideas, Bologna principles and the EU universities' experience; - introduction of new national standards on informatics in Uzbekistan and development of a corresponding sectoral QF. The aim of the project is to implement QF ideas in Uzbekistan. During the project realization, a Concept of General Regulations of education standards will be elaborated. General Regulations for Uzbekistan will be formulated and presented for formal approval to the Ministry of Education. A National Committee on QF will be established. The Committee will accompany the Regional CA Network, which is responsible for experience exchange and standards’ coordination. The objectives addressed are in line with top priority of Uzbek educational development by a passed presidential resolution and address also issues related to a lack of graduates and a mismatch of their qualification with labour market needs, as elaborated in special World Bank report 2014.Retraining of the Uzbek universities' staff in EU is planned as important in capacity building. Especially important is “training trainers”. Teachers, retrained at EU universities, will prepare special courses, devoted to qualification framework issues, and by this way will spread accepted knowledge within colleagues in Uzbekistan.On the base of the approved National General Regulations, retrained teacher will design national standards for informatics curricula and a sectoral QF with support based on the experience of EU partners.

‘Cultivating the Entrepreneurial mindset in Education’ is a key goal of the European policies in the last years, with a special emphasis in the 2014-2020 programming period, for coping with the severe consequences of the worst economical crisis met by the Europeans after the second world war.In today’s society, entrepreneurs are celebrated for creating successful businesses and leading the people out of the economical stagnation. On the other side, based on the cliché of the starving artist, parents discourage their kids from becoming artists in fear that they will end up struggling to support themselves.Buts artists and entrepreneurs have a lot in common: both are individualist and risk takers and both need to create. Nevertheless many artists fail at business, mainly because they don’t identify a viable market to fill. Creating art good art is difficult. But creating good art isn’t enough.According to several surveys, many artists say that learning how to make the best work is crucial, but being able to disseminate in an effective way is equally as important. They all highlight how they would have greatly benefitted from developing strategic plans for their career goals while learning how to market and promote their work. Likewise, art entrepreneurs wish they had had the opportunity to acquire additional knowledge and skills.Over the last years the so called creative and cultural industries have greatly increased, proving to be driving factors of economic growth and development even in countries suffering from high crisis.Thus the project main aims are:-to professionalize HE in PS, TN and UZ in a variety of knowledge-based creative fields focusing on three macro-areas (Music, Visual Arts, Performing Arts) and their interactions by providing the future artists with entrepreneurial and interdisciplinary skills - to prepare future artists in order to enhance in a more effective way their (self) employability and capacity to access the Creative Economy