In this section, incrEAST offers information on national research policies, structures, programmes and organisations in Uzbekistan.
At present the carried out state scientific and technical policy of the Republic of Uzbekistan is directed on concentration of its efforts of available scientific and technical potential of the republic for the solution of socio-economic problems of Uzbekistan in conditions of gradual transition to socially oriented. market economy. The approaches, appropriate to the transitive period, for the development of science and technology have been offered, and the state scientific and technical programs on priority directions of development of science and technologies have been formed and pursued.
The basis of national legislative system of functioning sphere of science and technology has been formed: the laws on legal protection of scientific and technical results and objects of the intellectual property have been approved and put into action, the normative documents regulating the certain fields of state support and stimulation of scientific and technical, innovative activity have been developed.
The National patent system has been formed: State Patent Office was set up; the institute of patent attorneys operates; the republic signed international agreements and contracts in the field of legal protection of industrial property objects; the security documents of the Republic of Uzbekistan on the industrial property objects are issued.
Having the selected best traditions, deeply studying the historical heritage, the scientists of Uzbekistan worthily continue the business of their ancestors.
There are radical changes in educational system allowing to raise it on the level of new time requirements. The important condition of transformations, carried out in educational system, is the formation of perfect system of personnel training on the basis of a rich intellectual heritage of the people and human values, achievements of modern culture, economy, science, techniques and technologies. The National program on personnel training stipulating the realization of national model of personnel training, creation of socio-economic, legal, psychological and pedagogical, and other conditions for the formation of all-roundly advanced person, adaptation to the life in modern changing society, realized choice and subsequent development of educational and professional programs, education of citizens, who are aware of their responsibility before the society, state and family, has been adopted.
The special importance is given to the system of public health services, improvement of health service. The State program of public health services reforming corresponding to the world standards has been accepted, which is taking into account the national features and usual mode of life of Uzbek people, sets before scientists the cardinal tasks on the development of scientific researches in the field of medicine, medicinal preparations, maternity protection, education of healthy generation. The Concept of telemedicine development, providing the creation of uniform telemedical information system, telemedical network of emergency medical aid, continuous training with the use of telematics means has been developed.
Today Uzbekistan is a large centre of science of Central Asia having advanced research base, extensive scientific fund and qualified scientific staff. The scientists of the republic pursue the fundamental and applied researches on major directions of modern science; scientific schools of a world level were created.
Source: IUCP-T
Last up-date: 12 October 2010
