23.09.2010 | Tashkent, Uzbekistan
With the aim for further development on scientific and technological cooperation between scientific communities of Republic of Uzbekistan and EU Member States and also the expansion of Uzbek scientists’ participation in the Seventh Framework Program of the EU (FP7), the Indo-Uzbek Centre on Promotion Scientific and Technical Cooperation and the Committee for Coordination of S&T Development under the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Uzbekistan organised the Information Day "PATH to EUROPE: the Seventh Framework Program of the European Union on Research and Technological Development, FP7".
The event was organized within the framework of the FP7 INCONET EECA project. It was held on September 23, in the Large hall “Silk Road ” of “Dedeman Silk Road” Hotel, Tashkent.
During this event the information on opportunities of participation for the scientists and experts of Republic of Uzbekistan in FP7 projects within the research priorities NMP and KBBE was presented.
More than 70 scientists and experts in NMP and KBBE areas from 19 research institutes of the Academy of Sciences of Republic of Uzbekistan and institutes of High Education have taken part in the event. Among the participants there were also representatives of regional universities (Samarqand and Bukhara) and private organizations. During the event FP7 promotional materials were disseminated and participants were asked to complete the Information Day Evaluation Forms.
The introduction to the seminar was given by Dr. Оdilkhuja Parpiev - Executive Director of The Committee for Coordination of S&T Development, Prof. Bakhtier Ibragimov - General Scientific Secretary of the Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Uzbekistan, Prof. Мadjit. Karimov - Vice Minister of High and Secondary Specialized Education Ministry of the Republic of Uzbekistan and Prof. Erkin Zakhidov - NCP FP7 of Uzbekistan.
For realization of the Information Day the experts from Germany, Poland and Kazakhstan were invited. After opening ceremony the INCONET EECA project was presented by Dr. Zygmunt Krasinski - Work Package Leader, Deputy Director of the National Contact point for research programs of the Institute of Fundamental Technological Researches, Polish Academy of Sciences. He also made presentation on basic rules for participation and financial issues in FP7 focusing on possibilities of participation in FP7 projects for Uzbek/CA participants.
The head of Department for International S&T Cooperation of the Committee for Coordination of S&T Development – Dr. Rustam Saidov has presented the information on the basic review of participation of Scientific Community of Uzbekistan in the Framework Programs of the EU. He has described in detail the participation of Uzbekistan in indicated Programs and presented the analysis of the reasons of decreasing the participation of the Uzbek scientists and experts in FP7. 
The leader of the International Group from Karlstruhe Institute fur Technologie – Dr. Helmut Rempp made a speech on overview of FP7 NMP with the emphasis on calls for 2010-2011. Scientific and technical potential of Uzbekistan in NMP, conditions in creation of new materials, and also laser technology on processing metal and nano particles in Uzbekistan were presented by Prof.Erkin Zakhidov, Dr.R. A. Ganeev and Dr. Ilkham Khusainov.
Dr. Altynshash Jaxybaeva from InExCB-Ex made her presentation on overview of participation possibilities in FP7 KBBE and calls for 2010-2011 and also made a speech on « Mobility of the researchers as an instrument for development of R&D cooperation». Prof. L.A. Gafurova from Tashkent State Agrarian University has shown a potential and conditions for research development of Uzbekistan in the field of agriculture.
The event was a good occasion for discussions/consultations and exchange of practices between experts and participants. Uzbek scientists were encouraged for using the FP7 mobility instruments. The problems related to consortium building and partner search for new proposals were discussed. Prof. Zygmunt Krasinski and Dr. Helmut Rempp expressed that they are ready to support Uzbek scientists in finding partners from Poland, Germany and other EU Member States.
In the conclusion it was underlined that there is a room for increasing Uzbek participation in FP7. The participants have expressed their satisfaction by the presentations that have allowed them to get more qualified information of FP7 participation rules, focusing on research priorities NMP and KBBE.
Source: Dr. Rustam Saidov, IUCP-T
