Progress report 2006-2008 (short version)

Activities of the UNESCO Chair in Knowledge Economy, Westminster International University of Tashkent

 

Name	Progress report 2006-2008 (short version)
Short Description	Activities of the UNESCO Chair in Knowledge Economy, Westminster International University of Tashkent
Long Description	Major activities: Education: academic courses in Business Administration, in Economics, in Business Computing, in the International Law, in Macroeconomics Strategies, Managerial Economics, Microeconomics, Econometrics, Economic Analysis of Uzbekistan, Research Methods, Business and its Environment, Commercial Law, Database and so on. Trainings: for WIUT, local universities staff and school teachers in Knowledge Economy, in conducting research on Socio-Economic problems in Uzbekistan, in seminars for secondary education teachers at Tashkent State University of Economics, in training of Young Entrepreneurs. Research: on the knowledge economy at WIUT. The goal is to become the leading provider of research and high level consultancy in Uzbekistan and the Central Asia region by combining international experience and local expertise. Conferences / Meetings: The UNESCO Chair organized a conference called “About Models for Sustainable development in Transition Economies”, and another one on the theme of Economic Development and Knowledge Economy in Uzbekistan: Problems of Resource Utilization. Finally a last event concerning Knowledge economy in Central Asia was set up. Books: Recently, the UNESCO Chairholder and his team published two books - Management of the Higher Education and, - How competitive Specialists are trained at UK Universities? Finally some multimedia projects were set up: - «Uzbek cuisine», Bases and secrets of Uzbek cuisine , - Masterpieces of oral intangible cultural heritage of Uzbekistan. Results/ Impact: This Chair in Knowledge Economy serves as interdisciplinary department at WIUT and enhances quality of conducting research activities through that quality of undergraduate and graduate teaching curriculum’s and the way of delivery of lectures and tutorials. The broad scope of the Chair activities has the impact on individuals, social, economical and cultural development at national and regional (Central Asia) levels. UNESCO Chair in the knowledge economy plays the role of network for local universities which make the possible to have them access to the international organizations, research centres and industry.
Author(s)	UNESCO Chair
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