Section 11. Promoting the Study of Languages/Schools

44. The German Side would like to increase its support for the “Schools: Partners for the Future” Initiative and identify further suitable schools and additional Goethe-Institut projects, for example relating to teacher training, advisory services or educational administration.

45. The German side intends to intensify its cooperation in the area of German language studies by exploring the possibility of opening branches of the Goethe-Institut in the individual regions of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

46. The German Side will consider the possibility of cooperation with the Senior Expert Service (SES), as well as the secondment of long-term experts through the Centre for Migration and Integration (ZIM) in order to promote the study of the German language in the Republic of Uzbekistan.

47. The German Side intends to help interested Uzbek universities use the Dhoch3 program provided by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD). This is a Moodle-based online learning platform for training future teachers of German, above all those currently completing a Masterʼs degree. The Sides may also consider the possibility of German language teaching by young German teachers in the framework of foreign language assistant programmes together with the Educational Exchange Service as a cooperation partner.