Section 9. Vocational Education and Training

37. The Sides intend to significantly improve vocational education and training in Uzbekistan. To this end, the German Side intends to provide funding in the amount of up to 58 million euro for the construction, renovation and modernisation of training centres. This will be part of the corresponding current budget (GIZ and KfW) of up to 72 million euro for the reformation and modernisation of the vocational training system in Uzbekistan.

38. Through DVV International, the German Side already promotes adult training in Asia and intends to expand the work of the Senior Expert Service (SES), a non-profit organisation that seconds volunteer experts.

39. The Sides seek cooperation of German educational institutions with the Agency of the Presidential Educational Institutions of the Republic of Uzbekistan in order to cooperate on the implementation of projects in the field of German language learning in Uzbek schools.

40. The German Side acknowledges the continued activities envisaged by Siemens Energy at an interdisciplinary centre at the Tashkent National State University focused on advanced software and power plant design and its possible closer cooperation on vocational education and training. The Ministry of Employment and Poverty Reduction of the Republic of Uzbekistan and the ERFURT Training Centre (ERFURT Bildungszentrum — EBZ) seek to establish a bilateral partnership in the field of human capital development and vocational education and training. ITM seeks to introduce innovative educational concepts in the Republic of Uzbekistan. The German Side is supporting ITM in establishing a scholarship system for Uzbek students undertaking a dual study programme (integrated degree) in the Federal Republic of Germany.