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The Minister of Higher Education, Science and Innovation, Kungirotboy Sharipov, met with representatives of Fraunhofer IPK, an applied research institute for production technologies in Germany. The issues of further development of cooperation between Uzbekistan and Germany in the fields of higher education, science, innovation and industry, implementation of research results, expansion of technology transfer and digital transformation of production processes were discussed at the meeting.
In the dialogue, priority directions were noted to increase the quality of higher education in Uzbekistan, strengthen scientific research capacity, develop applied research, create an innovative ecosystem, strengthen cooperation between universities and industry, improve technology transfer mechanisms, and introduce Industry 4.0 and smart production systems.
From this point of view, it was noted that the experience of Fraunhofer IPK in applied research, technology transfer and cooperation between the state, academic circles, research institutions and industry is of great importance for Uzbekistan.
During the meeting, proposals were made on a number of specific areas of cooperation. In particular, on the basis of the Fraunhofer international mobility program and the Fraunhofer Attract grant programs, it was proposed to establish the Fraunhofer-Uzbekistan young researchers mobility program. Within the framework of the program, it is planned to send young scientists from Uzbekistan to Fraunhofer laboratories for a period of 3-6 months and involve them in commercialization projects that will be implemented in local enterprises.
Also, initiatives were put forward to establish a Fraunhofer Innovation Platform in the direction of Water and green energy technologies at the Tashkent State Technical University, and to open a digital laboratory for robotics and artificial intelligence at the Tashkent University of Architecture and Construction.
In addition, issues of using Fraunhofers experience in integrating scientific developments into industry through international platforms and commercializing them were also discussed.
The representatives of Uzbekistans higher education organizations and scientific research institutes who participated in the meeting also expressed their suggestions on promising areas of cooperation.
