Kherson State Maritime Academy - opening the door to partnership for Uzbekistan

A working meeting was held at Kherson State Maritime Academy on May 5 with the participation of First Secretary of the Embassy of the Republic of Uzbekistan in Ukraine Bakhodir Ibragimov (pictured second from left), Rector of Kherson State Maritime Academy Vasyl Cherniavskyi, First Deputy Chairman of the Baltic-Black Sea Economic Forum Volodymyr Makukha and Director of Science Park of Kherson State Maritime Academy "Maritime Industry Innovations" Alena Leshchenko.

During the meeting, they discussed urgency and importance of developing cooperation between scientific institutions and HEIs of Ukraine and the Republic of Uzbekistan. Drawing on additional communication opportunities of the Baltic-Black Sea Economic Forum, the emphasis was made on the positive experience of international cooperation in higher education as one of the basic components of implementing the initiated project on creating a corridor for effective cooperation from the Baltic Sea to the eastern Caspian shores.

Rector of Kherson State Maritime Academy Vasyl Cherniavskyi noted:

“In recent years, the urgency of more active cooperation and exchange of experience between higher education institutions has significantly increased. The existing opportunities for remote communication open up additional prospects, and modern developments that the Science Park of KSMA has can be implemented in various transport industries and beyond”.

First Secretary of the Embassy of the Republic of Uzbekistan Bakhodir Ibragimov, focused on the strategy of development and implementation of reforms, which are being effectively realized thanks to the distinguished President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev and the Government of the country, and noted that much attention is paid to education. Among the higher education institutions of the Republic of Uzbekistan that train specialists for the transport industry, is, in particular, as per Bakhodir Yuldashevich, the powerful Tashkent State Transport University, which was established as early as in 1931.

Based on the significant mutually beneficial prospects that can open cooperation between the educational institution of the Republic of Uzbekistan and Kherson State Maritime Academy, especially in terms of large-scale international partnership within the project on creating a corridor for effective cooperation, it was decided to initiate partnership and cooperation between Kherson State Maritime Academy and Tashkent State Transport University.