1. First UZHELTH Plenary Meeting Tashkent, 24-26 April 2014

2. UZHELTH First Plenary Conference and Working Meeting Launch 25 April 2014 Tashkent Pediatric Medical Institute First UZHELTH Plenary Meeting Tashkent, 24-26 April 2014

3. Opening Session Prof. Botir Daminov Rector Tashkent Pediatric Medical Institute First UZHELTH Plenary Meeting Tashkent, 24-26 April 2014

4. Opening Session Dominique Wauters Head, Cooperation Section EU Delegation to the Republic of Uzbekistan First UZHELTH Plenary Meeting Tashkent, 24-26 April 2014

5. Opening Session Muhabbat Mirsolieva Ministry of Higher and Specialised Secondary Education Republic of Uzbekistan First UZHELTH Plenary Meeting Tashkent, 24-26 April 2014

6. Opening Session Gulnora Usupalieva Vice Head, Main Department of Science and Educational Facilities Ministry of Health, Republic of Uzbekistan First UZHELTH Plenary Meeting Tashkent, 24-26 April 2014

7. Opening Session Shakarboy Jonlikulov Head, Main Department Educational Facilities Ministry of Agriculture and Water Resources Republic of Uzbekistan First UZHELTH Plenary Meeting Tashkent, 24-26 April 2014

8. “Latest Developments of the Tempus and Erasmus+ Programmes of the European Union” Aziza Abdurakhmanova National Erasmus+ Coordinator, Uzbekistan First UZHELTH Plenary Meeting Tashkent, 24-26 April 2014

9. The UZHELTH Project Prof. Ann Katherine Isaacs University of Pisa First UZHELTH Plenary Meeting Tashkent, 24-26 April 2014

10. Outline 1. The UZHELTH Project 2. UZHELTH as part of a worldwide process 3. What has already been accomplished 4. The significance of this Meeting First UZHELTH Plenary Meeting Tashkent, 24-26 April 2014

11. 1. The UZHELTH Project UZHELTH = “Enhancing Public Health Learning and Teaching in Higher Education Institutions of th Republic of Uzbekistan” First UZHELTH Plenary Meeting Tashkent, 24-26 April 2014

12. Information about UZHELTH UZHELTH is a Structural Measures project, supported morally and financially by the European Commission through the Tempus programme of its Directorate for Education and Culture. It is run by a Consortium of 15 partners, soon to become 17, including 4 European Universities, 10 Uzbek HEIs, and the Ministries of Higher and Secondary Specialised Education, of Health and of Agriculture and Water Resources. The Grantholder and Coordinating institution is the University of Pisa, Italy The Country Coordinator is the Samarkand Agricultural Institute. The project began on 1 December 2013. It will continue until 30 November 2016. First UZHELTH Plenary Meeting Tashkent, 24-26 April 2014

13. From the Project Summary. UZHELTH will: - develop the capacity of Uzbek HEIs to train public health personnel of various levels of responsibility and autonomy to enhance the level of human health in the broadest sense. - using Tuning Methodology, implement a structured process of mapping, consultation, restructuring, monitoring and evaluation to assist Uzbek HEIs to reorganize, coordinate, extend and modernize the training offered. - work closely with the relevant Ministries to promote the necessary normative changes to make state-of-the-art competence-based Learning Teaching and Assessment in the Public Health sector compatible with Ministerial directive and professional regulations. First UZHELTH Plenary Meeting Tashkent, 24-26 April 2014

14. From the Project Summary (continued) UZHELTH will: Enhance single disciplinary areas (Public Health, Medicine, Veterinary Medicine, Food Safety and Environmental Protection, Pharmacy) -formulate an overall Sectoral Qualifications Framework (SQF) for the Public Health sector - constitute a sustainable platform for cooperation not only between Uzbekistan and the European partners, but also with related projects and developments in the rest of the world. First UZHELTH Plenary Meeting Tashkent, 24-26 April 2014

15. From the Project Summary (continued) UZHELTH will: - Through consultation processes create a structured relationship between the HEIs and private enterprise and public bodies, introducing them as necessary partners in the creation of an efficacious overall public health system. - create coordinated information structure for the Public Health sector, able to put actors and stakeholders into immediate communication; and to train health personnel of all levels (technicians, experts, specialists, researchers) to utilize the system effectively. First UZHELTH Plenary Meeting Tashkent, 24-26 April 2014

16. UZHELTH Logo First UZHELTH Plenary Meeting Tashkent, 24-26 April 2014

17. 2. UZHELTH as part of a worldwide process UZHELTH is part of a worldwide process of higher education reform - greater accountability - greater relevance - greater quality ‘student/learner centred’; output-based “transparency, compatibility, comparability” “transparency, visibility, mobility” First UZHELTH Plenary Meeting Tashkent, 24-26 April 2014

18. UZHELTH includes: - voluntary normative change to ensure transparency, comparability, compatibility - use of Tuning methodology to elaborate the tools for a student/learner-centred approach to higher education and to mobility First UZHELTH Plenary Meeting Tashkent, 24-26 April 2014

19. The “Tuning Family”, including UZHELTH: UZHELTH is part of a very big (and active) family: the Tuning family” What does Tuning mean? The Tuning Fork: Pisa, 11 March 2014

20. TuCAHEA is part of a very big (and active) family First UZHELTH Plenary Meeting Tashkent, 24-26 April 2014

21. TuCAHEA is part of a very big (and active) family First UZHELTH Plenary Meeting Tashkent, 24-26 April 2014

22. TuCAHEA is part of a very big (and active) family First UZHELTH Plenary Meeting Tashkent, 24-26 April 2014

23. TuCAHEA is part of a very big (and active) family First UZHELTH Plenary Meeting Tashkent, 24-26 April 2014

24. TuCAHEA is part of a very big (and active) family First UZHELTH Plenary Meeting Tashkent, 24-26 April 2014

25. TuCAHEA is part of a very big (and active) family First UZHELTH Plenary Meeting Tashkent, 24-26 April 2014

26. TuCAHEA is part of a very big (and active) family First UZHELTH Plenary Meeting Tashkent, 24-26 April 2014

27. TuCAHEA is part of a very big (and active) family First UZHELTH Plenary Meeting Tashkent, 24-26 April 2014

28. TuCAHEA is part of a very big (and active) family First UZHELTH Plenary Meeting Tashkent, 24-26 April 2014 North Africa Near East India UZHELTH

29. 3. What has already been accomplished by UZHELTH - Project Handbook, Partnership Agreement Working/Training visit to Pisa: all partners worked together for 7 days… -.building reciprocal knowledge and trust - training in Tuning Methodology - mapping the Public Health systems in Europe and in Uzbekistan - mapping the higher education systems in the various Public Health disciplines - constitution of four Subject Area working groups - creation of Subject Specific competence lists for Medicine, Veterinary sciences, Agriculture Environment - Organization of this meeting First UZHELTH Plenary Meeting Tashkent, 24-26 April 2014

30. 4. Significance of this Meeting: Public Launch: Presentation of UZHELTH and its objectives Working Meeting for the Consortium; Review of the competence lists Organization of the country-wide consultation with Students, Graduates, Academics and Employers First UZHELTH Plenary Meeting Tashkent, 24-26 April 2014

31. Let’s start! First UZHELTH Plenary Meeting Tashkent, 24-26 April 2014

32. rakhmat! isaacs@stm.unipi.it First UZHELTH Plenary Meeting Tashkent, 24-26 April 2014