Overall objective - to modernise food innovation and technology related higher education in UZ and TJ,
thereby increasing the quality and ensuring relevance of the higher education to the needs of the socio-
economic growth of the countries concerned and especially of their regions.
Specific objectives:
1. Improve the quality of food processing related higher education in UZ and TJ enhance its relevance for the
needs and interests of sustainable national economies, labour market and societies.
2. Create and implement innovative study form for increase of level of knowledge, skills and competencies of
students and external learners thus increasing their competitiveness in the labour market and employability
potential of students.
3. Promote inclusive education, create learning opportunities for the external learners of different age, social
background and geographic locations.
4. Ensure professional development for academic and administrative staff in order to impact the quality of
higher education provided by the involved HEIs in the longer term.
5. Stimulate cooperation of universities and business, exchange of good practice, develop and test the study
programmes with and within enterprises, thus enhancing relevance of higher education to the respective
business sector.
6. Enhance internationalisation of CA HEIs and capacity to network effectively.