OREANDA-NEWS. December 09, 2014. Within the framework of Memorandum on cooperation in the field of ICT between the State Committee of Communication, Information and Telecommunication Technologies of the Republic of Uzbekistan (State Committee) and the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications of Japan (MIC), signed in January this year, Uzbekistan-Japan Seminar on Information and Communication Technologies took place in Tashkent.

It was attended by representatives of ministries and departments, higher educational institutions of Uzbekistan, representatives of the University of Tokyo and Keio University, Japan National Institute of ICT, the Japanese corporation NEC.

The Seminar was held in two sections:

- ICT education;

- Social and economic development by using ICT.

In the first section of the seminar, representatives of universities of Uzbekistan and Japan exchanged experiences on training highly qualified specialists in the field of ICT at the level of international standards. In particular, the participants learned about rich experience of leading Japanese universities, well-known not only in Japan, such as the University of Tokyo and Keio, having more than a century-long history. Also we should mention the relevance of research and innovation, presented at the seminar by Japan National Institute of ICT (NICT).

The second section was attended by representatives of various ministries and departments of the republic. In a time when information technologies are being actively implemented in all spheres of economic and social life of the country, the discussion raised great interest among the participants. In accordance with the program of the seminar the presentations on improving ICT infrastructure, implementation of applications in the field of health, education, disaster management, development of modern IT-technology and others were made.

The participants noted that this seminar will enhance further cooperation both in ICT education and in implementation of information technologies in the fields of economy and social sphere.