Madina Badalova, Foundation for Arts & Culture

On 3-4 February, the British Council hosted a conference to discuss the opportunities of further mainstreaming creative entrepreneurship education in Uzbek universities.

The event was held as part of British Council’s Creative Spark programme, which builds international partnership between UK and Uzbek educational institutions to develop creative entrepreneurship skills.

Gerald Lidstone, Director, and John Newbigin OBE, Visiting Fellow, ICCE

95 participants including the senior representatives of the Ministry of Higher and Secondary Specialised Education, the Ministry of Public Education, the Ministry of Innovation, the Ministry of Economic Development, the El Yurt Umidi Foundation, the National Quality Inspection, the National Testing Centre, the representatives of Uzbek universities involved in this project, as well as the representatives of the private sector (Humo Group / Ground Zero) took part in the forum discussions.

Dinah Caine CBE, Chair of Council, Goldsmiths University of London

From Goldsmiths, Dinah Caine, John Newbigin and Gerald Lidstone participated. This was part of the British Councils largest international project linking across seven countries in Central Asia (Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan), South Caucasus (Azerbaijan, Armenia, Georgia) and Ukraine.

In the UK the Uzbekistan partnership has worked extensively with Sian Prime and Adrian De La Court on developing new Entrepreneurship Curricula in Uzbek Universities.