Environmental protection in Central Asia: disaster risk management using space methods.

Most of the countries in Central Asia have experienced devastating disasters that have caused huge human and economic losses thought the region. Various daisasters such as droughts, floods, landslides, debris flows, earthquakes and extreme temperatures have ravaged the region. According to World Bank, ISDR and CAREC reports, annual economics losses due to natural disasters in Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan over the past decade have been estimated at $290 and 220$ million. Spatial information science and technology, including geographic information systems, remote sensing and spatial information infrastructures, have proven critical to environmental protection and disaster risk management.

The goal of the project: to improve the potential of environmental protection and natural disaster risk management in Central Asia.

Responsibilities: 

1. Development of innovative and blended courses in Spatial Information Science and Technology (SIST) for environmental Protection and Disaster Risk Management (EP-DiRiM): The developed courses will be taught in partner universities to build skills and fill knowledge gaps. Graduates will be qualified professionals who will be employed by relevant stakeholders to develop and improve to use of spatial methods in EP-DiRiM.
2. Training of trainers: faculty members of regional partner universities are training on how to teach the developed courses. Improving the quality of education and training. Online learning methods/tools have revolutionized the world of teaching. Central Asian partners are equipped with e-learning and Open Network Learning (ONL) tools.
3. System Development: An Internet-based information management system for Environmental Protection and Disaster Risk Management (iMSEP) will be developed and implemented. Make GIS systems widely available to stakeholders and be able to use them for data collection, storage, data analysis and decision-making.
4. Spreading Achievements: environmental and disaster management authorities at the policy, planning and operational levels recognize the benefits and applications of SIST in environmental protection and disaster risk management to support the development and use of SIST in their countries.
5. Develop Higher education Institutions: strengthening the relationship between universities, the state and enterprises in Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan. As the result, the students are unable to find a job after graduation and can provide good service to the society. The aim of this project is to strengthen this link to support this by developing courses needed by the public sector and society, as well as by informing stakeholders about the technologies they need to use and a pool of trained graduates who can employed.

Direct and indirect influences:

1. Improving the quality of education in universities of Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan (innovative courses on SIST and its manual on environmental protection and natural disaster risk management will be developed).
2. Improving cooperation between the university and business and increasing the employment of graduates.
3. Improving environmental protection and disaster risk management in Central Asia.

International branches:

Partners:

1. Lund University (Sweden)
2. Athena National technical University (Greese)
3. Vilinus Gedimans technical university (Lithuania)
4. Minew Univeristy (Portugal)
5. Urgench State University (Uzbekistan)
6. I.Arabaev Kyrgyz State University (Kyrgyzstan)
7. Osh State university (Kyrgyzstan)
8. Berdah Karakalpak State University (Uzbekistan)
9. EPCA website : http://eu-epca.eu/
10. The report on monitoring results in Central Asian partners: http://eu-epca.eu/wp2-4/

Central Asian center of teaching, learning and entrepreneurship

The center in I.Arabaev Kyrgyz State University

The |central Asian Center for Education, training and entrepreneurship (CACTLE) is a training and education center created with the support of the Erasmus+ CACTLE project. The instructors Institute of Economics and Management I.Arabaev KSU, who have a certificate of completion of advanced training courses at European universities, will provide the teaching.

CACTLE project is implementing in nine different universities of Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan. The project works as an educational service for universities, business and civil society.

The goal of the project and the center

CACTLE aims are to strengthen entrepreneurship to support economic growth, enrich curricula to increase the quality of education, and positively influence the development of universities, companies, and civil society in Central Asian countries (Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan)

CACTLE trains highly qualified teachers, produces teaching materials in key disciplines such as management, marketing and entrepreneurship, and focuses on training university teachers and entrepreneurs through a standardized qualification system.

The trainings from CACTLE

• CUT training for the university instructors to develop their qualifications, EBD training for the students to develop their entrepreneurs and business development;
• AMT standardized training for business, State or private companies;

CACTLE project are taking part following universities:

• Bishkek- I. Arabaev Kyrgyz State University
• Bishkek- Kyrgyz International University
• Bishkek- Zh. Balasagyn Kyrgyz National University
• Buhara- Buhara State University
• Fergana- Fergana State University
• Almaty- New economic university
• Astana-L.N. Gumilev Eurasian state university
• Karagandy- Karagandy economics university
• Tashkent-International Westminister University

Implementing CACTLE projects ERASMUS EC+ program and European four universities are supporting:

• Vienna- Vienna WU
• Newberg-FAU Newberg
• Barcelona- Universitat Obertadе Cataluynya
• La Coruna- Universidade da Coruna

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