August 20, 2007
Politics:
Japanese Deputy FM met with Uzbek Deputy PM
Economics:
Seminar on wine-growing held at Farmers Association of Uzbekistan
Rating – powerful tool for attracting investors
Uzbekistan Airways specialists to attend CRM training course at Lufthansa Training Centre
‘International Management Magazine’ Put Out In Country
Society:
‘Bazaar Art 2007’ Said To Be A Great Stimulus to Uzbek Masters
Uzbek Writers & Poets Hold Literary Festival In Ferghana
POLITICS
JAPANESE DEPUTY FM MET WITH UZBEK DEPUTY PM
On August 17 the parliamentary Deputy Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan, the lawmaker at the national parliament Ms. Midori Matsushima met with the Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Uzbekistan, Minister of Higher and Secondary Special Education Rustam Kasymov, the Uzbekistan National News Agency reported.
During talks the sides are reported to have noted that between Uzbekistan and Japan were consistently developing the ties in all spheres, in particular in the area of science, education, culture and health. The agreements achieved at the meetings of the leaders of both countries serve as an important legal basis in this.
Ms. Matsushima highly assessed the large-scale works now underway in Uzbekistan under the leadership of the Uzbek Leader in the development of economy, science, education, culture, and especially the achievements in the sphere of health. The sides have said that the relations between the two countries were developing in accordance with the Joint statement on friendship, strategic partnership and cooperation.
During the negotiations the sides comprehensively exchanged views on working out and implementation the joint mutually beneficial projects, according to the report.
On the outcomes of the meeting the project “On supplying with medical equipments the Scientific and research institute of midwifery and gynecology” has been signed between the governments of Uzbekistan and Japan. This document foresees ensuring the surgery and diagnostics departments of the said institute with technical equipments.
The same day Ms. Matsushima held negotiations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Uzbekistan.
ECONOMICS
SEMINAR ON WINE-GROWING HELD AT FARMERS ASSOCIATION OF UZBEKISTAN
A seminar on the improvement of the varieties of grapes, raising their disease resistance, and keeping up with the international standards was held at the Farmers Association of Uzbekistan, UzA reported.
The heads of the leading farms specialized in wine-growing, the representatives of the State Centre of Sanitary-Epidemiological Supervision, Scientists and Specialists of Scientific-Research Institutes participated in the meeting.
It was noted that major reforms are being implemented in the agrarian sector to protect the rights of producers, improve the quality of the product processing and increase export volumes.
Large-scale measures are being implemented in the country to develop wine-growing, raise productivity of vineyards, comply with the requirements set for the products of wine-growing both in the domestic and foreign markets. The total area of vineyards in Uzbekistan comprises some 89,000 hectares. This year, these farms have supplied the population and the processing industry over 18,000 tonnes of grapes.
"Convenient soil and climate conditions make good harvests possible," said the Head of the Meva-Sharbat Scientific-Production Corporation named after Schreder Rustam Rizaev. "To further develop the industry and get a good harvest, we need to take timely agro-technical measures."
Participants of the seminar share opinions on the issues of competitiveness of the good and further increases of export volumes.
RATING – POWERFUL TOOL FOR ATTRACTING INVESTORS
On August 17, the Ministry of Finance of Uzbekistan hosted a roundtable meeting, which discussed rating as a powerful tool for attracting investors.
Thanks to fast economic growth, the financial sector of Uzbekistan is observing dynamic development. The interest of foreign investors in the Uzbek market rises accordingly. Meanwhile, these investors naturally want up-to-date objective information about the market participants, their financial stability, reliability, performance, etc.
The rating of the banks by the international and national rating agencies is an important precondition for further successful development of the financial system and its integration with the world financial-economic system. In the conditions of market economy, rating serves as a convenient tool for the investors, clients, partners and the rating entities themselves. It provides an objective picture of the market situation, the condition of market participants, their relative strength against a certain criteria. Rating is not only the indicator of the entity's financial strength and competitiveness, it is also an efficient tool in attraction of investors, a PR-instrument that helps form a positive image about the company in the market.
On 17 August, the Ministry of Finance of Uzbekistan hosted a roundtable meeting, which discussed rating as a powerful tool in attracting investors. The Ministry of Finance organised the event together with the Association of Professional Insurance Market Participants, the Centre for Coordination and Control over the Functioning of Securities Market, the Association of Leasing Companies and Credit Unions, Expert RA Rating Agency (Russia) and SAIPRO Company (Uzbekistan).
The representatives of Uzbek insurance companies, banks, leasing companies and credit unions participated in the meeting.
During the event participants examined international experience in obtaining the rating, and discussed the possibilities of raising the investment attractiveness of financial institutions and interested companies with the assistance of the independent ratings. The case of the Russian Expert RA was studied in detail.
Discussion and the summing up of results followed the ceremony. The attribution of rating is not only of interest to the owners and partners of banks, their regulating bodies and the borrowers, it also serves as an indicator of the organisation's financial stability, and in this sense may be strongly considered by foreign investors. "It is better to have a negative rating than to have none," said the Manager of the Financial Analysis and Rating Department of SAIPRO Company Bahadir Halbaev.
UZBEKISTAN AIRWAYS SPECIALISTS TO ATTEND CRM TRAINING COURSE AT LUFTHANSA TRAINING CENTRE
In line with the International Civil Aviation Organisation's (ICAO) requirements, a group of specialists of the Uzbekiston Havo Yullari (Uzbekistan Airways) National Airline Company will attend the Crew Resource Management training course at the Lufthansa Training Centre in Frankfurt-on-Maine (Germany).
The group includes instructor-pilots specialized in the training-preparation of method-flight department of the Uzbekistan Airways Training Centre, an instructor-flight attendant, and a psychologist. The training programme was developed in line with the new philosophy of crew resource management. After the completion of the course, the group will receive certificate with the right to teach CRM at the UA Training Centre.
‘INTERNATIONAL MANAGEMENT MAGAZINE’ PUT OUT IN COUNTRY
The new “International management magazine” professional magazine is put out in Uzbekistan. The professional international group of experts worked on this magazine, Uzreport.com Business Information Portal reported.
It has been aimed at fully informing on the international and national bodies for certification, including the CIS countries and far abroad, reporting the results of implementing the new standards of forms of proprietorship at enterprises, exchanging views in the area of management, marketing, audit, introducing international standards, printing reference materials, which are necessary to enterprises and establishments and creation of the center for information study and analysis in the sphere of management, and other.
The materials will be offered in various forms, which shall be available both for specialists and broad circle of readers, who undertake their first steps in business.
SOCIETY
‘BAZAAR ART 2007’ SAID TO BE A GREAT STIMULUS TO UZBEK MASTERS
All opportunities are now created in Uzbekistan so that each citizen of the country may realize their creative potential. With an aim to preserve the unique spiritual heritage of the Uzbek people, restore the traditional arts in April this year the “Forum of Culture and Arts of Uzbekistan” Fund opened the Center for National Arts, Nasiba Sabirova of the Information Agency “Jahon” reported.
These days the fair “Bazar-Art 2007”, where the creative works of 70 masters from around the nation are displayed, has opened in Tashkent. Their works are reported to represent all directions of traditional decorative and applied arts: ceramics, miniature, textiles, coinage, gold embroidery products, carpet weaving, woodcarving and jewelry.
The culture and arts workers, representatives of diplomatic corps, travel agencies as well as the mass media were invited to the opening of the said exhibition.
The goal of the exhibition was to reveal the creative potential in the field of traditional and modern decorative and applied arts, acquaint the public with the brightest tendencies in this area, render the support to the creative dynasties and talented masters, as well as preserve the national heritage.
“Now the “Forum of Culture and Arts of Uzbekistan” Fund is cooperating with the leading masters of the national applied arts in the country,” - the People’s master of the Republic of Uzbekistan, the honorary member of the Academy of Arts, hereditary ceramist from Gijduvon Alisher Narzullayev has said, “the favorable conditions created in the country enable the national masters to embody their creative thoughts.
At the said exhibition, the visitors are able not only to see the works of the masters, but also to purchase the ones they like. Experts believe that this event will help to study the modern state of the national applied arts of Uzbekistan, and also reveal the fields of arts, which need support to revive and develop the lost directions of traditional arts.
The nominees are to be awarded with diplomas, precious prizes and gifts, but the main prize is an invitation to France to participate in the International exhibition “The Silk Road and Tourism”.
UZBEK WRITERS & POETS HOLD LITERARY FESTIVAL IN FERGHANA
Days of literature “Buyuk yurt iftihori” (‘Pride of the great country’) dedicated to the 16th anniversary of Independence of Uzbekistan, the 2750th anniversary of Samarkand and the 2000th anniversary of Marghilan, Uzbekistan National News Agency reported.
The events were organized upon the initiative of the Union of writers in Uzbekistan, the Republican Center of Spirituality and Ministry for Culture and Sports. A number of writers and poets led by the Hero of Uzbekistan, People’s Poet Abdulla Aripov participated at the meetings.
The participants spoke about the successes achieved in Uzbekistan for over the years of Independence, on the role of Samarkand and Marghilan in the history of the country and world civilization.
During the meetings in Marghilan the writers and poets got acquainted with the enormous creative works undertaken in the city on the eve of its 2000th jubilee.
“We were very glad when we saw the renovated Marghilan”, - the poet, Khosiyat Bobomurodova has said. “This city is well known as one of the ancient centers of literature, arts and national handicrafts. The old and everlasting young city has become more beautiful thanks to the reconstruction and betterment of historical monuments – Pirsiddik complex, Said Khoja Ishan Madrassah, Jahon Otin Uvaisiy house -museum.”