What is the Adult Education Association of the Republic of Uzbekistan (AEARUz)? United interests, strengthened positions, supported idea, link between people sharing the same ideas, or development of continuous education principles?
This is the first, the second and the third options altogether. The idea of setting up the Association originated and was supported by a group of education professionals sharing the same ideas. Life itself, or its development to be precise, dictates new and better ways to form a civil society. Lifelong education is not a slogan; it is the way forward for the society. In the long run, providing an opportunity to obtain additional education for adult population in line with its needs and requests is a guarantee of building a strong civil society.
Recently, thanks to efforts made by the country’s leadership enjoying support from local and international organizations-stakeholders, namely, Representative Office of dvv international, the Adult Training Centers have been set up and operate at vocational colleges in different regions of Uzbekistan. As training bases for adult education develop and given the increasing interest of adult population in additional education, the role of nongovernmental, commercial and other organizations in adult education development is becoming stronger. The number of nongovernmental educational organizations of different ownership patterns is increasing.
An essential result of this work is that representatives of all institutions in the country dealing with adult education have understood the need to join efforts to promote their interests, coordinate the activities, set up and develop the effective adult education network in Uzbekistan.
Representatives of such agencies established an initiative group aiming to set up the Adult Education Association in the Republic of Uzbekistan. The initiative group included representatives of business organizations, training centers, consultation firms and other organizations.
The key tasks of the initiative group were to attract attention of interested organizations to support and develop the idea of the AEARUz establishment, forming the image of the Association as an organization that unites, represents and supports interests and principles of adult education in Uzbekistan.
The initiative to establish the AEARUz was supported by a number of organizations interested in adult education promotion, namely, by the Social Initiatives Support Fund. Possible cooperation and participation of the Center for SSVE in establishment and activities of the AEARUz are being discussed with specialists of the Ministry of Higher and Secondary Specialized Education of the Republic of Uzbekistan.
The organizational structure of the AEARUz was determined as a voluntary association of various legal entities in order to develop adult education in the Republic of Uzbekistan. The draft Charter of the AEARUz stipulates that the AEARUz members can be educational and vocational training institutions, non-for-profit organizations offering various educational services on favorable terms or for free, commercial companies providing educational and vocational training services, Adult Training Centers, international and other organizations interested in continuous education in general and in adult education in particular. The supreme authority of the AEARUz is the General Assembly of the Association members determining all governing and working bodies of the Association.
The initiative group representatives carry out consultations with relevant specialists and experts to prepare a package of documents and hope for support from the Ministry of Justice of the Republic for registration of the AEARUz.
On behalf of the initiative group,
Umida Maksumova
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