Every year the Representative Office of dvv international renders assistance to local partners in project implementation. The range of projects is broad and includes such areas as education, advanced training, environment, tourism, history, etc. This year, for example, one of the projects was "Tourism Development in Uzbekistan" implemented jointly with DED experts in three regions (Khiva, Farish, and Nukus). A number of activities were carried out under the project to develop tourism in those regions.
Since 2008, the Representative Office of dvv international has been providing support to guest houses located in Farish region. This activity has been carried out jointly with the National Scientific-Training and Consulting Center (NSTCC) under National Company (NC) “Uzbektourism”. The educational component of the project comprised seminars, which contributed to upgrading of staff and improved capacity of guest houses. As a result, guest house hosts decided to unite into one organization LLC “Tabiati Farish”. To date, it includes six guest houses. Having united, they jointly settle the problems set; however, practice has indicated the need for a specialist to provide consultation support on site, study all the needs and problems, and implement the tourism development strategy in the region. Finally, a DED expert was invited to Farish region. This year, the project activity focused on improving the quality of services, advertising and attracting tourists; in addition, efforts were aimed at licensing of the services offered.
Our long-term partner in Khiva is the “Business and Tourism Development Center”, which has gained positive experience of working with DED experts, which resulted in efficient joint activity and fruitful cooperation. This year, advanced training courses have been organized for staff of catering facilities, hotels and museums at "ART" restaurant (also being a training center for personnel in restaurant business).
The Republic of Karakalpakstan is not as frequently visited by tourists as, for example, Samarkand, Bukhara or Khiva. However, this region has a great capacity, and the situation has started changing recently. Historic monuments of the region, the Aral Sea and other attractive places have begun to attract more tourists. In this context, there is a pressing need for qualified specialists to work in tourism and service sectors.
The proposal developed by a DED expert and LLC “Golden Heritage of Aral” included activities aimed to train guides and tourism operators, advertising, building tourism capacity, as well as joining efforts of all stakeholders interested in tourism development.
In addition to tourism development activities, support was provided to courses for disabled women. A traveling training workshop was arranged and made it possible to train women from remote districts (Akmangyt). Some participants started to accept orders at home and earn income for their families even before completing the training.
The Representative Office of dvv international continues to support the adult education program in the prison system. This year profession-specific and training courses have been delivered and enabled prisoners to acquire new knowledge and skills, and in some cases master a new occupation. Given the fact that project activities are implemented at a female prison, the courses are mostly conducted in the following occupations: seamstress, hairdresser, confectioner, etc. Within the short period of training women can learn to make items themselves. Based on results of each project activity, at year end the workshop participants demonstrate all the items made during the training.
Moreover, this year Representative Office of dvv international has supported the workshop “Adult Training Methodology” for staff of regional departments of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
The above activities are in demand and have produced good results. With our activities, we promote the ideas of Adult Education and Lifelong Learning and demonstrate that education can be accessible to everyone and brought closer to home. Currently, it is important to have knowledge and skills being in demand in the labor market since they help achieve the goals set.
Makhbuba Saidakhmedova,
Project Coordinator
dvv international
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