May 30-31, 2023, National Erasmus+ Office in Kyrgyzstan, participates in XVII International Conference “GIS in Central Asia” – GISCA’23 and in trainings on DEvision and GeoTAK projects in KSTU named after I.Razzakov.
The GeoTAK project “Development of Interdisciplinary Postgraduate Programmes and Strengthening Research Networks in Geoinformation Technologies in Armenia and Kyrgyzstan” is implemented in 2021-2024 and funded by the European Union Erasmus+ programme.
The coordinator of the project is the Polytechnic University of Valencia from Spain, the national coordinator is KSTU named after I. Razzakov. Also from Kyrgyz universities the Osh Technological University named after Academician M.Adyshev participates in the project. The Ministry of Education and Science of the Kyrgyz Republic and the State Cartography and Geodesy Service (Goskartografia) under the State Agency for Land Resources under the Ministry of Agriculture of the Kyrgyz Republic participate in the project as partners.
The main objectives of the project are to develop postgraduate higher education programs in geoinformation technologies (GIT) and to strengthen research and innovation links between higher education institutions, industry and management in Armenia and Kyrgyzstan. The project developed three PhD programs at KSTU named after I. Razzakov and recruited the first doctoral students in these new programs.