WARSAW, November 5. /Dunyo IA/.  Polish science and education portal “Perspektywy” has published an article entitled “Poland and Uzbekistan are Developing Academic and Scientific Cooperation”, reports Dunyo IA correspondent.

Publication covers the visit to Tashkent by Minister Marcin Kulasek and a delegation of Polish universities. Delegation included rectors and vice-rectors of several universities, as well as Wojciech Karczewski, Director of the National Agency for Academic Exchange (NAWA) of Poland. As the publication notes, during a meeting with Erkinjon Turdimov, First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Education and Science, on October 28^th, Polish minister described Uzbekistan as an important partner for Poland in science and higher education in Central Asia.

Portal notes that Uzbekistan has been included among the countries covered by NAWA’s new “Strategic Four” programme, alongside the Republic of Korea, Türkiye and Vietnam. Program aims to develop joint research projects, academic mobility for students and researchers, as well as double and joint degree programs. Applications for the pilot edition of the programme will be announced in December 2026.

Publication also highlights the participation of the Polish delegation in the Central Asian International Education Forum in Tashkent, which brought together more than 1,500 participants, including education ministers from five countries of the region. Following the Forum, Polish and Uzbek universities signed cooperation agreements.

In addition, a seminar on doctoral education was held as part of the visit. Polish side emphasised the importance of joint activities in the areas of new technologies, medicine, agriculture, digital transformation and sustainable development.