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The overall objective of this project is to enhance living standards in rural areas through better employability for women and men, and the specific objective is to prepare women and men with relevant skills for the needs of a sustainable, diversified and modernized agriculture. The activities of the project will contribute to the following results: 

•    to modernize and strengthen governance of skills development in the agriculture and irrigation sectors in line with the labour market demands; 

•    to modernize qualifications and methodologies of skills development to serve the needs of the labour market, learners and workers in the agriculture and irrigation; and 

•    to modernize agriculture and irrigation colleges in rural areas with competent management and teaching staff using modern technologies and teaching and learning methods.

This project is aligned with the priority areas of Uzbekistan’s Development Strategy 2017-2021 from the perspective of skills development, as well as the following Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): 

Goal 4: "Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all"; and the progressive achievement of the following targets: 

4.3: By 2030, ensure equal access for all women and men to affordable and quality technical, vocational and tertiary education, including university; 

4.4: By 2030, substantially increase the number of youth and adults who have relevant skills, including technical and vocational skills, for employment, decent jobs and entrepreneurship; 

4.5: By 2030, eliminate gender disparities in education and ensure equal access to all levels of education and vocational training for the vulnerable, including persons with disabilities, indigenous peoples and children in vulnerable situations. 

Goal 8: "Promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all"; and the progressive achievement of the following targets: 

8.5: By 2030, achieve full and productive employment and decent work for all women and men, including for young people and persons with disabilities, and equal pay for work of equal value; 

8.6: By 2020, substantially reduce the proportion of youth not in employment, education or training (NEET).

This project is expected to enhance living standards in rural areas through better employability by equipping women and men with relevant skills for the sustainable, diversified and modernized agriculture with higher productivity. The impact of this project is in line with the Uzbekistan's Development Strategy for 2017-2021 priorities (development and liberalization of the economy; and development of the social sphere), the Strategy for the Development of Agriculture for 2020-2030, as well as the commitments of the Government of Uzbekistan towards SDGs.

Activities under Component 1 and Component 2 focus on the improvement of the skills development system of agriculture and irrigation by targeting design, delivery and outcomes of all TVET agriculture colleges and irrigation colleges in Uzbekistan. Component 3, focuses on the modernization of agriculture and irrigation colleges in the four priority rural regions (Karakalpakstan, Khorazm, Bukhara, Surkhondaryo) in Uzbekistan selected by the Ministry of Agriculture and the Ministry of Water Resources in consultation with Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Innovations (former Ministry of Higher and Secondary Specialized Education) and UNESCO. There are four pilot institutions (colleges, technical schools): 

•    Gijdivan Technical School of Agricultural Technologies (Bukhara);

•    Kizirik Technical School of Agrotechnologies (Surkhandarya);

•    Koshkopir College of Water Resources and Land reclamation (Khorazm);

•    Karaozak technical school of agroeconomies (Karakalpakstan).