TASHKENT, Uzbekistan, October 3. Uzbekistan’s Tashkent University of Architecture and Civil Engineering partners with the International Finance Corporation (IFC) on green building design and sustainable future, the IFC told Trend.
Both sides will launch the Designing for Greater Efficiency course, empowering building sector students with the skills they need for green building design.
Meanwhile, Uzbekistan’s Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Economy and Finance Jamshid Kuchkarov, and representatives of the IFC delegation headed by the Director for Türkiye and Central Asia regions, Wiebke Schlomer, discussed strengthening and expanding mutually beneficial cooperation.
During the meeting, the parties discussed cooperation in the area of public-private partnership, in particular on projects implemented in the area of modernization of electric power networks, education, healthcare, transport, and water management.
At the end of the meeting, the sides agreed to conduct systematic activities and increase efficiency in achieving their goals.
Earlier, Uzbekistan and the IFC joined forces to strike a new deal that aims to grease the wheels of the country's legal and regulatory frameworks, making it more enticing for foreign direct investment (FDI) to flow in and give a boost to economic growth.