“erasmus+ халқаро кредит мобиллик: таълим ва илмий

 
Learning and collaborative outcomes 
For some of the incoming staff members from Uzbekistan, their visit to the 
Netherlands was the first time that they had to teach in English abroad. This has directly 
contributed to the new advances of internalization made in Uzbekistan in terms of 
improving the teaching qualifications of local academics. In addition, the access to the 
large collection of Leiden University Library has given these scholars an incredible 
impetus to their own research activities and of course has improved their chances for 
acquiring further grants and international scholarships. They were acquainted with the 
Leiden academic community that specializes on Central Asia and this led to invitations 
for conferences and workshops following up their initial visit. As a result, they could 
expand their academic network, improve their research skills and gain experience in an 
English speaking teaching environment.
The outgoing staff members needed the support of the Uzbek academic partners in 
order to get access to Uzbek libraries and archives, where they could pursue their own 
research. They also expanded their network of academic contacts within Uzbekistan. The 
assistance and support of the vice-rector of the Tashkent Institute of Oriental Study Dr 
Gulchehra Rikhsieva has been indispensable to the success of the project. She assisted 
the selected outgoing staff members with practical and administrative issues and provided 
full support to the incoming staff from the Netherlands.
Additional meetings were organized with the main Erasmus office in Tashkent and with 
partners in Samarkand. As a result of these academic contacts we could put up a second 
two-year ICM application which was granted in July 2018. 
A Memorandum of Agreement was signed between Leiden University and the Tashkent 
Institute of Oriental Studies that regulates the future exchange of students and staff 
members between the two academic institutions.