SEOUL, February 02 (AJP) - Uzbekistan and Türkiye have established a new model of institutional cooperation to enhance human capital and improve public administration in the labor market. The partnership focuses on professional development for government officials to accelerate poverty reduction and ensure sustainable employment in both nations.
The Embassy of Uzbekistan in the Republic of Korea said Monday that a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed by A.X. Rakhmonov, Director of the Center for the Professional Development of Employees under the Uzbek Ministry of Poverty Reduction and Employment, and Dr. Elif Gökçearslan, President of the Center for Labour and Social Security Training and Research (ÇASGEM) under the Turkish Ministry of Labour and Social Security.
The agreement serves as a strategic framework for sharing expertise in occupational safety, human resource management, and labor market regulation. Under the document, the two countries will jointly design training programs, methodological materials, and master classes to build professional competencies. The cooperation also includes the involvement of specialists in scientific research and the preparation of expert evaluations for sectoral policies.
This initiative follows the Fourth Meeting of the Türkiye-Uzbekistan High-Level Strategic Cooperation Council held in Ankara on January 29, where President Shavkat Mirziyoyev and President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan pledged to deepen bilateral ties. During that summit, the two leaders set a target to increase trade volume to 5 billion dollars and signed multiple agreements covering healthcare, education, and social protection.
The labor partnership is specifically designed to align Uzbekistan’s professional qualification system with international benchmarks. Practical efforts are already underway to translate Turkish professional standards for 22 high-demand occupations into the Uzbek language. This alignment is expected to eventually lead to the mutual recognition of qualification certificates, expanding opportunities for citizens to work legally and safely in both countries.
Officials stated that the cooperation will be conducted with full transparency, with project updates regularly published on official platforms. While the MoU establishes general principles and does not impose immediate financial obligations, it allows for the future involvement of international funds and third-party institutions to scale up joint workforce projects.
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