On August 30, 2023, the annual educational project of Huawei “Seeds for the Future” for Uzbekistan students, was launched. With the support of the Ministry of Digital Technologies, 15 students from 7 universities of Uzbekistan will visit Qatar in September this year to study in IT areas together with project participants from 15 countries in the Middle East and Central Asia.

The Ministry of Digital Technology hosted the educational project “Seeds for the Future” launch ceremony, which is part of Huawei’s corporate social initiative to support talents worldwide. For the ninth time, Uzbekistan students will team up with participants from other countries to improve their digital skills, share knowledge, raise awareness of the ICT sector, and develop a digital community of young talents.

This year, together with students from Uzbekistan in the city of Doha (Qatar), 175 students from universities from 15 countries of the Middle East and Central Asia, including Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Kazakhstan, Pakistan, Oman, Jordan, Lebanon, Iraq, Azerbaijan, Mongolia and Kyrgyzstan will take part in the project.

To support the project participants before the trip to Doha, the project launch ceremony was attended by the Minister of Digital Technologies Sherzod Shermatov, the leadership and teaching staff of local universities with IT areas, representatives of Huawei, as well as one of the TOP-10 global Ambassadors of the “Seeds for the Future” project, Inha University graduate Nodira Tillayeva.

During the “Seeds for the Future” program from September 2 to 9, 2023, participants will also develop their Tech4Good project for submission to the regional competition. The competition aims to involve young people in creating positive community changes through digital solutions to achieve sustainable development goals (UN SDGs). In case of successful submission of the Tech4Good project to the judges, the participants will have a chance to proceed to the second stage, which will be held in Dubai, UAE, from 10 to 16 September 2023. According to the results of the acceleration program, Tech4Good winners will be eligible to participate in the final global competition in China.

Nasiba Ziyodullayeva, UzA