The ETF’s intervention in Uzbekistan focuses on Vocational education and training system development and provision on one side, education and business partnership on the other side.

The theme of VET system development and provision in a lifelong learning perspective is the priority of the ETF in Uzbekistan. ETF focuses in supporting the government of Uzbekistan in the provision of information, analysis, and policy advice on VET reform and in identifying VET reform priorities.

The analysis is undertaken within the Torino Process. A variety of stakeholders (policy-makers, practitioners and researchers, from both public and private sector) are being consulted at different stages of the process to collect data, discuss the findings of the review exercise and formulate recommendations. Information types and sources are being as diversified as possible.

Short, shared country reports have been produced, as well as the regional and cross-country analyses of progress in vocational education and training policy. In the mid to long-term perspective (2013 and beyond) the “Torino Process” should become a guided self assessment exercise for monitoring VET policies. It should eventually foster a reinforced, country-led “policy learning approach”, whereby countries are able to learn from initiatives being implemented elsewhere.

ETF is also promoting the involvement of the country in multi-country and international peer learning and capacity building activities and events within the process, under other ETF projects and the European Central Asia Education Initiative.

In addition to the general review of the"Torino Process", an in-depth review on cooperation between education and business is being prepared as a first study.