The Memorandum will develop and boost mutual cooperation between the University and the Fund Forum, particularly in culture, arts, education and scientific research.

According to the MSLU Rector, Professor Irina Khaleyeva, an Uzbek Language Department operates at the University. There are plans afoot to develop the activities of the Uzbek Cultural Center and organize educational and cultural events with Uzbek students. The Agreement between the Fund Forum and MSLU is expected to expand cooperation and mutual exchange in the field of personnel training, to involve young translators in MSLU events in Russia and CIS, to provide assistance to MSLU students in their efforts to study the Uzbek language and Uzbek culture.

This Memorandum is another in the series of cooperation documents the Fund Forum has signed with the world’s leading universities. In March 2010, the Fund Forum signed a similar memorandum with Japan’s Nagoya University.

The Fund Forum is the first public organization in the region that became an official partner of the UNESCO. A respective memorandum was signed in 2007 Paris. The British Council, another partner in the field education, signed a cooperation memorandum with the Fund Forum in October 2008.

Among other international partners are the Swiss Cooperation Office, China’s Soong Ching Ling Foundation, China Association for the Advancement of International Friendship, Samuel Eto’o Foundation and Cristiano Ronaldo Foundation among others.

Among the major educational projects launched by the Fund Forum are the Educational Grants Program, Program of Scholarship for Gifted Students, Pedagogical Grants Program, a Network of Youth Initiative Centers in Tashkent and other regions. The Fund Forum also supports scientific research, publishes books and works by young and eminent scholars and culture and arts professionals. Annually, a summer camp is organized for the youth. The camp involves leading trainers and lecturers from Uzbekistan and abroad who conduct master classes and seminars.