EUROPEAN WORLD TALENT CAMP FOR UZBEKISTAN SCIENTISTS IN FOOD SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

“101083216 — ECAMPUZ European World Talent Camp for Uzbekistan Scientists in Food Science and Technology — ERASMUS-EDU-2022-CBHE”

• Project number: 101083216
• Project name: European World Talent Camp for Uzbekistan Scientists in Food Science and Technology
• Project Start Date: 01.01.2023
• Project End Date: 31.12.2025

This project aims to build capacity, develop and implement sustainable tools to address the national priorities in Uzbekistan (UZB) related to the “Sustainable growth and jobs” within the Food sector.
 

Partners of ECAMPUZ Project:

ECAMPUZ is designed to cover three important areas in food science and involves three world leading research groups: 

1) Food Analytical Methods and Chemometrics;

2) Food Microbiology and Food Safety;

3) Food Chemistry and Molecular Gastronomy.

TARGET GROUPS:

Group №1. Young food scientists (BSc, MSc and PhD students) in Uzbekistan; 

Group №2. Food science and technology teachers and researchers (young teachers and researchers as well as deans, heads of departments, study leaders, and laboratory heads) in Uzbekistan;

Group №3. The food industry employees and stakeholders in Uzbekistan.

THE SPECIFIC TASKS OF ECAMPUZ PROJECT:

• One CAMP in each year of project (1^st and 3^rd CAMP in Uzbekistan; 2^nd CAMP in Spain). Total number of participants – 75   students. Duration – 2 weeks;
• training of 7 researchers, 6 teachers, 10 PhD students in EU universities: University of Copenhagen in Denmark and University of Extremadura in Spain. Total number of participants – 23. Duration – up to 3 months (1^st – 3^rd   year);
• conducting open-door seminars and workshops to initiate useful networks between researchers and industrial experts;
• establishment of the “Cluster of Advanced Topics in Food Science and Technology” for academic networking;
• establishment of the “Uzbek Food Science and Technology Society”, which will secure post-project sustainability of the project outcomes.

BENEFITS OF PROJECT

The target group 1 of young faculty members of partner universities will benefit from EU training and update their capacities on education and research in advanced food science and technology.

The target group 2 will benefit from updated teaching materials and better in-class performance, laboratory skills of faculty members, food industry linked case studies and on-site education at newly established partners from food sector of UZB.

The third target group is food industry partners that will benefit from strongly improved and better skilled graduates, that will have sufficient knowledge on modern technology and techniques, market requirements, understanding of challenges and industry needs.