Engaging Communities for the Future of Local Youth!

⚡️USAID/Uzbekistan Youth Employment Skills (YES) Activity recently organized a community engagement informational tour in three micro-regions of Fergana region. Residents of the mahallas, as well as students and representatives of Fergana State University and Fergana Polytechnic Institute were invited to learn more about the USAID/ Youth Employment Skills (YES) Activity. The main objective of these meetings was to inform the local communities about the goals and objectives of the USAID YES Activity and the need for local communities to support young people in understanding and identifying professional opportunities in their communities. By nurturing positive attitudes around youth workforce readiness, USAID aims to motivate parents and family members to support young people in their pursuit of future employment opportunities.

🔗YES activity in Uzbekistan: https://www.americancouncils.org/programs/uzbekistan-youth-employment-skills-yes-activity

💫 C5+O.N.E. Participants Successfully Complete Another Trimester

We are pleased to announce the successful completion of another trimester for our esteemed participants in Khiva, Nukus, Samarkand, Tashkent, and Urgench.

🌟 Throughout the trimester, our dedicated 132 professionals in the field of energy and environment, split into 15 groups in Cohort 1 and Cohort 2, engaged in 60 hours of intensive language training. These classes focused on developing essential skills in communicative competence in English, following the principles of Communicative Language Teaching (CLT). In addition to English Language Classes, Cohort One participants from Nukus, Khiva, and Tashkent attended the First National Networking Event held in a hybrid format in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. It should also be mentioned that participants attended a series of online workshops provided as part of the supplementary activities of the C5+O.N.E. (Opening Networks through English) program. One such activity took place on December 2nd, where Cohort 1 participants from Nukus, Khiva, and Tashkent visited the UzAtom Agency in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.

🎉 We are delighted to see the progress made by all participants during this period. On behalf of C5+O.N.E., we extend our congratulations to all Cohort One and Cohort Two participants, including our Classroom Teachers, for their dedication and hard work in successfully completing the Trimester.

Sponsored by the U.S. Department of State and administered by the American Councils for International Education, the C5+O.N.E. program involves 5 hours per week of interactive English lessons over three trimesters, totaling 180 hours. Additionally, participants can engage in regional seminars and workshops, facilitating the development of professional networks and promoting regional connectivity throughout the project's implementation.

🔔 Stay tuned for more updates and information regarding C5+O.N.E. and other important announcements.

#C5plusONE #Energy #Environment #ProfessionalNetworks

On January 8-9, 2024, 13 English Language Teachers participated in the SOP and Digital Literacy Training in the framework of the English Access Microscholarship Program!

American Councils Uzbekistan is proud to launch additional new five Access program sites!
This week 13 local #Access teachers and coordinators came together in Tashkent to start the Standard Operating Procedures and Digital Literacy Training of #Access program. These teachers will start their activity in the middle of January in five recently launched sites throughout Uzbekistan. American Councils is proud to partner with the Ministry of Preschool and School Education to support students and teachers throughout the Access Program.

📚 For more information about the Access Program in Uzbekistan click on https://exchanges.state.gov/non-us/program/english-access-microscholarship-program
 🇺🇸The English Access Microscholarship Program is funded by the U.S. Department of State and implemented in Uzbekistan by American Councils.

✨There are some events that one remembers for a lifetime! ESN Silk Road Conference in Tashkent was one of them!

🗓On November 10-11th, 450 participants in the ESN: STT Program and members of the local education community had the opportunity to share their ideas, enhance their pedagogical competencies, and develop their teaching methodology at the Tashkent ESN Silk Road Conference at Inha University.

🔸The Tashkent ESN Silk Road Conference consisted of over 100 presentations of unique workshops, creative master classes, and teacher showcases delivered by ESN: STT participants from 12 regions and the Republic of Karakalpakstan and by international educators trained in current TESOL methodology. The conference attendees deepened their knowledge and understanding of learner-centered classrooms, communicative language learning, and lesson plan development and implementation.