DUSHANBE, May 21, 2013, Asia-Plus – Dushanbe is hosting the 23rd session of the Eurasian Economic Committee (EAEC) Integration Committee’s Education Sector today.
According to the Ministry of Education (MoE), the meeting participants include delegations from member nations of the EAEC and representatives from the EAEC Integration Community Secretariat.
Seven issues have been tabled to the session’s agenda, including the establishment of the EAEC rating agency for assessment of universities in member nations of the Community, comparative analysis of the national teachers’ training systems, the process of implementation of the plan of joint actions in the field of education designed for 2011-2013, the process of implementation of decisions adopted at the previous 22nd session of the EAEC Integration Committee Education Council, etc.
The next 24th session of the EAEC Integration Committee Education Council is expected to take place in Minsk, Belarus in the second half of 2013.
The EAEC Integration Committee Education Council aims to expand and deepen cooperation between the EAEC member nations in the education sphere.
The Eurasian Economic Community (EAEC) originated from the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) customs union between Belarus, Russia and Kazakhstan on March 29, 1996. The Treaty on the establishment of the Eurasian Economic Community was signed on October 10, 2000, in Kazakhstan”s capital Astana by presidents of Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia and Tajikistan. On October 7, 2005, it was decided between the member states that Uzbekistan would join. Common Economic Space was launched on January 1, 2010.
The Organization of Central Asian Cooperation (OCAC) (Central Asian Cooperation Organization, CACO) was an international organization, composed of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and Russia. Georgia, Turkey and Ukraine had observer status. Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan formed the OCAC in 1991 as Central Asian Commonwealth (CAC). The organization continued in 1994 as Central Asian Economic Union (CAEU), in which Tajikistan and Turkmenistan did not participate. In 1998 it became Central Asian Economic Cooperation (CAEC), which marked the return of Tajikistan. On February 28, 2002, it was renamed to its current name. Russia joined on May 28, 2004. On September 7, 2005, at the St. Petersburg Summit of the Central Asian Cooperation Organization, it was agreed to merge CACO into EAEC. In October 2005, Uzbekistan applied for membership in EAEC. OCAC has de facto dissolved on January 25, 2006, when Uzbekistan joined EAEC. But later in 2008, Uzbekistan decided to temporarily suspend its membership.
