"The work of the regional conference will focus on the discussion of strengthening structured cooperation between the partner universities via encouraging mobility at all levels of education (bachelors, masters and doctoral), researchers, academic and administrative staff", the statement reads.

It is noted that the consortium brings together the European partner universities in Italy, Austria, Spain, Romania, Croatia and the Central Asian region. The University of Padova (Italy) is the University coordinator of the project. Al-Farabi University serves as a co-coordinator of the project from the Central Asian region.