Upon request by the Government of the Republic of Uzbekistan, Policy Research Institute(the PRI) has been providing the Banking and Finance Academy(BFA) with intellectual support for human resource development in Uzbekistan since the BFA’s establishment in 1996. This support has included accepting the BFA students for seminars held in Japan and dispatching the Honorable First Vice-Rector of the BFA (part-time).
　The delegation from the PRI visited Tashkent, Uzbekistan. And the PRI held a joint Seminar with the Ministry of Economy and Finance of The Republic of Uzbekistan(UMOEF) and the BFA, and had a discussion with them regarding the PRI’s future support for Uzbekistan.

1. Joint Seminar
　PRI held a Joint Seminar on March 28th and 29th, 2024. PRI gave the lectures for the UMOEF staff and the BFA students.

  <March 28th>
  Opening Remarks
  ・Mr. MEGURO Katsuyuki, Executive Vice President and PRI, Honorable First Vice-Rector of the BFA
  ・Dr. Elmurod Hoshimov, Rector, BFA

  Lecture
  ・"Bank of Japan’s Approach to CBDC and Fintech"
　    Mr. SUGIMURA Kazutoshi, Director, Payment and Settlement Systems Department, Bank of Japan

  <March 29th>
  Lectures
  ・"Economic Transition in Uzbekistan : Macroeconomic and Structural Policies and Debt Management"
   　Mr. KAWAI Masahiro,
   　Professor Emeritus, University of Tokyo and
   　Senior Fellow, Policy Research Institute, Ministry of Finance, Japan

  ・"Post-Pandemic Strategy for Socio-Economic Development - Learning from Southeast Asia’s Experience -"
   　Mr. SUZUKI Kosuke, Vice President Policy Research Institute, Ministry of Finance, Japan

  Closing Remarks
  ・Dr. Elmurod Hoshimov, Rector, BFA