From 19th to 23rd of June the current year, the sixth meeting of Erasmus+ CBHE MechaUz project has been held in Latvia. This time, the Latvian project partners, Vidzeme University of Applied Sciences and Liepaja University,  hosted the meeting and agenda of 6 days event initiated.
According to the agenda, the first day of the event was held at Riga Technical University. The meeting has been started with a welcome speech by project coordinator Thomas Thomidis. At the meeting, the special attention was paid to the analysis of the achieved results, the development of a concept for the sustainable development of the mechatronics and robotics field, accreditation of the program established, presentation of courses created by each Uzbek partner universities, finalization of development of a new scheme of cooperation, and overview and next actions of dissemination activities, as well as the financial summary of the project’s activities.

On the second day of the event, all partners travelled to Vidzeme University of Applied Sciences, Valmiera, where representatives of host university introduced the guests to the university’s infrastructure and ongoing projects. Later, a visit to Valmiera’s development agency and makerspace “Dare” was organized, where project partners got an opportunity to interact with their representatives regarding the involvement of the younger generation in scientific activities and its transformation into innovative implementation. Later on the day, all partners visited sightseeing places of Valmiera city.

On the third day of the event, All project partners travelled to Liepaja, where the event attendees had the honor of familiarizing themselves with the structure of Liepaja University, its infrastructure, and teaching methods. Later that same day, a tour of the AE Partner enterprise, which specializes in automation systems for various industries was organized. And the event concluded with farewell dinner organized by Liepaja University.

During the event, the dates of the final conference of the project was decided to be held on October 3-7 this year in Uzbekistan, at Andijan machine-building institute and Fergana Polytechnic Institute.