On October 22, 2024, within the framework of cooperation between the Civil Service Agency and the Japanese Center for International Cooperation (JICE) on personnel training for the Republic of Tajikistan, an advertising event was held at Japanese universities with the broad participation of civil servants and employees of state organizations of the Republic of Tajikistan. At this event, Deputy Director of the Civil Service Agency Kurbonzoda Hilbi Jumahon and Imai seju, Head of the Representative Office of the Japan International Cooperation Agency in the Republic of Tajikistan (JICA), made an introductory speech and noted that bilateral relations between Tajikistan and Japan for sending civil servants to Japanese universities for training (master's and doctoral courses) in order to develop human resources resources and training of highly qualified personnel have been conducted since 2009. Within the framework of this cooperation, every year civil servants and employees of state organizations of the Republic of Tajikistan are selected on a competitive basis to study at master's and doctoral courses at Japanese universities (from 2009-5, from 2017-8, from 2019-13, from 2020 - 16 people) and sent to study in Japan. In general, during 2011-2024, 136 (women-25) representatives of the Republic of Tajikistan were sent to study at master's and doctoral degrees at Japanese universities, 94 (women-16) graduated from master's degrees at Japanese universities, and 37 (women-2) or 39.3% held positions from 1 to 6 higher categories. Currently, 42 people are studying (41 in the master's degree and 1 in the doctoral degree), the duration of study is 2 years in the master's degree and 3 years in the doctoral degree. At the same time, for a new period of study (2025-2027 for Master's degree, 2025-2028 for doctoral studies) The necessary legal frameworks have been signed, including memoranda of exchange, a grant agreement and a contract for the provision of services for the management of the Scholarship Training project (JDS project), and their implementation continues. At the same time, in order to effectively implement the JDS project, a 5-person project management commission for the provision of scholarships for training has been established, consisting of representatives of the Tajik and Yaopon sides, whose activities are aimed at recruiting and selecting applicants for master's and doctoral studies at Japanese universities, and civil servants and employees of state organizations of the Republic of Tajikistan are sent to study in Asia-Ritsumeikan Pacific University, Japan International University, Hiroshima University, Ritsumeikan University, Akita University and Doshisha University. During this promotional event, runamo participants were introduced by Shifo Sharifzoda, a senior consultant at the JDS project office in the Republic of Tajikistan, about the goals, objectives, procedure for submitting documents, rights and obligations in accordance with the provisions of the scholarship project for training in Japan (JDS project). The purpose of this forum is to select and mobilize civil servants and employees of government organizations at the master's and doctoral levels of prestigious universities in Japan in 2025 and the successful implementation of this project. At the same time, for the purposeful implementation of this project, questions and answers were held between the participants, and it is also planned to hold promotional events for the JDS project in the relevant ministries and departments, executive bodies of state power of GBAO, Sughd and Khatlon regions.
