Termez State University supports capacity-building for public administration through training described in its SDG cooperation framework, government briefings held on campus and the sharing of administrative practice through a national professional-development institute. The relevant topics include sustainable development, implementation of public policy, digital administration and the practical responsibilities of local officials. Its established provision also includes education for mahalla leaders and governor’s assistants, with the dates of those earlier programmes stated below.
In its published SDG cooperation account, TerSU describes training and policy consultations for local government employees and representatives of environmental organisations. These activities are associated with regional cooperation on waste management, ecotourism and agroecological innovation. The stated purpose is to integrate SDG principles into practical administration. The account places this work alongside cooperation with regional government and national environmental and agricultural authorities. It identifies public officials as a training audience and links their learning to the policy areas they help administer.
A dated 2025 example of campus support for government learning is the expanded meeting held in the university assembly hall on 16 July. The Surkhandarya Pension Fund’s official channel records that its regional head, X. Normamatov, explained Presidential Decree PF-105 of 26 June 2025. His briefing addressed the July–October arrangements under paragraph 5(v), concerning the digitisation of citizens’ employment records through district and city employment authorities, with governor’s assistants working alongside mahalla leadership teams. TerSU supplied the university venue; the Pension Fund official delivered the technical explanation.
The university’s own report of the same day identifies the audience as representatives of public administration and law-enforcement bodies, regional leaders responsible for the mahalla leadership system, city and district governors and relevant deputies. Discussion addressed local problem-solving, the study of residents’ needs, targeted assistance and the effectiveness of neighbourhood administration. Read together with the Pension Fund’s account, this documents a university setting used for explaining a current legal measure to officials responsible for implementation. It connects legal knowledge with the administrative task of digitising employment histories.
TerSU also contributed practice-based learning within a national professional-development setting on 9 September 2025. Its registrar office director and department heads participated in short courses at the Institute for Retraining and Advanced Training of Higher Education Personnel under the higher education ministry. During the programme, the university’s experience was presented to the participants. The presentation addressed effective organisation of registrar services, modern management, innovative approaches and digitisation of education services. This provides a specific example of TerSU sharing operational knowledge through a ministry-affiliated training institution, with the university contributing its own administrative experience.
A statutory route for developing public officials’ administrative skills is the regional network for teaching official documentation in the state language. Cabinet of Ministers Resolution 117 of 3 March 2020 lists TerSU among the institutions designated to host regional divisions of the national training centre. The resolution identifies employees of ministries, agencies and local executive authorities among the intended beneficiaries. Its remit includes continuous courses on Uzbek language standards, official writing, preparation of administrative documents and practical communication skills. The framework also includes work on terminology and linguistic examination of draft legal instruments. These competencies are directly relevant to officials who prepare decisions, correspondence and other public documents.
The university’s earlier local-government training provides a documented precedent with clear participant figures. Its report of 6 July 2022 records a seminar programme begun on 1 July for newly elected chairs of the region’s 721 mahallas. The first stage involved 199 mahalla chairs developing their knowledge and skills. The programme covered neighbourhood-based administration, state support and solving residents’ problems locally. The rector met participants and discussed closer university–mahalla cooperation. The figure of 721 refers to the mahallas addressed by the programme, while 199 is the reported first-stage participant count. Both figures belong to the 2022 programme.
A further established education pathway targeted governor’s assistants working on entrepreneurship, employment and poverty reduction. On 22 September 2022, TerSU reported admitting 46 assistants to the Economics and Tourism Faculty on state-funded, part-time places following interviews. The scheme was linked to Presidential Resolution PQ-31 of 3 December 2021 and specifically addressed assistants without higher education. This example concerns education for serving local officials, connecting their public responsibilities with economics training. The 46 places are the reported 2022 intake and provide historical context for the university’s engagement with this professional group.