International roundtable “Uzbekistan and Italy: New Facets of Cooperation”

The international roundtable “Uzbekistan and Italy: New Facets of Cooperation” took place at SIOI, Rome on May 29, 2023 from 10 am to 1 pm. The Italian Society for International Organization (SIOI), the Embassy of the Republic of Uzbekistan to Italy and the Institute for Strategic and Regional Studies (ISRS) jointly organized the event.

The roundtable has been a platform for discussion on the perspective of cooperation between Italy and Uzbekistan in their bilateral and regional aspects. It elaborated on the strengthening of cooperation in the areas of policy, trade, efficient energy consumption and green economy, science and higher education, transport and logistics, as well as security and stability in the region.

PROGRAMME

Roundtable

Uzbekistan and Italy: New Facets of Cooperation

under Chatham House rules

9.30-10.00

Registration

10.00 – 10.20

Welcome speeches

Riccardo SESSA, President, Italian Society for International Organization (SIOI)

Nuriddin Kushnazarov, Counsellor, Embassy of the Republic of Uzbekistan to Italy

Eldor Aripov, Director, Institute for Strategic and Regional Studies (ISRS) of Uzbekistan

Agostino PINNA,Ambassador of Italy to Uzbekistan (VTC)

Panel I

Uzbek-Italian relations: new opportunities and prospects

10.20 – 11.10

Moderator

Oybek Shakhavdinov, Head of Department for Cooperation with European Countries and the EU Institutions, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Uzbekistan

Speakers

Doniyor KURBANOV, Director, Information and Analytical Center for International Relations of the Republic of Uzbekistan

Ludovico SERRA, Director Eastern Europe and Central Asia, Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation

Umid Abidhadjayev, Director, Institute for Macroeconomic and Regional Studies

of the Republic of Uzbekistan

Laurent FRANCIOSI, Head of International Department, CDP

Shakhnoza Kodirova, Chief Research Fellow, Institute for Strategic and Regional Studies of the Republic of Uzbekistan

Panel II

Central Asia and Italy: Energy, Scientific and Higher Education Cooperation, Interconnections for Stability and sustainable development

11.10-12.00

 Moderator

Maurizio MELANI, Board Member, SIOI

Speakers

Lapo Pistelli, Public Affairs Director, ENI

Oybek Shakhavdinov, Head of Department for Cooperation with European Countries and the EU Institutions, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Uzbekistan

Ettore BOMPARD, Scientific Director Energy Security Transition/Energy Center,

Politecnico di Torino

Sherzod Fayziyev, Deputy Director, International Institute for Central Asian Studies

of Uzbekistan

Discussion

12.00

Closing remarks

Eldor Aripov, Director, Institute for Strategic and Regional Studies (ISRS) of Uzbekistan

Riccardo Sessa, President, Italian Society for International Organization (SIOI)

12.10

Signing ceremony of the M. o. U. between the Institute for Strategic and Regional Studies and the Italian Society for International Organization

and

the M. o. U. between the Diplomatic Academy at the University of World Economy and Diplomacy of Tashkent and the Italian Society for International Organization

Otabek AKBAROV, Ambassador of the Republic of Uzbekistan to Italy

Eldor Aripov, Director, Institute for Strategic and Regional Studies (ISRS) of Uzbekistan

Riccardo Sessa, President, Italian Society for International Organization (SIOI)

12.15

Press Point