Uzbek medical workers have started working in Italy
2025-10-13 16:50:00 / News
This project aims to develop cooperation between Uzbekistan and Italy in the field of labor migration and ensure legal and safe labor activity for medical professionals in European countries.
A new stage of international cooperation
In May of this year, within the framework of the official visit of the Prime Minister of Italy, Ms. Georgia Meloni, to our country, a Memorandum of Understanding on Migration and Mobility was signed.
Also in July, during a meeting between the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev and the Governor of the Lombardy region Attilio Fontana, who participated in the Tashkent Investment Forum, issues of developing and supporting a full-scale partnership between the regions of the two countries were discussed.
Result of negotiations and agreements
In order to implement these agreements, the leadership of the Migration Agency, during a working trip to Italy, held meetings with the governor of the Lombardy region, Attilio Fontana, the Minister of Health of Italy, Guido Bertolazo, and representatives of a number of agencies and companies.
Following the negotiations, a five-year cooperation plan on labor migration was drawn up. In accordance with it, in 2026 it is planned to train 3.5 thousand mid-level medical workers.
Within the framework of the pilot project, 10 mid-level medical workers selected from Tashkent and Samarkand began a high-paying 3-month work experience in Italy as a trial without language training. In the process of work, they will study the Italian language and the possibilities of adapting to the local medical system.
Exchange of education and skills
The main goal of the pilot program is to analyze the differences between the medical systems of Uzbekistan and Italy, compare work methods, and ensure effective integration in the future. It will also be possible to determine the period of skills and adaptation to work in Italian.
Italian specialists, in turn, will assess the qualifications of Uzbek medical workers. After the return of the first group sent as an experiment to Uzbekistan, a special training program will be developed jointly based on the specifics of the profession, and subsequently, 3,500 paramedical workers who have expressed a desire to work in Italy will be trained in Uzbekistan and employed in Italy based on this program.
International recognition and prospects
Leading Italian publications recognized this initiative as a "model for cooperation and human development." At the same time, high praise was given to the medical system of Uzbekistan, and the growing need for the qualifications of its employees was noted.
The Migration Agency plans to consistently continue work in this direction, and in the future, it is planned to implement joint projects with other European countries to send medical specialists to work.
This initiative will serve to implement a humane and systematic approach to labor migration, as well as to create opportunities for specialists of our country to occupy a worthy place in the international labor market.