Military Schools in Uzbekistan

HMCI was established by the Decree of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan in 2003. The institute has two faculties: ¢ Customs Faculty ¢ Customs Law Faculty; ¢ Faculty for Staff's Qualifications Upgrading and Retraining Each year 125 students graduate from the institute Each year 500 customs officers attend qualifications upgrading courses The Institute is equipped with: ¢ several computer classrooms with a multimedia system; ¢ a forensics laboratory ; ¢ a classroom to train in customs control organization, which is equipped with advanced technological devices for inspection; ¢ a classroom to train on anti- smuggling and counteracting customs offences; The training grounds on organization of customs control of passenger trains, buses and trucks, and an instruction replica of a customs terminal ¢ The Institute has Intranet and Internet access; ¢ The Institute has a fundamental and a specialized libraries Besides, there are conditions for recreation of trainees, sports and physical culture facilities: a stadium for 300 seats, a tennis court, a volleyball and a basketball grounds, a winter and a summer swimming pools, a workout room, as well as a cinema and concert hall for 500 seats. Since the time of its establishment the following workshops and trainings have been conducted in the Higher Military Customs Institute: under ADB projects “ Risk Management, OSCE “ Risk Assessment, UNCDC Precursors Control in Central Asia", EXBS and the US Embassy in Uzbekistan “ Acoustics Devices for Customs Control", DTRA “ "Response to Accidents with Using Mass Destruction Weapons at the Border", TRASECA “ "Transport Sector Managers' Qualifications Upgrading", as well as under the EU projects, such as "Specialized Training for Intelligence Analysts and Administrators of Databases of Law-Enforcement Agencies of Uzbekistan and Tajikistan", TACIS “ "Project Cycle Management" and many other, UNDP “ "Customs Administration System Improvement", EC - "Modernization of the Customs of the Republic of Uzbekistan". Jointly with the "Washington International Inc." training materials have been developed for instructors how to operate portable radiation monitors, and trainings have been conducted for customs and frontier service officers of the Republic of Uzbekistan. In the areas of education process management the Institute staff participate in training programs of Korean, Malaysian and Japanese customs services. The Institute pays a lot of attention to battle and physical training. The faculty and the staff of the Institute subdivisions are engaged in: - organization and conduction of research work in the area of customs, development of recommendations for improvement of forms and methods of customs operations, - studying and adopting advance international best practices in customs staff training, networking on practical, methodological exchange with similar training facilities in foreign countries. (WEBSITE)