While in Paris, Gayane Umerova, Chairperson of the Uzbekistan Art and Culture Development Foundation, was received at École 42 by CEO Sophie Viger. École 42 — the pioneering, peer-to-peer, project-based computer-science school founded in Paris in 2013 and operating 24/7 across 31 campuses.

At the Paris campus, she also met Iroda Mirzaeva, an Uzbek learner among 5,000 students, who is specialising in cyber security.

The visit fostered discussions on cooperation and the exchange of expertise in innovative education and training for the digital economy.