International contest of scholar articles

On the procedure for selecting scholar articles devoted to the protection of the ozone layer for the international contest under the Joint project of the State Committee of the Republic of Uzbekistan for Ecology and Environmental Protection and UNDP/GEF ‘Complete HCFC Phase-out in Uzbekistan through Promotion of Zero ODS Low GWP Energy Efficient Technologies’.

I.General provisions

1.      This Regulation determines the process and procedure for the selection (hereinafter referred to as the “Contest”) of scholar articles on the topic of “The Ozone Layer and Life on Earth”. The contest encourages the participation of both men and women;

2.      This contest is open for bachelor's, master's and doctoral degree students from accredited educational institutions from all over the world conducting research in the field of ozone layer protection, refrigeration and air conditioning; 

3.      The papers shall be accepted either in English or in Russian, provided that an abstract of the paper is submitted in one of the mentioned languages. For example, if the paper is written in English, the abstract should be in Russian and vice versa; 

4.      The paper should be up to 8,000 words, not including the list of references;

5.      The paper must be published on web platforms or scientific publications between January 1, 2021 and July 31, 2022, and the link shall be sent to the organizers along with an electronic version of the paper;

The contest is held in two categories:

·        Best scholar article on Central Asia (CA): The paper raises the issues on the consequences of ozone depletion in Central Asia and include practical recommendations for mitigating and preventing ozone depletion, including the role of women and girls in this regard;

·        Best scholar article in general: The paper raises the issues on the consequences of ozone depletion in the world and include practical recommendations for mitigating and preventing ozone depletion, including the role of women and girls in this regard;  

·        Two (2) winners (one man and one woman) shall be awarded in each nomination. "The winners in each nomination will be awarded a laptop" 

Applications and electronic versions of scholar articles, including a link to the published paper on web-platforms or a scanned copy shall be sent to ozone.o3.uz@gmail.com by August 1, 2022 in accordance with the form provided