Some teaching manuals on ESD were published with the support of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and the Central Asian Regional Environmental Centre. The Ulugbek National University in Tashkent published a methodological and training guidance on ESD for schoolchildren and teachers. There are curricula on Ecology and Environment Protection, and on Monitoring of natural Disasters. An Ecology course is a mandatory one for all institutions of higher education of the country. Practically all technical universities train environmental engineers.