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[ OKOS: 1. 02.00.00.00 Fundamentals of State Administration / 02.08.00.00 General Issues of State Administration in the Sphere of Economy, Social and Cultural Construction / 02.08.01.00 State Programs, Concepts and Others; 2. 02.00.00.00 Fundamentals of State Administration / 02.08.00.00 General Issues of State Administration in the Sphere of Economy, Social and Cultural Construction / 02.08.10.00 State Administration in the Sphere of Economic Reforms; 3. 02.00.00.00 Fundamentals of State Administration / 02.08.00.00 General Issues of State Administration in the Sphere of Economy, Social and Cultural Construction / 02.08.11.00 Prospects of Socio-Economic Development. Material Balances] [ TSZ: 1. State and Society Construction / State Programs, Concepts and Others; 2. Social and Cultural Issues / General Issues; 3. Economy / General Issues]

Decree of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan

On the Strategy of Actions for Further Development of the Republic of Uzbekistan

This Decree has lost its force on the basis of Decree No. PF-21 of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan dated February 16, 2026 "On Additional Measures for Consistent Continuation and Bringing to a New Stage of Reforms within the Framework of Priority Directions for the Development of the Country up to 2030".

The large-scale reforms carried out in our country during the years of independence laid an important foundation for strengthening national statehood and sovereignty, ensuring security and law and order, the inviolability of our state borders, the supremacy of law in society, human rights and freedoms, inter-ethnic concord and religious tolerance, and created the necessary conditions for our people to live decently and for our citizens to realize their creative potential.

The complete abandonment of the administrative-command management system in the economy, the step-by-step implementation of market reforms, and the careful conduct of monetary and credit policy ensured macroeconomic stability, high-speed growth of the economy, maintaining inflation at forecast indicators, and contributed to the creation of broad opportunities and favorable conditions for the development of small business and private entrepreneurship, and the farming movement.

At the same time, a deep analysis of the development path our country has traversed, the sharp changes in the world market conjuncture today, and the increasingly fierce competition in the conditions of globalization necessitate the development and implementation of a completely new approach and principles for the further stable and rapid development of our state.

In order to further increase the effectiveness of the reforms being carried out, create conditions for the comprehensive and rapid development of the state and society, modernize our country, and implement priority directions for liberalizing all spheres of life: [ OKOS: 1. 02.00.00.00 Fundamentals of State Administration / 02.08.00.00 General Issues of State Administration in the Sphere of Economy, Social and Cultural Construction / 02.08.01.00 State Programs, Concepts and Others; 2. 05.00.00.00 Legislation on Labor and Employment of the Population / 05.01.00.00 Employment and Population Employment / 05.01.02.00 Management in the Sphere of Employment and Population Employment; 3. 06.00.00.00 Legislation on Social Security and Social Insurance. Social Protection / 06.01.00.00 General Rules; 4. 12.00.00.00 Information and Informatization / 12.02.00.00 Management in the Sphere of Information and Informatization. E-Government / 12.02.01.00 Bodies Managing Informatization; 5. 16.00.00.00 Security and Law and Order Protection / 16.02.00.00 Forces Ensuring Security / 16.02.01.00 General Rules; 6. 17.00.00.00 Fair Justice / 17.02.00.00 Judicial System / 17.02.06.00 Administrative Courts; 7. 17.00.00.00 Fair Justice / 17.02.00.00 Judicial System / 17.02.07.00 District (City) Courts for Civil Cases; 8. 17.00.00.00 Fair Justice / 17.02.00.00 Judicial System / 17.02.08.00 District (City) Courts for Criminal Cases; 9. 17.00.00.00 Fair Justice / 17.02.00.00 Judicial System / 17.02.09.00 Inter-district, District (City) Economic Courts]

1. Based on the comprehensive study of urgent issues worrying the population and entrepreneurs, analysis of current legislation, law enforcement practice and advanced foreign experience, as well as the results of broad public discussion, the Strategy of Actions for the Development of the Republic of Uzbekistan for Five Priority Directions in 2017–2021 (hereinafter referred to as the Strategy) approved in accordance with Appendix 1

shall include:

deepering democratic reforms aimed at improving the construction of the state and society, further strengthening the role of the Parliament and political parties in modernizing the country, reforming the state administration system, developing the organizational and legal foundations of the state service, improving the "E-Government" system, increasing the quality and efficiency of state services, practically implementing public control mechanisms, and strengthening the role of civil society institutions and mass media;

ensuring the supremacy of law and further reforming the judicial system, strengthening guarantees of the true independence of the judicial power and reliable protection of citizens' rights and freedoms, improving the efficiency of the system of administrative, criminal, civil and economic legislation, combating crime and preventing offenses, fully introducing the principle of adversarial proceedings in the judicial process, and fundamentally improving the quality of legal aid and legal services;

further development and liberalization of the economy, strengthening macroeconomic stability and maintaining high economic growth rates, increasing the competitiveness of the national economy, modernizing and rapidly developing agriculture, continuing institutional and structural reforms to reduce the state's participation in the economy, protecting the right to private property and further strengthening its priority position, encouraging the development of small business and private entrepreneurship, comprehensive and balanced socio-economic development of regions, districts and cities, and actively attracting foreign investment into the branches and regions of our country's economy by improving the investment climate;

development of the social sphere, including consistent increase in population employment and real incomes, improving the system of social protection and healthcare, increasing the socio-political activity of women, building affordable housing, implementing targeted programs for the development and modernization of transport, engineering-communication and social infrastructure, developing education, culture, science, literature, art and sports, and improving state policy regarding youth;

ensuring security, inter-ethnic concord and religious tolerance, conducting a deep, mutually beneficial and pragmatic foreign policy, strengthening the independence and sovereignty of our state, forming an environment of security, stability and friendly neighborhood relations around Uzbekistan, and strengthening the international prestige of our country.

See previous edition. (Pursuant to Decree No. PF-168 of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan dated October 25, 2024, paragraph 2 has lost its force)

3. It is established that:

The timely and effective implementation of the Strategy of Actions is considered the primary task and main priority of the activities of all state power and administration bodies and their officials;

The Strategy of Actions is implemented in five stages, involving the adoption of state programs for each year, based on the names given to years in our country.

4. For information, it is accepted that 2017 is declared in the Republic of Uzbekistan as the "Year of Active Dialogue and Human Interests".

The State Program for the Implementation of the Strategy of Actions for Five Priority Directions for the Development of the Republic of Uzbekistan in 2017–2021 in the "Year of Active Dialogue and Human Interests" (hereinafter referred to as the State Program) approved in accordance with Appendix 8

5. The commissions for the implementation of the priority directions for the development of the Republic of Uzbekistan envisaged in the Strategy of Actions shall be tasked with organizing and controlling the full, timely and high-quality execution of the measures included in the State Program, as well as preparing draft annual state programs for the implementation of the Strategy of Actions for 2018–2021.

The Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Uzbekistan, together with the commissions for the implementation of the priority directions for the development of the Republic of Uzbekistan envisaged in the Strategy of Actions, shall coordinate the activities of state and economic administration bodies, local state power bodies, and non-governmental non-profit organizations in implementing the measures envisaged in the State Program, and also ensure systematic control over their implementation in the field.

It is established that the generalized information on the progress of the implementation of the State Program shall be submitted by the commissions for the implementation of the priority directions for the development of the Republic of Uzbekistan envisaged in the Strategy of Actions to the Office of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan on a quarterly basis. [ OKOS: 1. 01.00.00.00 Constitutional System / 01.17.00.00 Non-Governmental Non-Profit Organizations (see also 03.03.10.03) / 01.17.01.00 General Issues of the Status of Non-Governmental Non-Profit Organizations; 2. 01.00.00.00 Constitutional System / 01.17.00.00 Non-Governmental Non-Profit Organizations (see also 03.03.10.03) / 01.17.09.00 Youth, Children, Women's Organizations, Veterans and Disabled Associations; 3. 02.00.00.00 Fundamentals of State Administration / 02.05.00.00 Bodies of Self-Government of Citizens (see also 01.16.00.00) / 02.05.01.00 Bodies of Self-Government of Citizens (Majlis); 4. 02.00.00.00 Fundamentals of State Administration / 02.07.00.00 Administrative-Legal Regimes / 02.07.08.00 Appeals of Physical and Legal Persons; 5. 02.00.00.00 Fundamentals of State Administration / 02.08.00.00 General Issues of State Administration in the Sphere of Economy, Social and Cultural Construction / 02.08.01.00 State Programs, Concepts and Others]

6. Responsible state bodies and organizations for implementing the measures envisaged in the State Program shall pay special attention to the following:

fundamentally improving the system of working with appeals from physical and legal persons, introducing new, effective mechanisms and methods of open communication with the population, practically implementing the system of reporting by officials to the population, thereby strengthening the trust of the people in state power;

preventing the creation of bureaucratic barriers and obstacles in considering appeals from physical and legal persons, and preventing the transformation of communication with the population into a campaign-style activity;

the openness of measures being carried out within the framework of the State Program, and the broad participation of citizens, deputies of representative bodies of state power at all levels, non-governmental non-profit organizations, bodies of self-government of citizens, pensioners, women, youth, representatives of creative and scientific institutions in them. [ OKOS: 1. 01.00.00.00 Constitutional System / 01.14.00.00 Law-Making Activities of State Bodies / 01.14.03.00 Procedure for Preparation and Consideration of Draft Legal Acts; 2. 02.00.00.00 Fundamentals of State Administration / 02.08.00.00 General Issues of State Administration in the Sphere of Economy, Social and Cultural Construction / 02.08.01.00 State Programs, Concepts and Others]

7. The Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Uzbekistan shall ensure monitoring of the high-quality and timely development, coordination and submission of draft normative legal acts envisaged in the State Program, and provide information on the results thereof to the Office of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan and the Cabinet of Ministers on a quarterly basis. [ OKOS:

01.00.00.00 Constitutional System / 01.10.00.00 President of the Republic of Uzbekistan / 01.10.03.00 Administration of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan; 2. 01.00.00.00 Constitutional System / 01.17.00.00 Non-Governmental Non-Profit Organizations (see also 03.03.10.03) / 01.17.01.00 General Issues of the Status of Non-Governmental Non-Profit Organizations; 3. 12.00.00.00 Information and Informatization / 12.03.00.00 Information Resources. Use of Information Resources / 12.03.09.00 Information in Mass Media (see also 13.03.19.00)]

8. The Uzbek National Information Agency, the Uzbek National Television and Radio Company, the Agency for Information and Mass Communications under the Administration of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan, in collaboration with mass media, as well as in cooperation with the Public Fund for Supporting and Developing Independent Mass Media and Information Agencies of Uzbekistan, the National Association of Electronic Mass Media of Uzbekistan, and the National Association of Non-Governmental Non-Profit Organizations of Uzbekistan: (The first sentence of paragraph 8 is in the edition of Decree No. PF-5892 of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan dated December 10, 2019 — Database of Legislative Acts of the Republic of Uzbekistan, 11.12.2019, No. 06/19/5892/4134)

shall widely explain the goals and objectives of this Decree in mass media, including the Internet, explaining to the public that it is aimed at deepening democratic reforms, forming a strong civil society, ensuring the protection of human rights and freedoms, increasing the welfare of the population, solving the life problems and needs of citizens, and strengthening open, direct communication between state bodies and the population in order to establish the supremacy of law, legality and justice in society, and peace and harmony, inter-ethnic and civic concord;

shall ensure that honest and complete information about the progress and results of measures being carried out within the framework of the State Program is quickly delivered to the population.

9. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Uzbekistan shall assist the commissions for the implementation of the priority directions for the development of the Republic of Uzbekistan envisaged in the Strategy of Actions in studying the socio-political and socio-economic development experience of developed foreign countries, and, if necessary, involving representatives of international, foreign government and non-governmental organizations.

10. Control over the implementation of this Decree shall be entrusted to the Prime Minister of the Republic of Uzbekistan A.N. Aripov and the State Advisors of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Sh. MIRZIYOYEV

Tashkent city,

February 7, 2017,

No. PF-4947

Appendix 1 to Decree No. PF-4947 of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan dated February 7, 2017

Strategy of Actions for Five Priority Directions for the Development of the Republic of Uzbekistan for 2017–2021

I. Priority Directions for Improving the System of State and Society Construction [ OKOS: 1. 01.00.00.00 Constitutional System / 01.08.00.00 Oliy Majlis of the Republic of Uzbekistan / 01.08.01.00 General Rules. Elections to the Oliy Majlis / 01.08.01.01 General Rules; 2. 01.00.00.00 Constitutional System / 01.08.00.00 Oliy Majlis of the Republic of Uzbekistan / 01.08.02.00 Senate of the Oliy Majlis (Upper Chamber) / 01.08.02.01 Powers of the Senate of the Oliy Majlis; 3. 01.00.00.00 Constitutional System / 01.17.00.00 Non-Governmental Non-Profit Organizations (see also 03.03.10.03) / 01.17.04.00 Political Parties and Mass Movements]

1.1. Deepening democratic reforms and further strengthening the role of the Oliy Majlis and political parties in modernizing the country:

increasing the role of the Oliy Majlis in the system of state power, further expanding its powers to resolve important issues related to the country's domestic and foreign policy and exercising parliamentary control over the activities of the executive power;

fundamentally improving the quality of law-making activities, aimed at strengthening the impact of adopted laws on the process of ongoing socio-political, socio-economic and judicial reforms;

developing the political system, strengthening the role of political parties in state and society life, and forming a healthy competitive environment among them. [ OKOS: 1. 02.00.00.00 Fundamentals of State Administration / 02.01.00.00 Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Uzbekistan (see also 01.11.00.00) / 02.01.01.00 General Issues. Composition and Formation of the Cabinet of Ministers]

1.2. Reforming the state administration system:

reform of the state administration and state service system by decentralizing state administration, increasing the professional preparation, material and social support level of state servants, and gradually reducing the state's participation in regulating the economy;

introducing modern mechanisms of public-private partnership aimed at increasing the effectiveness of mutually beneficial cooperation in implementing tasks for the socio-political and socio-economic development of the country;

ensuring the openness of the activities of state power and administration bodies, introducing modern forms of providing information related to the rights, freedoms and legitimate interests of physical and legal persons;

improving the "E-Government" system, increasing the efficiency and quality of providing state services, and increasing the opportunity for the population and business entities to use these services. [ OKOS: 1. 01.00.00.00 Constitutional System / 01.18.00.00 Public Control]

1.3. Improving the system of public administration:

introducing effective mechanisms for communication with the people;

developing modern forms of exercising public control, increasing the effectiveness of social partnership;

developing civil society institutions, increasing their social and political activity;

increasing the role and activity effectiveness of the mahalla (neighborhood) institution in society management;

strengthening the role of mass media, protecting the professional activities of journalists.

II. Priority Directions for Ensuring the Supremacy of Law and Further Reforming the Judicial System [ OKOS: 1. 01.00.00.00 Constitutional System / 01.13.00.00 Judicial Power (see also 17.00.00.00)]

2.1. Ensuring the true independence of the judicial power, increasing the prestige of the court, democratizing and improving the judicial system:

increasing the status, material incentive and social support level of judges and court apparatus staff, strengthening the material and technical base of courts;

taking effective measures to prevent illegal influence on judges;

comprehensive implementation of the principles of independence and impartiality of the court, and the adversarial and equal rights of the parties in the judicial process;

expanding the scope of application of the "Habeas Corpus" institution, strengthening judicial control over investigation;

further specialization of courts, strengthening the court apparatus;

introducing modern information and communication technologies into court activities. [ OKOS: 1. 01.00.00.00 Constitutional System / 01.06.00.00 Rights, Freedoms and Duties of Man and Citizen / 01.06.02.00 Basic (Constitutional) Personal Rights and Freedoms / 01.06.02.01 Right to Life]

2.2. Ensuring guarantees of reliable protection of citizens' rights and freedoms:

timely resolution of citizens' appeals, ensuring the inevitability of responsibility for cases of arbitrariness, formalism and indifferent attitude in considering appeals, as well as taking all necessary measures to restore violated rights;

ensuring guarantees of reliable protection of citizens' rights and freedoms in the activities of courts, law enforcement and control bodies;

strengthening guarantees for the implementation of citizens' rights to private property;

ensuring citizens' unrestricted access to fair justice;

increasing the efficiency of the execution of court decisions and decisions of other bodies. [ OKOS: 1. 17.00.00.00 Fair Justice / 17.02.00.00 Judicial System / 17.02.06.00 Administrative Courts; 2. 17.00.00.00 Fair Justice / 17.02.00.00 Judicial System / 17.02.07.00 District (City) Courts for Civil Cases; 3. 17.00.00.00 Fair Justice / 17.02.00.00 Judicial System / 17.02.08.00 District (City) Courts for Criminal Cases; 4. 17.00.00.00 Fair Justice / 17.02.00.00 Judicial System / 17.02.09.00 Inter-district, District (City) Economic Courts]

2.3. Improving administrative, criminal, civil and economic legislation:

improving and liberalizing criminal and criminal-procedural legislation, decriminalizing certain criminal offenses, humanizing criminal punishments and their execution procedures;

increasing the efficiency and quality of administering justice, improving the procedural foundations of administrative, criminal, civil and economic court proceedings;

improving the procedure for considering criminal, civil and economic cases, reducing overlapping competencies and instances;

introducing modern forms and methods of electronic court and enforcement proceedings. [ OKOS: 1. 16.00.00.00 Security and Law and Order Protection / 16.05.00.00 Personal Security / 16.05.02.00 Public Order Protection. Offense Prevention]

2.4. Improving the system of combating crime and preventing offenses:

increasing the effectiveness of coordinating activities in combating crime and preventing offenses;

strengthening organizational and practical measures to combat religious extremism and terrorism, and other forms of organized crime;

improving the organizational and legal mechanisms for combating corruption and increasing the effectiveness of anti-corruption measures;

raising the legal culture and consciousness of the population, organizing effective cooperation in this area between state structures, civil society institutions and mass media. [ OKOS: 1. 17.00.00.00 Fair Justice / 17.01.00.00 General Issues Related to Justice and Court Structure. Judicial Reform]

2.5. Further strengthening legality in the judicial-legal system:

effective planning of the work of law enforcement and control bodies and analysis of their results, identifying systemic offenses and eliminating causes and conditions that create opportunities for them;

improving the system of training, selection, preparation, retraining and qualification improvement, and rotation of employees of courts, law enforcement and control bodies;

implementation of modern mechanisms of departmental control for the prevention, prophylaxis and elimination of offenses among employees of law enforcement and supervisory bodies;

increasing the effectiveness of public control mechanisms over the activities of law enforcement and supervisory bodies, strengthening citizens' trust in the law enforcement system. [ OKOS: 1. 18.00.00.00 Prosecutor's Office. Bar. Notary. Legal services. Justice bodies. FSB bodies / 18.02.00.00 Bar / 18.02.01.00 General rules; 2. 18.00.00.00 Prosecutor's Office. Bar. Notary. Legal services. Justice bodies. FSB bodies / 18.04.00.00 Legal services]

2.6. Improvement of the legal aid and service system:

increasing the efficiency of the activities of the legal services of state bodies;

developing the bar institution, increasing the role of lawyers in the consideration of criminal, civil, administrative and economic cases;

reform of the notary and civil registry bodies system.

III. Priority areas for the development and liberalization of the economy [ OKOS: 1. 02.00.00.00 Fundamentals of State Administration / 02.08.00.00 General issues of state administration in the field of economy, social and cultural construction / 02.08.01.00 State programs, concepts and others]

3.1. Further strengthening of macroeconomic stability and maintaining high economic growth rates:

maintaining macroeconomic balance, ensuring stable high growth rates of gross domestic product through deepening structural and institutional changes based on adopted medium-term programs;

maintaining the social orientation of expenditures while ensuring balance at all levels of the State Budget, improving inter-budgetary relations aimed at strengthening the revenue part of local budgets;

continuing the policy of reducing the tax burden and simplifying the taxation system, improving tax administration and expanding relevant incentive measures;

further improving monetary policy using tools applied in advanced international practice, as well as gradually introducing modern market mechanisms in currency regulation, ensuring the stability of the national currency;

deepening the reform of the banking system and ensuring its stability, increasing the capitalization level and deposit base of banks, strengthening their financial stability and reliability, further expanding the lending of promising investment projects and subjects of small business and private entrepreneurship;

expanding the volume of insurance, leasing and other financial services by introducing new types of them and improving their quality, as well as developing the stock market as an alternative source for attracting capital and placing free resources of enterprises, financial institutions and the population;

further developing international economic cooperation, including expanding relations with leading international and foreign financial institutions, continuing to implement a well-considered external debt policy, and effectively using attracted foreign investments and credits. [ OKOS: 1. 02.00.00.00 Fundamentals of State Administration / 02.08.00.00 General issues of state administration in the field of economy, social and cultural construction / 02.08.01.00 State programs, concepts and others]

3.2. Deepening structural changes, increasing the competitiveness of the national economy through the modernization and diversification of its leading sectors:

ensuring the balance and stability of the national economy, increasing the share of industry, service sector, small business and private entrepreneurship in its structure;

carrying out an active investment policy aimed at modernizing production, technical and technological renewal, and implementing production, transport-communication and social infrastructure projects;

further modernizing and diversifying industry by transitioning to a qualitatively new stage aimed at rapid development of high-tech processing sectors, primarily the production of high value-added finished products based on the deep processing of local raw materials;

forming an effective competitive environment for economic sectors and gradually reducing monopoly in the market of goods and services;

fundamentally mastering new types of products and technologies, thereby ensuring the competitiveness of national goods in domestic and foreign markets;

continuing the policy of encouraging the localization of production, primarily replacing imports of consumer goods and components, expanding inter-industrial industrial cooperation;

reducing energy and resource consumption in the economy, widely introducing energy-saving technologies in production, expanding the use of renewable energy sources, and increasing labor productivity in economic sectors;

increasing the efficiency of operating free economic zones, technoparks and small industrial zones, and organizing new ones;

rapidly developing the service sector, increasing the role and share of services in the formation of gross domestic product, fundamentally changing the structure of services provided, primarily due to their modern high-tech types;

rapidly developing the tourism industry, increasing its role and share in the economy, diversifying and improving the quality of tourist services, and expanding tourism infrastructure;

liberalizing and simplifying export activities, diversifying the structure and geography of exports, expanding and mobilizing the export potential of economic sectors and regions;

further developing transport infrastructure, introducing information and communication technologies into the economy, social sphere, and management system. [ OKOS: 1. 09.00.00.00 Entrepreneurship and economic activity / 09.14.00.00 Agriculture / 09.14.01.00 General rules]

3.3. Modernization and rapid development of agriculture:

deepening structural changes and consistent development of agricultural production, further strengthening the country's food security, expanding the production of environmentally friendly products, and significantly increasing the export potential of the agrarian sector;

reducing the areas for cotton and grain crops, optimizing crop areas by planting potatoes, vegetables, feed and oil crops on freed lands, as well as by placing new intensive orchards and vineyards;

creating favorable conditions for the encouragement and development of farm holdings, primarily multi-profile farm holdings engaged not only in the production of agricultural products, but also in processing, preparation, storage, sales, construction work and services;

implementing investment projects for the construction of new processing enterprises equipped with the most modern high-tech equipment for the deep processing of agricultural products, the production of semi-finished and finished food and packaging products, as well as for the reconstruction and modernization of existing ones;

further expanding the infrastructure for the storage, transportation and sale of agricultural products, as well as for the provision of agrochemical, financial and other modern market services;

further improving the meliorative condition of irrigated lands, developing the network of melioration and irrigation facilities, introducing intensive methods into the agricultural production sector, primarily water-saving modern agrotechnologies, and using high-yield agricultural machinery;

expanding research work on the creation and introduction into production of new selection varieties of agricultural crops resistant to diseases and pests, adapted to local soil-climatic and ecological conditions, as well as high-yield livestock breeds;

taking systematic measures to mitigate the negative impact of global climate change and the drying up of the Aral Sea on the development of agriculture and the life activity of the population. [ OKOS: 1. 09.00.00.00 Entrepreneurship and economic activity / 09.01.00.00 Legislation on Entrepreneurship / 09.01.01.00 General issues]

3.4. Continuing institutional and structural reforms aimed at reducing the state's role in the economy, protecting the right of private property and further strengthening its predominant position, and encouraging the development of small business and private entrepreneurship:

ensuring reliable protection of the right of private property and guarantees, eliminating all obstacles and restrictions on the development of private entrepreneurship and small business, granting it full freedom, implementing the principle "If the people are rich, the state will also be rich and strong";

creating a favorable business environment for the wide development of small business and private entrepreneurship, strictly preventing illegal interference by state, law enforcement and supervisory bodies into the activities of business structures;

further expanding and simplifying the privatization of state property, reducing the state's participation in the charter funds of economic entities, and creating favorable conditions for the development of private entrepreneurship on the basis of objects privatized from state property;

improving the investment climate, actively attracting foreign, primarily direct foreign investments into the sectors and regions of the country's economy;

introducing modern standards and methods of corporate governance, strengthening the role of shareholders in the strategic management of enterprises;

improving and simplifying procedures and mechanisms for the connection of business entities to engineering networks;

reducing the state's role in regulating the socio-economic development processes of the country, decentralizing and democratizing the state management system, expanding state-private partnership, and increasing the role of non-governmental, public organizations and local self-government bodies. [ OKOS: 1. 02.00.00.00 Fundamentals of State Administration / 02.08.00.00 General issues of state administration in the field of economy, social and cultural construction / 02.08.01.00 State programs, concepts and others; 2. 06.00.00.00 Legislation on Social Security and Social Insurance. Social Protection / 06.01.00.00 General rules]

3.5. Comprehensive and balanced socio-economic development of regions, districts and cities, and their effective and optimal use of existing potential:

accelerating socio-economic development, ensuring the comprehensive and effective use of the natural, mineral-raw, industrial, agricultural, tourist and labor potential of each region to increase the living standards and incomes of the population;

expanding the scope of modernization and diversification of regional economies, reducing the differences in the socio-economic development levels of regions by rapidly developing districts and cities with a relatively lower level of development, primarily by increasing their industrial and export potential;

rapidly developing small towns and settlements by organizing new industrial enterprises and service centers, establishing small industrial zones, and attracting funds from large economic associations, bank credits and private foreign investments;

reducing the number of districts and cities dependent on subsidies and expanding the revenue base of local budgets by rapidly developing the industrial and service sectors;

creating favorable conditions for the placement of industrial enterprises and other production facilities, further developing and modernizing the production, engineering-communication and social infrastructure networks of regions to widely develop private entrepreneurship and improve the living conditions of the population.

IV. Priority areas for the development of the social sphere [ OKOS: 1. 05.00.00.00 Legislation on Labor and Employment of the Population / 05.01.00.00 Employment and Population Employment / 05.01.02.00 Employment and Population Employment Management]

4.1. Consistent increase in population employment and real incomes:

increasing the real monetary incomes and purchasing power of the population, further reducing the number of low-income families and the degree of differentiation of population incomes;

consistently increasing the wages, pensions, scholarships and social benefits of employees of budgetary institutions at a rate higher than inflation;

creating new jobs and ensuring the employment of the population, primarily graduates of secondary specialized and higher education institutions, ensuring the balance and infrastructure development of the labor market, and reducing the unemployment rate;

creating conditions for the full implementation of labor and entrepreneurial activity by the able-bodied population, improving the quality of the labor force, and expanding the system for training, retraining and skill upgrading of persons in need of employment. [ OKOS: 1. 06.00.00.00 Legislation on Social Security and Social Insurance. Social Protection / 06.01.00.00 General rules; 2. 14.00.00.00 Healthcare. Physical Education. Sports. Tourism / 14.01.00.00 Healthcare / 14.01.01.00 General rules / 14.01.01.01 Management in the field of Healthcare]

4.2. Social protection of the population and improvement of the healthcare system, increasing the socio-political activity of women:

ensuring mandatory social guarantees for the population, strengthening the social protection of needy segments of the population and state support for the elderly and persons with disabilities, improving social services, and developing state-private partnership in the provision of social services to the population;

further reforming the healthcare sector, primarily its primary link, the system of emergency and urgent medical care, aimed at improving the accessibility and quality of medical and social-medical services for the population, forming a healthy lifestyle among the population, and strengthening the material and technical base of medical institutions;

strengthening family health, protecting motherhood and childhood, expanding the use of quality medical services by mothers and children, providing them with specialized and high-tech medical care, and implementing broader comprehensive measures to reduce infant and child mortality;

increasing the socio-political activity of women, strengthening their role in state and public management, ensuring the employment of women and girls graduating from vocational colleges, widely involving them in entrepreneurial activities, and further strengthening the foundations of the family;

further developing and improving the system of medical and social assistance to ensure the full life of pensioners, disabled persons, single elderly people, and other needy categories of the population;

further developing the pharmaceutical industry, improving the provision of the population and medical institutions with affordable, high-quality medicines and medical supplies, and implementing measures to prevent unjustified increases in drug prices;

ensuring a decrease in morbidity indicators and an increase in life expectancy among the population. [ OKOS: 1. 02.00.00.00 Fundamentals of State Administration / 02.08.00.00 General issues of state administration in the field of economy, social and cultural construction / 02.08.01.00 State programs, concepts and others; 2. 08.00.00.00 Housing Legislation. Municipal Economy / 08.02.00.00 Provision of Citizens with Housing. Use of Housing Fund / 08.02.01.00 General rules; 3. 09.00.00.00 Entrepreneurship and economic activity / 09.13.00.00 Urban Planning and Architecture / 09.13.04.00 System of Engineering and Transport Structures and Communications. Landscaping. Greening]

4.3. Implementation of targeted programs for the construction of affordable housing, ensuring the improvement of living conditions of the population by developing and modernizing transport, engineering-communication and social infrastructure:

further improving the living conditions of the population, primarily young families, citizens living in dilapidated houses, and other citizens in need of improving their housing conditions, through the allocation of preferential mortgage loans and the construction of affordable housing in urban and rural areas;

increasing the level of provision of the population with communal and household services, primarily by fundamentally improving the provision of the population in rural areas with clean drinking water through the construction of new drinking water networks and the gradual introduction of economical and efficient modern technologies;

ensuring the living of people in an environmentally safe environment, constructing and modernizing household waste processing complexes, strengthening their material and technical base, and providing the population with modern facilities for waste disposal;

fundamentally improving the provision of the population with transport services, increasing passenger transport safety and reducing the emission of harmful substances into the environment, purchasing fully comfortable new buses, and constructing and reconstructing bus stations and stops;

continuing the construction and reconstruction of road infrastructure, primarily developing regional automobile roads, capital and current repair of inter-farm rural automobile roads and streets of populated areas;

constructing new electric power generation capacities and modernizing existing ones, improving the provision of the population with electric power and other fuel and energy resources based on the renewal of low-voltage electrical networks and transformer substations, as well as implementing measures to expand the use of renewable energy sources;

developing and improving the activities of theaters and entertainment venues, cultural and educational organizations and museums, and strengthening their material and technical base. [ OKOS: 1. 13.00.00.00 Education. Science. Culture / 13.01.00.00 Education / 13.01.01.00 General rules; 2. 13.00.00.00 Education. Science. Culture / 13.02.00.00 Science / 13.02.01.00 General rules]

4.4. Development of the education and science sector:

further improving the system of continuous education, increasing the opportunities for quality educational services, and continuing the policy of training highly qualified personnel in accordance with the modern needs of the labor market;

taking targeted measures to strengthen the material and technical base of educational institutions by constructing, reconstructing and capital repairing them, and equipping them with modern educational and laboratory equipment, computer technology and educational-methodical manuals;

expanding the network of preschool educational institutions and fundamentally improving the conditions for the comprehensive intellectual, aesthetic and physical development of children in these institutions, seriously increasing the coverage of children with preschool education and ensuring their access and use opportunities, and raising the qualification level of pedagogues and specialists;

fundamentally improving the quality of general secondary education, studying foreign languages, informatics, mathematics, physics, chemistry, biology and other important and high-demand subjects in depth;

constructing new children's sports facilities, children's music and art schools, and reconstructing existing ones, with the aim of mass involvement of children in sports and attracting them to the world of music and art;

improving work on training and employing students of vocational colleges in specialties that meet the needs of the market economy and employers;

increasing the quality and efficiency of the activities of higher education institutions based on the introduction of international standards for evaluating the quality of education and teaching, and gradually increasing the admission quotas for higher education institutions;

encouraging scientific research and innovation activities, creating effective mechanisms for introducing scientific and innovative achievements into practice, and organizing specialized scientific-experimental laboratories, high-tech centers and technoparks under higher education institutions and research institutes. [ OKOS: 1. 02.00.00.00 Fundamentals of State Administration / 02.08.00.00 General issues of state administration in the field of economy, social and cultural construction / 02.08.09.00 State policy on socio-cultural issues / 02.08.09.01 Legal Propaganda]

4.5. Improvement of state youth policy:

raising physically healthy, mentally and intellectually developed, independent-thinking, loyal to the Motherland, young people with a firm life perspective, increasing their social activity in the process of deepening democratic reforms and developing civil society;

employing graduates of secondary specialized, vocational and higher education institutions and attracting them to the field of private entrepreneurship;

supporting and realizing the creative and intellectual potential of the younger generation, forming a healthy lifestyle among children and young people, and widely involving them in physical education and sports;

social protection of young people, creating decent housing and socio-domestic conditions for young families;

organizing the effective activities of state power and management bodies, educational institutions, youth and other organizations in implementing state youth policy.

V. Priority areas in ensuring security, inter-ethnic concord and religious tolerance, and in the field of a well-considered, mutually beneficial and practical foreign policy [ OKOS: 1. 01.00.00.00 Constitutional System / 01.05.00.00 Population / 01.05.13.00 Inter-ethnic Relations; 2. 16.00.00.00 Security and Law Enforcement / 16.01.00.00 General Rules in the Field of Ensuring the Security of the State, Society and the Individual]

5.1. Priority areas in ensuring security, religious tolerance and inter-ethnic concord:

protecting the constitutional system, sovereignty, and territorial integrity of the Republic of Uzbekistan;

ensuring information security and improving the information protection system, timely and adequate resistance to threats in the information sphere;

strengthening civic, inter-ethnic and inter-confessional peace and concord;

strengthening the defense capability of the state, increasing the combat power and potential of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Uzbekistan;

preventing ecological problems that harm the natural environment, public health, and the gene pool;

improving the system for preventing and eliminating emergency situations. [ OKOS: 1. 10.00.00.00 Foreign Economic Activity. Customs Affairs / 10.01.00.00 General Rules in the Field of Foreign Economic Activity / 10.01.01.00 General Issues. Subjects of Foreign Economic Relations; 2. 19.00.00.00 International Relations. International Law / 19.02.00.00 Organization of Foreign Relations / 19.02.01.00 Management in the Field of Foreign Political and International Relations]

5.2. Priority areas in the field of a well-considered, mutually beneficial and practical foreign policy:

strengthening state independence and sovereignty, increasing the role and position of the country as an equal subject of international relations, joining the ranks of developed democratic states, and forming an environment of security, stability and good-neighborliness around Uzbekistan;

strengthening the international prestige of the Republic of Uzbekistan, conveying honest information to the world community about the reforms being carried out in the country;

To improve the regulatory and legal framework of the foreign policy and foreign economic activities of the Republic of Uzbekistan;

To resolve issues of delimitation and demarcation of the state border.

See previous edition. (Annex 2 has lost its force based on the Decree of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan dated October 25, 2024, No. PF-168)

See previous edition. (Annex 3 has lost its force based on the Decree of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan dated October 25, 2024, No. PF-168)

See previous edition. (Annex 4 has lost its force based on the Decree of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan dated October 25, 2024, No. PF-168)

See previous edition. (Annex 5 has lost its force based on the Decree of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan dated October 25, 2024, No. PF-168)

See previous edition. (Annex 6 has lost its force based on the Decree of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan dated October 25, 2024, No. PF-168)

See previous edition. (Annex 7 has lost its force based on the Decree of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan dated October 25, 2024, No. PF-168)

Decree No. PF-4947 of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan dated February 7, 2017

ANNEX 8

STATE PROGRAM

On Implementing the Strategy of Actions on Five Priority Areas of Development of the Republic of Uzbekistan for 2017-2021 in the "Year of Dialogue with the People and Human Interests"

No.	Event to be implemented	Deadline	Responsible for execution	Expenditures (million UZS)	Sources of Financing	Form of submitted document, implementation mechanism, expected result
I. PRIORITY DIRECTIONS FOR IMPROVING THE SYSTEM OF STATE AND SOCIETY BUILDING
1.1. Deepening democratic reforms and further strengthening the role of the Chambers of the Oliy Majlis and political parties in modernizing the country
1.	Drafting a law of the Republic of Uzbekistan "On Amendments and Additions to the Law of the Republic of Uzbekistan 'On Parliamentary Control'".	Q2 2017	Chambers of the Oliy Majlis (by agreement), Ombudsman, ACQHM, Ministry of Justice, Prosecutor General's Office, MIA	-	-	Draft law of the Republic of Uzbekistan. The draft provides for a new form of parliamentary control, whereby a deputy of the Legislative Chamber and a member of the Senate of the Oliy Majlis study and analyze the activities of local state authority bodies and take appropriate measures based on the results.
2.	Drafting a joint resolution of the Councils of the Chambers of the Oliy Majlis of the Republic of Uzbekistan "On Fundamental Improvement of the Activities of the Legislative Chamber and the Senate of the Oliy Majlis of the Republic of Uzbekistan to Study the Situation of Work in the Regions and Communicate with the People".	Q1 2017	Chambers of the Oliy Majlis (by agreement)	-	-	Draft joint resolution of the Chambers of the Oliy Majlis. The draft provides for:

Deputies and senators elected from regions to spend 10-12 days a month in one district, study and analyze the activities of state authority bodies, submit reports of relevant heads to the session of the Council of People's Deputies for discussion, and provide relevant conclusions;

Holding sessions of the relevant Councils of People's Deputies to discuss the results of studies with the participation of the Speaker of the Legislative Chamber and the Chairman of the Senate;

The Senate of the Oliy Majlis is planned to organize exemplary work of the Councils of People's Deputies in each region on a rotational basis. | | 3. | Drafting a law of the Republic of Uzbekistan "On Amendments and Additions to the Law of the Republic of Uzbekistan 'On the Human Rights Commissioner of the Oliy Majlis of the Republic of Uzbekistan (Ombudsman)'". | Q2 2017 | Chambers of the Oliy Majlis (by agreement), Ministry of Justice, Prosecutor General's Office, Ombudsman, ACQHM, Supreme Court, Ministry of Finance, Chamber of Commerce and Industry, National Center for Human Rights | - | - | Draft law of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

The draft provides for adapting the norms of the law to the laws "On Appeals of Physical and Legal Entities", "On Transparency of Activities of State Authority and Management Bodies", "On Social Partnership", "On Parliamentary Control";

Establishing the legal status, powers, and obligations of the Ombudsman's regional representatives. | | 4. | Drafting a law providing for amendments to the constitutional laws "On the Legislative Chamber of the Oliy Majlis of the Republic of Uzbekistan" and "On the Senate of the Oliy Majlis of the Republic of Uzbekistan", as well as the Regulations of the Legislative Chamber and the Senate of the Oliy Majlis of the Republic of Uzbekistan, aimed at increasing the role and status of the Chambers of the Oliy Majlis in implementing the foreign policy of the state. | Q3 2017 | Chambers of the Oliy Majlis (by agreement), ACQHM, MFA, MCI | - | - | Draft law of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

In this regard, the Chambers of the Oliy Majlis:

The powers of control over the implementation of the state's foreign policy and the implementation of international law norms into national legislation are strengthened;

The legal mechanism for organizing the work of inter-parliamentary cooperation groups with parliaments of foreign countries is improved;

Opportunities for using parliamentary diplomacy to realize the national interests of Uzbekistan are expanded. | | 5. | Developing a comprehensive program of measures to introduce the "Electronic Parliament" system to improve the interaction between the population and senators and deputies, and the communication of the Oliy Majlis with the people. | Q4 2017 | Chambers of the Oliy Majlis (by agreement), Ministry of Information Technologies | - | - | Joint comprehensive program of measures of executors.

This creates opportunities to increase the efficiency and transparency of parliamentary activities, improve communication with the people by widely introducing information and communication technologies into its activities, and increase deputies' awareness of the situation in the region by mandating the submission of decisions of local authority agencies from their elected electoral districts. | | 6. | Drafting a law of the Republic of Uzbekistan "On Amendments and Additions to the Law of the Republic of Uzbekistan 'On Political Parties'" aimed at expanding the rights and powers of parliamentary groups of political parties to strengthen the control of local Councils of People's Deputies over the activities of local executive authority bodies. | Q3 2017 | Ministry of Justice, ACQHM, FZSHQMI | - | - | Draft law of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

The draft provides for regulating the following:

Submitting proposals for party groups to consider issues of socio-economic development at sessions of local Councils of People's Deputies and to hear reports from officials of local executive authority bodies;

Submitting the candidate for the head of the district (city) to the Council of People's Deputies of the district (city) for approval after consultations with each of the party groups in the relevant Councils of People's Deputies of the region by the head of the region;

Granting party groups in local Councils of People's Deputies the right to submit conclusions on the unsatisfactory activities of district (city) heads and heads of local executive authority bodies regarding their relevance to regions and Tashkent city;

Assigning representatives of territorial branches of relevant political parties to deputies of the Legislative Chamber as public representatives in the regions. | | 7. | Establishing the position of executive secretary for political party factions in the Legislative Chamber of the Oliy Majlis. | Q2 2017 | Legislative Chamber of the Oliy Majlis, political parties (by agreement) | 80.0 | Funds of political parties | Draft resolution of the Council of the Legislative Chamber of the Oliy Majlis.

The draft provides for assisting executive secretaries of political party factions in the Legislative Chamber of the Oliy Majlis in organizing the defense of their party's policy in the lower chamber of parliament, developing a unified position of the faction on issues under consideration, and coordinating the activities of faction members. | | 8. | Establishing the position of the permanent representative of the Cabinet of Ministers in the Chambers of the Oliy Majlis. | Q2 2017 | Cabinet of Ministers, Ministry of Justice | 50.0 | State budget funds | Draft resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers.

It serves to increase the efficiency of mutual cooperation in the field of law-making between the parliament and the executive authority body, as well as in organizing parliamentary control over the activities of executive bodies. | | 9. | Creating structural subdivisions aimed at strengthening the information-analytical and research activities of the Chambers of the Oliy Majlis. | Q1 2017 | Chambers of the Oliy Majlis (by agreement), ACQHM | 200.0 | State budget funds | Draft resolution of the Chambers of the Oliy Majlis.

It serves to improve the quality of law-making and control activities of the Chambers of the Oliy Majlis, and to develop laws based on in-depth analysis. | | 1.2. Reforming the state management system | | 10. | Developing drafts of the "Concept of Administrative Reforms in the Republic of Uzbekistan" and the "Program of Measures for Conducting Administrative Reforms in the Republic of Uzbekistan". | Q3 2017 | Cabinet of Ministers, Ministry of Economy, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Justice, Prosecutor General's Office, ACQHM, DSA, SMTI, FZSHQMI | - | - | Draft Decree of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

This involves fundamentally reforming state management and services by increasing the efficiency of state management bodies and improving their structure, decentralizing state management, and abolishing or merging state bodies performing duplicate functions and various commissions. | | 11. | Drafting a new edition of the law of the Republic of Uzbekistan "On Local State Authority". | Q3 2017 | Cabinet of Ministers, Ministry of Justice, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Economy, ACQHM, DSA, Supreme Council of the Republic of Karakalpakstan, regional and Tashkent city hokimliks | - | - | Draft law of the Republic of Uzbekistan. The draft provides for:

Improving the structure of local state authority bodies and clarifying their powers to ensure compliance with laws;

Introducing a procedure for regional, district, and city hokims and other officials to report to the population in the relevant territory on their activities and disseminate report information in the media;

Clarifying the forms and mechanisms for exercising deputy control over the activities of local executive authority bodies by the Councils of People's Deputies;

Establishing the position of executive secretaries to provide organizational and technical support for the activities of the Councils of People's Deputies. | | 12. | Drafting a law of the Republic of Uzbekistan "On Management of State Property" aimed at introducing the most modern types of management in the efficient use of state property. | Q3 2017 | State Committee for Competition, Ministry of Economy, Ministry of Finance | - | - | Draft law of the Republic of Uzbekistan. The draft provides for:

Introducing the most modern types of management in the efficient use of state property;

Introducing the most advanced forms of business management methods (benchmarking) into the management of state unitary enterprises;

Introducing advanced methods of corporate governance in companies with state share in authorized capital.

In this regard, the efficiency of the use of state property is sharply increased by using the most advanced methods of experience of developed foreign countries. | | 13. | Drafting a law of the Republic of Uzbekistan "On State and Private Partnership" aimed at expanding forms of state and private partnership (cooperation). | Q3 2017 | Ministry of Justice, Ministry of Economy, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Labor, Ministry of Information Technologies, Higher Economic Court, State Committee for Competition, Chamber of Commerce and Industry | - | - | Draft law of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

The draft regulates the concept, tasks, and main directions of state and private partnership, the scope of participants, their rights and obligations, and the priority sectors in which projects in this area are implemented. | | 14. | Drafting a law of the Republic of Uzbekistan "On the Basics of State Management". | Q3 2017 | Legislative Chamber of the Oliy Majlis (by agreement), Cabinet of Ministers, Ministry of Economy, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Justice, DSA, ministries and departments | - | - | Draft law of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

The draft regulates the basics of state management, the types of state management bodies (ministry, state committee, agency, inspection, center), and the criteria for defining their tasks and powers. | | 15. | Drafting a law of the Republic of Uzbekistan "On Administrative Procedures". | Q2 2017 | Ministry of Justice, Ministry of Economy, DSC, DBC, ministries and departments | - | - | The draft regulates the procedure for the activities of state bodies, within the scope of their powers, to establish, change, suspend, preserve, transfer, or terminate certain legal facts at the request of citizens. | | 16. | Drafting a law of the Republic of Uzbekistan "On State Service". | Q3 2017 | Cabinet of Ministers, ACQHM, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Economy, Ministry of Justice, Ministry of Labor, Federation of Trade Unions | - | - | Draft law of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

The draft regulates the main principles of organizing and conducting the state service system, forming the personnel composition of the state service, issues of employment, service, and leaving the service, and guarantees in this regard. | | 17. | Drafting a law providing for amendments and additions to the Labor Code of the Republic of Uzbekistan regulating payment for labor and labor normalization in state bodies and organizations. | Q3 2017 | Ministry of Labor, Ministry of Justice, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Economy, Federation of Trade Unions | - | - | Draft law of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

The draft provides for reviewing and improving the procedure for financing state service, material incentives for state servants, payment for labor, and social security. | | 18. | Ensuring transparency of activities of state authority and management bodies, implementing modern forms of providing information related to human rights, freedoms, and legitimate interests, and legal entities. | Q4 2017 | Legislative Chamber of the Oliy Majlis (by agreement), Ministry of Information Technologies, Press and Information Agency, Ministry of Justice, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Economy, Ministry of Employment and Labor Relations, ministries and departments | - | - | Developing proposals aimed at critically studying the norms of the Law "On Transparency of Activities of State Authority Bodies" and improving the mechanisms for their implementation.

Including:

Placing all decisions and documents on providing state services and applying administrative procedures on official departmental websites;

Widely involving civil society institutions in discussing important issues of the activities of state authority and management bodies. | | 19. | Improving the efficiency of the activities of information services of state authority and management bodies. | Q4 2017 | Press and Information Agency, EOAVMA, ministries and departments | - | - | Program of measures. The program:

Organizes systematic press conferences and "briefings" on important aspects of the activities of state management bodies by information services;

Is aimed at organizing special training courses for improving and retraining the qualifications of information service staff. | | 20. | Gradually reducing state participation in managing the branches of the republic's economy. | Q2 2017 | State Committee for Competition, Ministry of Economy, Ministry of Justice | - | - | Draft resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers. The draft:

Limits state participation in managing economic branches:

Reduces the number of state unitary enterprises and involves the private sector in implementing certain types of state services;

Involves developing and implementing mechanisms for widely using indirect management methods. | | 21. | Rationalizing permitting regulations and rules in state management. | Q2 2017 | Ministry of Justice, Ministry of Economy, State Committee for Competition, Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Uzstandart Agency, ministries and departments | - | - | Draft resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers.

The draft provides for reviewing and reducing permitting norms in state management, transferring certain types of licensing to permits, and product certification to declaration of conformity. | | 22. | Ensuring transparency of activities of ministries, departments, economic management bodies, and local authority bodies. | Throughout the year | Ministries and departments, Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Karakalpakstan, regional, district, and city hokimliks | - | - | Program of measures.

The program involves organizing reporting by ministries, departments, economic associations, and hokims on the results of relevant works or reporting periods through mass media, official departmental internet sites, or video conferencing systems. | | 23. | Evaluating the efficiency and effectiveness of the activities of state authority and management bodies and local authority bodies. | By the end of each quarter | Ministries and departments, Supreme Council of the Republic of Karakalpakstan, regional and Tashkent city hokimliks, Institute of Social Research, DSA, SMTI, FZSHQMI, "Ijtimoiy Fikr" Center | 100.0 | Funds of executors | Program of measures. The program:

Develops a system for evaluating the efficiency and effectiveness of the activities of state authority and management bodies and local authority bodies, conducting sociological surveys among the population;

Introduces a system for evaluating the results of the activities of ministries, departments, and local authority bodies and the quality of state services provided through sociological surveys;

Involves evaluating the efficiency and effectiveness of the activities of state authority and management bodies and local authority bodies through a system of working indicators and sociological surveys. | | 24. | Fundamentally improving the material and social security of state servants. | 2017, Q3 | Ministry of Labor, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Economy, Ministry of Justice, Federation of Trade Unions, ministries and departments | 187,400.0 | State budget funds | Draft resolution of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan. The draft provides for:

Improving the unified tariff grid for paying wages to employees of state authority and management bodies;

Taking incentive measures based on the results of the efficiency of the activities of employees of state authority and management bodies;

Reviewing the system of paying supplements to monthly wages for years of service in state agencies;

Forming a state housing fund for state servants;

Developing a program for constructing departmental housing. | | 25. | Attracting modern-thinking, proactive, responsible, and professionally prepared cadres to the state service. | Q3 2017 | Ministry of Labor, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Economy, Ministry of Justice, DSA, MFA, OvaUOMTV, Agency of Science and Technologies, Academy of Sciences, ministries and departments | - | - | Draft resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers.

The draft provides for approving the following model regulations:

On personnel service;

On the procedure for conducting competitions to fill vacant positions;

On the procedure for forming a personnel reserve;

On personnel rotation;

On improving the qualifications and professional skills of personnel. | | 26. | Improving the system for keeping records of personnel in state management and executive bodies. | Q4 2017 | Ministry of Information Technologies, Ministry of Employment and Labor Relations, Federation of Trade Unions, ministries and departments | - | - | Creating and introducing a unified interdepartmental modern information system "Personnel".

In this information system:

Professional recommendations, qualification improvement, and internship completion of personnel in state management and local executive bodies are covered;

Records of personnel composition are kept, and information on personnel reserves and other data is included. | | 27. | Improving the procedure for appointing regional, district, and city hokims to positions. | Q4 2017 | Ministry of Justice, ministries and departments | - | - | Concept of the draft law of the Republic of Uzbekistan "On the Election of Regional, District, and City Hokims".

Transparency, efficiency, impartiality, and fairness are ensured in appointing regional leaders, and the accountability and responsibility of local authority bodies to the population are increased. | | 28. | Developing a draft Program of Measures to prevent the outflow of high-quality cadres abroad and to widely attract them to state service and economic branches. | Q3 2017 | Ministry of Labor, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Economy, MFA, OvaUOMTV, Agency of Science and Technologies, DSA, Academy of Sciences, ministries and departments | - | - | Draft resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers. The draft provides for:

Eliminating obstacles to the realization of the professional and creative potential of specialists, creating conditions for their career growth, and material and moral support;

Employing national cadres who have graduated from educational institutions of developed foreign countries and effectively using their potential;

Simplifying the procedure for recognizing diplomas issued by foreign educational institutions;

Involving talented youth in science, financing promising research conducted by young scientists, and widely using their results. | | 29. | Improving the activities of the Academy of State Management under the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan. | Q1 2017 | OvaUOMTV, Ministry of Justice, Ministry of Labor, Ministry of Finance, MFA, DTM, DSA, ministries and departments | - | - | Draft Decree of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

The draft is aimed at ensuring that listeners acquire solid knowledge in organizing state management, legal foundations and modern methods of management, market economy, psychology, information and communication, and "Electronic Government" areas, as well as analytical thinking and strategic planning, finding optimal solutions to various issues, and possessing initiative and leadership skills. | | 30. | Creating and launching an Electronic Licensing Portal that allows submitting online applications for licenses for 40 types of activities, tracking the status of application review, automating the work of licensing bodies and expert commissions, and providing online access to the license registry. | April 2017 | Ministry of Information Technologies, Ministry of Justice, ministries and departments, Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Karakalpakstan, regional and Tashkent city hokimliks | 80.0 | Fund for the Development of ICT | The regulatory procedures for state services for licensing are improved by automating the processes of introducing the "License" information systems complex into all licensing bodies. | | 31. | | | | | | |

"One-Window" Centers: Creation of an information system for managing interactions with applicants and a billing system for calculating state duties and fees for state services.

April 2017

Ministry of Information Technologies, Chamber of Commerce and Industry, ministries and departments

1,296.0

Attracted funds

An information system for automating the activities of "One-Window" centers will be introduced. The procedures for state services provided by "One-Window" centers will be improved.

Establishing the submission of certificates and permits for import-export operations through a unified customs information system.

May 2017

State Customs Committee, Ministry of Agriculture and Water Resources, Ministry of Health, State Committee for Nature Protection, Uzbekekspertiza, Uzstandart

5.5 million USD

Grant from KOICA International Cooperation Agency

An opportunity will be created to remotely obtain permits related to customs activities through an information system, ensuring interdepartmental electronic cooperation.

Establishment of an Innovation Center to further develop information and communication technologies and create more favorable organizational, technological, and economic conditions for software product developers.

Q2 2017

Ministry of Information Technologies,

Ministry of Economy,

Ministry of Finance,

SCB, CCB,

Agency for Science and Technologies , Central Bank, Tashkent City Khokimiyat

Draft Decree of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

The project involves establishing an innovation center in Tashkent City, which will have the status of a "free economic area," meaning it will be exempt from all taxes and mandatory payments and will operate based on special currency and customs regulations, with the aim of creating more favorable organizational, technological, and economic conditions for ICT and software product developers.

An increase in the number of local companies in the ICT sector, the creation of competitive products, and an increase in the share of ICT in GDP will be achieved.

Development of the draft Decision of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Uzbekistan "On Measures to Improve the System of Providing Electronic State Services through the Single Interactive State Services Portal."

Q2 2017

Ministry of Information Technologies, ministries and departments

Draft Decision of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

The project involves improving the Single Interactive State Services Portal and ensuring the regular integration of information systems and databases of state bodies with the Single Portal, taking into account the provision of personalized state services through the creation of personal cabinets for citizens and entrepreneurs.

Development of the draft Decision of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan "On Measures to Further Develop the "Electronic Government" System for 2018-2021."

Q3 2017

Ministry of Information Technologies, Ministry of Justice,

ministries and departments

Draft Decision of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan. The project includes:

cataloging the main state services and functions of state bodies to be transferred to electronic form by 2021;

defining the list of information to be sent through interdepartmental electronic cooperation in the provision of state services;

analyzing information received and sent by state bodies, improving the procedures for providing state services;

approving a roadmap for the further development of the "Electronic Government" system, including a list of information systems and data transmitted between them, and a list of state services to be transferred to electronic form.

Providing and servicing information on electricity consumption to electricity consumers via mobile communication.

Q3 2017

"Uzbekenergo",

"EnergoABT-Sozlash"

5,000.0

Funds of "Uzbekenergo"

Development and implementation of software for providing information and servicing electricity consumers via mobile communication.

Creating additional convenience for population segments without access to computer devices or the Internet by using modern technologies in the provision of state services.

Q3 2017

Ministry of Information Technologies,

Ministry of Justice

5,220.0

ICT Development Fund

Installation of 250 infokiosks in "One-Window" centers and branches of "Uzbekiston Pochtasi" JSC in regions.

An opportunity will be created to provide state services, accept payments, and obtain certain permits and reference documents via infokiosks for population segments, including entrepreneurs, who do not have access to computers, tablets, smartphones, or the Internet.

Automating the activities of notarial offices, maintaining a centralized record of all notarial transactions, and establishing a system for providing interactive state services in the notarial sector to the population and entrepreneurs, taking into account interdepartmental electronic cooperation.

Q4 2017

Ministry of Justice,

Ministry of Information Technologies,

ministries and departments

12.0

Attracted funds

Implementation of the "Notarius" information system complex in all notarial offices.

The system for providing state services to the population and entrepreneurs in the notarial sector will be improved through the automation of interaction processes.

Implementation of an electronic queue system in state bodies providing high-demand state services.

Q4 2017

Ministries and departments, Cabinet of Ministers of the Karakalpakstan Republic, Khokimiyats of regions and Tashkent City

According to separate calculations

Funds of executors

Implementation of an electronic queue system at service points.

The trust of the public in state management bodies will increase as a result of saving people's time when using state services.

Creation of the National Geographic Information System of the Republic of Uzbekistan to improve the quality of services provided to the population and entrepreneurs.

Q4 2017

State Committee for Land Geodesy and Cadastre, Ministry of Information Technologies

13.6 million USD

Funds of the EDCF Fund of Korea

Implementation of an investment project to create the National Geographic Information System of the Republic of Uzbekistan, which has free access to geographic environment data.

Opportunities will be created for rapid data collection and use in providing electronic state services using GPS technology in real estate, land resources, address, road, engineering infrastructure, and tourism sectors, due to free access to geographic information.

Creation of a monitoring system for the information security of information systems being developed within the framework of the "Electronic Government" system.

Throughout the year

Ministry of Information Technologies

554.8

ICT Development Fund

Measures.

Information security of information systems within the "Electronic Government" system will be ensured.

Organization of training courses to increase computer literacy among the population and business entities in regions of the Republic and to teach them how to use electronic state services.

Throughout the year

Ministry of Information Technologies, Center for Secondary Special Vocational Education, Chamber of Commerce and Industry, "Mahalla" Fund, Cabinet of Ministers of the Karakalpakstan Republic, Khokimiyats of regions and Tashkent City

500.0

Attracted funds

Joint decision of the Ministry of Information Technologies and the Center for Secondary Special Vocational Education.

The computer literacy of the population and entrepreneurs and their skills in using electronic state services will increase.

Introduction of a system to improve the qualifications of officials responsible for reviewing citizen appeals in state and economic management bodies.

Q3 2017

SMB, Ministry of Justice

According to the developed estimate

Funds of state and economic management bodies

Program of measures. The program:

involves organizing training courses aimed at mastering modern methods and forms of working with citizen appeals for responsible officials;

involves conducting seminar-training sessions with the participation of representatives of civil society institutions.

1.3. Improvement of the Public Administration System

Development of the draft Law of the Republic of Uzbekistan "On Public Control."

Q2 2017

Palates of the Oliy Majlis (on a consensus basis), ACGHMI, FJSHMQMI, Ministry of Justice, General Prosecutor's Office, "Kamolot" YIH, "Mahalla" Fund, EOAVMA, UzNNTMA, other institutions of civil society

Draft Law of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

The adoption of the project will allow establishing public control over the degree to which heads of state bodies respond to citizen appeals and problems raised in them, increasing the efficiency of fulfilling tasks assigned to state bodies, and ensuring respect for human rights, freedoms, and interests on their part.

Implementation of measures aimed at organizing "People's Reception Offices" in each district (city) for reviewing appeals from individuals and legal entities.

Q1 2017

Cabinet of Ministers of the Karakalpakstan Republic, Khokimiyats of regions and Tashkent City, General Prosecutor's Office, Ministry of Finance

Based on calculations

Funds of the State Budget

Program of practical measures.

It ensures the review of suggestions, applications, and complaints from individuals and legal entities, constant and open communication with the population, thorough study and resolution of their problems, and an increase in the population's trust in the state.

Making relevant changes and additions to existing legislation in connection with the establishment of People's Reception Offices of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan in the Administration of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan, the Karakalpakstan Republic, regions, Tashkent City, as well as districts and cities.

Q2 2017

Ministry of Justice, ministries and departments

Draft legal acts.

Mechanisms for the rights and obligations of People's Reception Offices, cooperation with mass media and local state authority bodies, including a mechanism for systematic study of public opinion, will be developed.

Development of the draft Law of the Republic of Uzbekistan "On Amendments and Additions to the Law of the Republic of Uzbekistan "On Normative Legal Acts."

Q3 2017

Palates of the Oliy Majlis (on a consensus basis),

Ministry of Justice,

Constitutional Court, Supreme Court, Supreme Economic Court,

General Prosecutor's Office, UzNNTMA, ACGHMI

Draft Law of the Republic of Uzbekistan. The project includes:

mandatory posting of drafts of laws and other normative legal acts of significant social and socio-economic importance on official websites on the Internet at all stages of their development;

ensuring the broad participation of civil society institutions and representatives of relevant scientific research institutions in the discussion of drafts of laws and other normative legal acts.

Amendments and additions to legal acts providing for the establishment of public councils at law enforcement and state management bodies to develop and implement proposals and recommendations to improve the efficiency of the activities of these bodies.

Q3 2017

Ministry of Justice, Ministry of Labor, Ministry of Finance, FJSHMQMI, UzNNTMA, ministries and departments

Draft legal acts.

Transparency of the activities of state bodies and their effective cooperation with civil society institutions will be ensured.

Establishment of public funds to support civil society institutions and non-profit organizations at the Supreme Assembly of the Karakalpakstan Republic, and at the Councils of People's Deputies of regions and Tashkent City.

Q3 2017

Supreme Assembly of the Karakalpakstan Republic, Councils of People's Deputies of regions and Tashkent City, Ministry of Justice, Ministry of Finance, FJSHMQMI

Draft decisions of the Supreme Assembly of the Karakalpakstan Republic, and Councils of People's Deputies of regions and Tashkent City.

It will help expand the scale of activities of non-profit organizations in regions on social partnership projects.

Development of the draft Law of the Republic of Uzbekistan "On Amendments and Additions to the Law of the Republic of Uzbekistan "On Social Partnership."

Q3 2017

Ministry of Justice, Ministry of Economy, Ministry of Finance, FJSHMQMI, UzNNTMA

Draft Law of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

The project establishes the procedure for state management bodies to directly assign social orders to non-profit organizations, in addition to the Public Fund under the Oliy Majlis, for the implementation of socially useful tasks.

Amendments and additions to the Laws of the Republic of Uzbekistan "On Mass Media" and "On Protection of Professional Activities of Journalists."

Q3 2017

Palates of the Oliy Majlis (on a consensus basis), Press and Information Agency, Ministry of Economy, Ministry of Finance, FJSHMQMI, MTRK, EOAVMA, Public Fund for Support of Mass Media

Draft Law of the Republic of Uzbekistan. The project includes:

clear mechanisms for state support of mass media;

procedures for public control (journalistic investigation) by mass media and additional guarantees for the free activity of journalists.

Development of the Program for Improving the Practical Professional Skills and Practical Competencies of Journalists.

Q1 2017

Press and Information Agency, EOAVMA, MTRK, Public Fund for Support of Mass Media

Joint decision of executors.

Sending journalists for internships abroad to improve qualifications, and organizing seminar-training sessions and master classes by foreign journalists and experts in Uzbekistan.

Development of the Program for Further Improving and Developing the Efficiency of the Activities of Self-Government Bodies of Citizens for 2018-2020.

Q1 2017

"Mahalla" Fund, Ministry of Justice, Ministry of Economy, Ministry of Finance, FJSHMQMI

Draft Decree of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan. The project includes:

further improvement of the structure and activities of the "Mahalla" Fund;

regulation of mechanisms for exercising the powers of self-government bodies of citizens;

improvement of the material and technical base of self-government bodies of citizens.

II. PRIORITIES FOR ENSURING THE SUPREMACY OF LAW AND FURTHER REFORMING OF THE JUDICIAL-LEGAL SYSTEM

2.1. Ensuring the Real Independence of the Judiciary, Increasing the Prestige of the Judiciary, Democratizing and Improving the Judicial System

Establishing an initial five-year term, followed by a ten-year term, and then an indefinite term for holding the position of judge.

Q1 2017

Higher Qualification Commission, Supreme Court, Supreme Economic Court, Constitutional Court, General Prosecutor's Office, Ministry of Justice

Draft Law "On Amendments and Additions to Certain Legislative Acts of the Republic of Uzbekistan."

These changes will serve to ensure the real independence of the judiciary, the formation of a competent and professional judicial corps in the judicial system, and the independence of the judiciary from the influence of other branches of government.

Establishment of the Supreme Council of Judges as a body of the judiciary on the basis of the Higher Qualification Commission for Selecting and Recommending Judges under the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan, forming at least half of the council's composition from judges, and granting it the following powers:

taking measures to protect the rights and legitimate interests of judges;

reviewing cases of disciplinary liability of judges, as well as initiating initiatives to encourage judges;

submitting candidates to the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan for appointment (confirmation) to judicial positions.

Q1 2017

Higher Qualification Commission, Supreme Court, Supreme Economic Court, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Labor

Draft Law "On Amendments and Additions to Certain Legislative Acts of the Republic of Uzbekistan."

Granting the Higher Qualification Commission the power to protect the rights and legitimate interests of judges and initiate initiatives to encourage them will strengthen the independence of the judiciary, achieve fair trial, ensure that judges are free from the influence of certain officials, and contribute to the formation of a competent and professional judicial corps in the judicial system.

Improving the mechanism for holding judges accountable for disciplinary offenses, including clarifying its grounds, and terminating the authority of court chairpersons to initiate disciplinary cases against judges.

Q4 2017

Supreme Court,

Supreme Economic Court,

Higher Qualification Commission, Ministry of Justice

Draft Law of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

Improving the mechanism for holding judges accountable for disciplinary offenses, clarifying its grounds, and terminating the authority of court chairpersons to initiate disciplinary cases against judges will ensure the independent activity of judges free from the influence of court chairpersons.

Transfer of the tasks and powers of the Supreme Court of the Republic of Uzbekistan regarding the material and technical and financial support of the activities of courts of general jurisdiction, as well as the relevant staff positions.

Q1 2017

Supreme Court, Ministry of Justice, Ministry of Finance

Draft Decision of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

These measures will serve to ensure the real independence of the judiciary.

Further specialization of courts and strengthening of the court apparatus.

Including:

Supreme Court, Supreme Economic Court, General Prosecutor's Office, Ministry of Justice, Ministry of Finance

Draft legal acts.

These measures will serve to improve the quality of reviewing economic cases, primarily administrative cases, and to free judges from tasks not directly related to fair trial.

establishment of regional appellate courts in the system of economic courts;

Q1 2017

establishment of administrative courts by reconsidering the powers of courts for civil and criminal cases and economic courts;

Q3 2017

preparation of proposals for establishing the position of judge's assistant in the court system (primarily within the framework of the general staff positions).

Q3 2017

Establishing norms for the remuneration of judges' labor and the mechanism for their pension provision, taking into account their special status, including establishing the procedure for financing the activities of courts solely from budget funds, and introducing a system of marking a separate line in the republican budget annually, allocated from legislative and executive bodies.

Q2 2017

Supreme Court, Supreme Economic Court, Constitutional Court, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Labor

Draft Law "On Amendments and Additions to Certain Legislative Acts of the Republic of Uzbekistan."

This measure is an important factor in ensuring the independence of courts and creates additional guarantees of non-interference in their activities.

Establishing the maximum age for holding the position of judge, namely, up to 65 years for judges of district and regional courts, and up to 70 years for judges of the Constitutional, Supreme, and Supreme Economic Courts.

Q4 2017

Supreme Court, Supreme Economic Court, Constitutional Court, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Employment and Labor Relations

Draft Law "On Amendments and Additions to Certain Legislative Acts of the Republic of Uzbekistan."

This measure is considered an important factor in ensuring the independence of judges.

Development and submission of a draft program for the construction of model court buildings for 2018-2021, which meet the requirements for the prestige of the judiciary, the effective fulfillment of the task of administering justice, comfort and safety, as well as material and technical equipment.

Q2 2017

Supreme Court, Supreme Economic Court, Higher Qualification Commission, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Labor

Draft Program.

The program will serve to enhance the prestige of the judiciary and the effective fulfillment of the task of administering justice, create convenience for the population, and ensure safety.

Termination of the authority of court chairpersons to review appeals from individuals and legal entities on issues that should be considered in procedural order.

Q2 2017

General Prosecutor's Office, Ministry of Justice, MIA, Supreme Court, Supreme Economic Court, Constitutional Court

Draft Law "On Amendments and Additions to Certain Legislative Acts of the Republic of Uzbekistan."

This measure is an important factor in improving the procedure for reviewing criminal and civil cases by ensuring the principle of adversarial proceedings between the parties.

Expanding the powers of advocates at all stages of investigation and court proceedings, including establishing mechanisms for the initiative of case review under the control of the advocate.

Q2 2017

General Prosecutor's Office, Ministry of Justice, MIA, Supreme Court, Supreme Economic Court, Constitutional Court

Draft Law "On Amendments and Additions to Certain Legislative Acts of the Republic of Uzbekistan."

This measure further improves the institute of the bar and strengthens the role of the advocate in ensuring the effective protection of citizens' rights and legitimate interests.

Studying the issue of establishing a single highest instance court on the basis of the Supreme Court and the Supreme Economic Court, taking into account specialization at the level of lower instances, and preparing proposals on this issue, taking into account international standards.

Q4 2017

Higher Qualification Commission, Supreme Court, Supreme Economic Court, Constitutional Court, General Prosecutor's Office, Ministry of Justice

This measure will serve to ensure uniform practice in courts, simplify the judicial system, and increase its efficiency.

Implementation of modern information and communication technologies in the activities of courts. In particular:

introduction of a procedure for automatic distribution of cases among judges;

implementation of corporate communication in courts to ensure timely electronic information exchange, and introduction of modern information and communication systems into court activities;

maintenance of an information-legal electronic database of court decisions, and introduction of a procedure for publishing all court decisions (except those considered in closed court sessions) while ensuring the inviolability of private life and with the consent of court participants.

Q3 2017

Supreme Court, Supreme Economic Court, Ministry of Justice, Ministry of Information Technologies, Minister of Finance

Draft Law "On Amendments and Additions to Certain Legislative Acts of the Republic of Uzbekistan."

It serves to ensure unconditional respect for citizens' rights and legitimate interests, increase activity efficiency, and introduces advanced scientific and technical tools and information technologies, as well as modern forms and methods of organizing work.

2.2. Ensuring Guarantees for the Reliable Protection of Citizens' Rights and Freedoms

Development of the draft Law "On Amendments and Additions to the Law of the Republic of Uzbekistan "On Appeals of Individuals and Legal Entities."

This draft Law envisages the following:

• expanding interactive methods for receiving and reviewing appeals;
• publishing the results of appeal reviews;
• features of reviewing and resolving repeat appeals and holding mobile receptions for citizens;
• organizing remote reception of citizens via video conferencing;
• establishing general rules for the "People's Reception" institution;
• legal basis for receiving and reviewing appeals through "Trust Hotlines".

2017 Q2

Palaces of the Oliy Majlis (in agreement),

Ministry of Justice,

General Prosecutor's Office,

Ministry of Internal Affairs, Ministry of Information Technologies

Draft Law of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

The draft improves the system for handling appeals from individuals and legal entities and introduces new effective mechanisms and methods for open dialogue with the population.

Establish virtual receptions for all heads of law enforcement and supervisory bodies.

2017 Q1

General Prosecutor's Office, Supreme Court, Ministry of Internal Affairs, Supreme Economic Court,

Ministry of Justice,

Ministry of Information Technologies, ministries and departments

Based on calculations

Executors' funds

Action Plan.

The implementation of these measures contributes to ensuring transparency in the activities of state bodies.

Establish a separate department (division, group) for handling appeals in each state and economic management body, as well as in local state authority bodies.

Develop a draft resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers approving the Regulation on the procedure for handling appeals from individuals and legal entities in state bodies and institutions.

2017 Q2

Ministry of Justice, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Economy, Ministry of Information Technologies, ministries and departments

Draft Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers.

The draft establishes:

• the procedure for establishing separate departments for handling appeals;
• the powers and obligations of separate departments for handling appeals;
• the legal status of employees of separate departments for handling appeals;
• measures to ensure the openness of the activities of separate departments for handling appeals.

Develop and approve the "Unified Classifier of Appeals Envisaging the Distribution and Systematization of Appeals by Responsible Executors and Sectors" and implement a unified electronic program for the registration of appeals.

2017 Q1

General Prosecutor's Office, Ministry of Internal Affairs, Ministry of Justice, Ministry of Information Technologies

Unified Classifier.

The origin of appeals, their dispatch to lower systems, their content, type and classification of raised issues, the accounting of repeat and anonymous appeals, the results of review, compliance with established procedures and deadlines, and analyses on issues of disciplinary, administrative, and criminal liability are conducted.

Organize the "Online Consultation" section on the websites of state bodies and public organizations regarding the directions of their sectoral activities.

2017 Q1

Chamber of Advocates, ministries and departments

Website pages.

Information and explanatory work on legal issues is intensified, and legal advice is widely disseminated using modern information and communication technologies.

Summarize the situation regarding the handling of appeals in each state and economic management body quarterly.

Introduce a procedure for determining public opinion on the activities of state and economic management bodies in handling appeals, including through social surveys, including via the Internet, and eliminating shortcomings.

2017 Q1

General Prosecutor's Office, Ministry of Justice, Ministry of Information Technologies, "Social Opinion" Public Center, ministries and departments

100.0

Funds of the "Social Opinion" Public Center

Draft Program of Practical Measures.

The sectors receiving the most citizen appeals, the obstacles in them, and other needs worrying citizens are identified, and problems are resolved.

Reduce the amount of state duty paid when individuals and legal entities apply to civil courts.

2017 Q2

Ministry of Finance, Supreme Court, Ministry of Justice, Chamber of Advocates,

General Prosecutor's Office

Draft Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers.

Increases the opportunity for citizens to apply to courts to protect their rights.

Develop a draft law "On Amendments and Additions to Certain Legislative Acts of the Republic of Uzbekistan" aimed at introducing modern forms and methods of conducting court cases electronically.

2017 Q4

General Prosecutor's Office, Supreme Court, Supreme Economic Court, Ministry of Justice, Ministry of Internal Affairs, State Security Service, Ministry of Information Technologies, Ministry of Finance

Draft Law "On Amendments and Additions to Certain Legislative Acts of the Republic of Uzbekistan".

It enables the implementation of comprehensive measures to introduce modern forms and methods of conducting court cases electronically, including electronic cooperation with participants in the process, use of video conferencing, as well as video and audio recording of procedural actions, and introducing new types of stenography of court-investigation processes.

Develop a draft law of the Republic of Uzbekistan "On Amendments and Additions to the Law of the Republic of Uzbekistan 'On Courts'" envisaging providing citizens with information related to the activities of courts.

2017 Q4

Supreme Court, Supreme Economic Court, Constitutional Court, Higher Qualification Commission, Ministry of Justice

Draft Law of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

The draft envisages measures to ensure the openness of information related to the court system and proceedings, as well as court documents.

Strengthen guarantees of citizens' right to private property. In particular:

• prohibit the seizure (except for temporary seizure) and confiscation of property in cases where the owner is not at fault for the use of property as a criminal weapon or subject of an administrative offense;
• allow free purchase and ownership of newly built real estate in Tashkent city and region by residents of the Republic of Uzbekistan with a value not less than 2,000 times the minimum monthly wage, and by non-residents with a value not less than 100,000 dollars, upon payment of a state duty of 5-10 percent.

2017 Q2

Ministry of Justice, General Prosecutor's Office,

Ministry of Finance,

Ministry of Foreign Affairs,

Ministry of Internal Affairs

Draft Law of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

The adoption of the draft strengthens guarantees for the exercise of citizens' right to private property and contributes to the rapid development of the housing construction sector in Tashkent city and region.

Improve the passport-visa, exit, and entry system by:

• simplifying the passport control system at airports and railway stations by introducing modern information and communication technologies for data processing, the practice of providing preliminary information about passengers to border control bodies, automated passport control cabins, and systems for comparing persons crossing the border with photo databases of wanted persons;
• canceling the procedure for issuing exit permits (stickers) through the improvement of the passport system;
• introducing a procedure for restricting the right to exit abroad by court decision on specific grounds;
• implementing the "green" and "red" lane system for customs territory entry and exit for individuals.

2017 Q3

Ministry of Internal Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, State Security Service, State Customs Committee, General Prosecutor's Office, Supreme Court, Ministry of Justice, Ministry of Information Technologies, State Committee for Tourism Development

The implementation of these measures creates favorable conditions for citizens leaving the country, strengthens guarantees of their rights and freedoms, improves the activities and efficiency of border control bodies, and contributes to the development of the tourism sector.

2.3. Improvement of Administrative, Criminal, Civil, and Economic Legislation

Develop a draft Concept for the Improvement of Criminal and Criminal-Procedure Legislation for 2018-2021, envisaging increasing the transparency and effectiveness of ensuring human rights and freedoms, taking into account the state of economic development, modern requirements, international standards, and the wide involvement of information and communication technologies.

2017 Q4

General Prosecutor's Office, Ministry of Justice, Supreme Court, Academy of Public Administration under the President, Ministry of Internal Affairs, State Security Service, Tashkent State University of Law, Chamber of Advocates, Ministry of Information Technologies

Draft Concept.

It leads to the improvement and liberalization of criminal and criminal-procedure legislation regarding the decriminalization of specific criminal acts and the humanization of criminal penalties, ensuring their implementation.

Develop draft normative legal documents envisaging:

Draft Law of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

The draft envisages the decriminalization of certain economic crimes that are not highly socially dangerous, do not correspond to the foundations of market relations, and hinder the development of entrepreneurship and economic growth.

• terminating imprisonment as a type of criminal penalty by expanding the use of alternative types of punishment not related to deprivation of liberty;

2017 Q1

General Prosecutor's Office, Ministry of Internal Affairs, State Security Service, Supreme Court, Ministry of Justice, Chamber of Advocates

liberalizing criminal penalties for minors and strengthening their legal protection in conducting procedural actions;

2017 Q2

Supreme Court, General Prosecutor's Office, Ministry of Justice, Ministry of Internal Affairs, State Security Service, Chamber of Advocates

establishing the procedure for applying laws that exclude the criminality of an act, mitigate punishment, or otherwise improve the situation of a person;

2017 Q2

Supreme Court, General Prosecutor's Office, Ministry of Justice, Ministry of Internal Affairs, State Security Service, Chamber of Advocates

shortening the actual terms for the completion and removal of criminal records;

2017 Q2

Supreme Court, General Prosecutor's Office, Ministry of Internal Affairs, Chamber of Advocates

expanding the institution of exemption from criminal liability through reconciliation;

2017 Q2

Supreme Court, General Prosecutor's Office, Ministry of Internal Affairs, Chamber of Advocates

introducing the criminal penalty of "mandatory community service" aimed at strengthening educational influence through involvement in socially useful labor;

2017 Q4

General Prosecutor's Office,

Supreme Court, Ministry of Justice, Ministry of Internal Affairs, State Security Service, Chamber of Advocates

decriminalization of certain economic crimes that are not highly socially dangerous, do not correspond to the foundations of market relations, and halt the development of entrepreneurship and economic turnover.

2017 Q4

General Prosecutor's Office,

Supreme Court, Ministry of Justice, Ministry of Internal Affairs, State Security Service, Chamber of Advocates

Develop a draft law of the Republic of Uzbekistan "On Mediation Procedures" establishing the main concepts, goals, tasks, and mechanisms for resolving civil and economic disputes before trial.

2017 Q3

Ministry of Justice, Supreme Court, Supreme Economic Court, General Prosecutor's Office, Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Chamber of Advocates

Draft Law of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

The adoption of the draft leads to an increase in the effectiveness and quality of ensuring fair justice in administrative, criminal, civil, and economic proceedings.

Develop draft normative legal documents envisaging:

• canceling the institution of returning a criminal case to additional investigation by the court by introducing mechanisms for filling in the incompleteness of investigation during the court hearing;
• introducing a simplified procedure for pre-trial and court proceedings for cases involving crimes of low social danger;
• establishing a procedure for mandatory submission of a claim before applying to court for disputes between business entities;
• expanding the use of pre-trial dispute resolution mechanisms for civil and economic disputes, including contractual legal relations;
• introducing a procedure for refusing to accept a lawsuit if the plaintiff fails to comply with the pre-trial dispute resolution procedure, if such a procedure is envisaged by law or contract for this category of disputes;
• improving the legal basis for organizing the activities of arbitration courts and supervision over their compliance with legislation, and clarifying the requirements for arbitration courts.

2017 Q1

Supreme Court, Supreme Economic Court, General Prosecutor's Office, Ministry of Justice, State Security Service, Ministry of Internal Affairs, Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Chamber of Advocates

Draft Law of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

The adoption of the draft leads to the cancellation of the institution of returning a criminal case to additional investigation by the court by introducing mechanisms for filling in the incompleteness of investigation during the court hearing, resolving emerging issues in this area, improving pre-trial dispute resolution mechanisms, and improving the activities of the bar institution.

Develop a draft law of the Republic of Uzbekistan "On Amendments and Additions to Certain Legislative Acts of the Republic of Uzbekistan" envisaging:

• shortening the time limit for supervisory review of a court decision in a civil case from 3 years to 1 year;
• abolishing the institution of supervisory review of criminal and civil cases by regional courts and canceling the powers of the respective court chairmen and prosecutors to bring supervisory protests;
• canceling the repetitive powers of the Plenum of the Supreme Court of the Republic of Uzbekistan in supervisory review of cases;
• clarifying the powers of the court reviewing a case in supervisory order to send the case back to the first instance court or to the appellate or cassation instance court for new review;
• limiting the powers of cassation and supervisory court instances to review sentences imposed by lower instance courts, except in cases of identifying violations of substantive and procedural law norms;
• improving the procedure for reviewing cases on newly discovered circumstances, taking into account foreign experience and international standards, including clarifying and shortening the maximum time limit for filing an application for review on newly discovered circumstances in civil, administrative, and economic cases.

2017 Q1

Supreme Court,

Supreme Economic Court, General Prosecutor's Office, Ministry of Justice, Chamber of Advocates

Draft Law of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

The adoption of the draft contributes to improving the review of civil and economic cases, reducing repetitive obligations and instances, and clarifying review mechanisms for cases on newly discovered circumstances in civil, administrative, and economic cases.

Introduce modern forms and methods of conducting court and enforcement proceedings electronically, including electronic cooperation with participants in the process, use of video conferencing, as well as video and audio recording of procedural actions, and introducing new types of stenography of court-investigation processes.

2017 Q4

General Prosecutor's Office,

Supreme Court,

Supreme Economic Court, Ministry of Justice, Ministry of Internal Affairs, State Security Service, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Information Technologies

25,000.0, of which,

9,000.0 state budget funds

State budget and extrabudgetary funds

Draft Law of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

The draft introduces modern forms and methods of conducting court and enforcement proceedings electronically.

2.4. Improvement of the System of Combating Crime and Preventing Offenses

Strengthen organizational and practical measures to combat religious extremism, terrorism, and other forms of organized crime.

2017 Q4

Ministry of Internal Affairs, State Security Service, State Customs Committee, General Prosecutor's Office,

Ministry of Defense

Action Program.

Studying the practice of combating religious extremism, terrorism, and other forms of organized crime and preparing and submitting proposals for further strengthening of organizational and practical measures in this area.

The implementation of these measures enables the development of effective methods of combating crime in this area.

Conduct comprehensive preventive and explanatory measures aimed at preventing terrorism, extremism, and other criminal activities among state body employees, students of educational institutions, and the public. Organize a number of radio and television programs on these topics.

Throughout the year

Ministry of Internal Affairs, Ministry of Higher and Secondary Special Education, General Prosecutor's Office, Ministry of Public Education, MTRC, "Mahalla" Fund, "Kamolot" YOUTH, ministries and departments

Comprehensive preventive and explanatory measures.

The adoption of this document enables the creation of an effective system of work aimed at preventing terrorism, extremism, and other criminal activities in society, and further improving the mechanism of cooperation between state bodies and the public in this area.

Develop a draft law of the Republic of Uzbekistan "On Amendments and Additions to Certain Legislative Acts of the Republic of Uzbekistan" in connection with the adoption of the Law of the Republic of Uzbekistan "On Combating Corruption".

2017 Q1

General Prosecutor's Office, State Security Service, Ministry of Internal Affairs, Ministry of Justice, ministries and departments

Draft Law of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

The adoption of the draft enables the alignment of current legislation with the norms of the newly adopted Law "On Combating Corruption".

Conduct a comprehensive study, analysis, and evaluation of the organizational-legal basis and effectiveness of the activities of internal affairs bodies, primarily in the following areas:

• protection of citizens' rights and legitimate interests, review of appeals from individuals and legal entities;
• prevention of offenses, combating crime, conducting inquiry and preliminary investigation in criminal cases;
• ensuring transparency of activities, cooperation with mass media, and informing the population about the results of work;
• organizing information-analytical work and normative-legal support of activities;
• execution of sentences, exit and entry, registration of citizenship, traffic safety, fire safety, and protection structures activities;
• introduction and use of advanced information and communication technologies.

2017 Q1

Cabinet of Ministers, Ministry of Internal Affairs, General Prosecutor's Office, Ministry of Justice, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Information Technologies

Comprehensive Study.

As a result of the study, the situation of effective execution by internal affairs bodies of tasks and powers entrusted by law, the level of protection of citizens' rights and freedoms, and public safety are analyzed, and relevant proposals are developed in this area.

Develop and submit the following drafts:

• Decree of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan "On Comprehensive Measures to Further Increase the Effectiveness of the Activities of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Uzbekistan and Its Territorial Bodies";
• Regulation on Support Points of Internal Affairs Bodies, envisaging the principles of organizing the activities of prevention inspectors, criteria for evaluating their activities, requirements for persons appointed to the position of prevention inspector, their duties and functions, rights and obligations, and the procedure for cooperation, including with the head of the citizens' assembly (aksoqol) and the population;
• Regulation on the Procedure of Service in Internal Affairs Bodies, envisaging qualification requirements for candidates for positions in internal affairs bodies, procedures for selecting personnel, and clear criteria for evaluating the effectiveness of the activities of internal affairs body employees;
• Disciplinary Statute of Internal Affairs Bodies, envisaging updated rules of conduct for internal affairs body employees, measures of personal responsibility for structural heads for conducting individual work with employees to ensure the upbringing of employees and the proper performance of official duties.

2017 Q1

Cabinet of Ministers, Ministry of Internal Affairs, General Prosecutor's Office, Ministry of Justice, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Information Technologies

Draft Decree of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

The draft establishes specific measures for the fundamental improvement of the activities of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and its territorial bodies, including support points, and develops mechanisms for resolving existing problems in practice.

Establish in the structure of district (city) internal affairs bodies:

• the position of deputy head of department - head of the department for the prevention of offenses among minors and youth, within the established staff count;
• the position of press secretary responsible for carrying out information and explanatory, propaganda work, ensuring cooperation with mass media, and establishing contact with the public;
• a legal service structure or the position of legal consultant ensuring legal support for activities and protecting employees' legal rights.

2017 Q1

Ministry of Internal Affairs

Draft Legal Acts.

The adoption of this document enables the improvement of the structure of district (city) internal affairs bodies and strengthening their activities related to minors, cooperation with mass media, and legal support.

Ensure the transparency and freedom of the legal base and norm-making activities of internal affairs bodies through the following ways:

• reducing the number of confidential normative and departmental documents affecting the rights, freedoms, and legitimate interests of individuals and legal entities;
• creating an electronic database of the ministry's non-confidential departmental documents (orders, regulations, rules, instructions), including a freely accessible database via the Internet.

2017 Q3

Ministry of Internal Affairs, General Prosecutor's Office, Ministry of Justice

Specific Measures.

The consideration of these measures ensures the openness and transparency of the ministry's activities and the opportunity for free use of the existing information about it.

Develop a draft law of the Republic of Uzbekistan "On Amendments and Additions to the Laws 'On Parliamentary Control', 'On the Prosecutor's Office', 'On Internal Affairs Bodies'" for the purpose of introducing a system of reporting by governors of all levels, the prosecutor's office, and internal affairs bodies to the population.

2017 Q3

Palaces of the Oliy Majlis (by agreement),

Cabinet of Ministers,

General Prosecutor's Office,

Ministry of Justice, Ministry of Internal Affairs, Academy of Public Administration under the President, Center for Social and Humanitarian Research,

institutions of civil society

Draft Law of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

The draft:

• introduces the procedure for the Palaces of the Oliy Majlis to hear the annual report of the Minister of Internal Affairs on the prevention of offenses and the state of public order;
• regulates the procedure and mechanisms for hearing reports by governors of all levels, the prosecutor's office, and internal affairs bodies before local Councils of People's Deputies, as well as before the population.

Development of the draft Law of the Republic of Uzbekistan "On Ensuring the Dissemination and Use of Legal Information." It is planned to regulate the following relations:

practical organizational and legal mechanisms for the dissemination of normative legal acts;

state bodies responsible for the dissemination of legal information and their powers;

stages of delivery of normative legal acts to the user after their adoption;

procedures for publishing concepts of adopted laws and sub-legal acts, explanatory letters, and others.

2017 II Quarter

Palates of the Oliy Majlis (by agreement),

Ministry of Justice,

General Prosecutor's Office,

Supreme Court

Draft Law of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

A unified system will be created for the timely delivery of adopted legal acts to the population and executors.

Preparation of the draft National Program for Enhancing Legal Culture in Society.

2017 III Quarter

Palates of the Oliy Majlis (by agreement),

Ministry of Justice, National Center for Human Rights, DBA, TDYU, MTRK, "Mahalla" Fund, "Kamolot" YIH

Draft Joint Resolution of the Palates of the Oliy Majlis.

It allows for the further enhancement of the legal culture and social activity of the population in the relations between citizens, society, and the state, and the improvement of mechanisms ensuring the effectiveness of increasing the legal literacy of state body employees, officials, and citizens, and regulating relations in this regard.

Development and implementation of comprehensive measures aimed at ensuring cooperation of information services of state power and management bodies to strengthen the active civic position of the population and further enhance legal culture and legal consciousness in society.

Throughout the year

Palates of the Oliy Majlis (by agreement),

Ministry of Justice,

General Prosecutor's Office,

Supreme Court, Ombudsman

Measures.

The task of timely and high-quality delivery of legal information is closely related to the cooperative activities of the information services of the state bodies entrusted with this task. Therefore, it is appropriate to carry out this activity on a planned and coordinated basis.

Introduction of the practice of systematically holding meetings in neighborhoods, educational institutions, enterprises, organizations, and departments by all state bodies to discuss urgent issues in society's life and explain the essence of adopted laws.

Throughout the year

Palates of the Oliy Majlis (by agreement),

Ministry of Justice,

General Prosecutor's Office,

Supreme Court, Ombudsman, UzNNITMA

Meetings.

Promotional events for meetings are considered an effective form of direct communication with various layers of the population held on the ground. Therefore, it is appropriate for state bodies to focus their main attention on this type of promotional activity in addition to media appearances.

Development of the draft Decree of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan "On Comprehensive Measures to Fundamentally Improve the System of Dissemination of Legal Acts."

2017 I Quarter

Ministry of Justice,

General Prosecutor's Office,

Constitutional Court, Supreme Court,

Supreme Economic Court,

Ministry of Information Technologies

Draft Decree of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

The Decree proposes the following:

review the structure of the Ministry of Justice from the perspective of improving the system of dissemination of legal acts;

fill the national electronic database of legal acts with additional information and create broad opportunities for free use by the population.

Increasing the effectiveness of coordinating activities to combat crime and prevent offenses.

2017 IV Quarter

General Prosecutor's Office, State Security Service (SSS), Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA), Ministry of Justice, ministries and departments

Draft Decree of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

The procedure and mechanisms for coordinating the activities of bodies carrying out offense prevention and crime fighting are established.

Preparation of the draft Resolution of the Council of Ministers providing for the development of state educational standards and curricula that include mechanisms for improving and strengthening the system of legal education and upbringing.

June 2017

Ministry of Public Education, OvaUzMTV, MIA, Ministry of Justice, General Prosecutor's Office

Draft Resolution of the Council of Ministers.

Based on the Resolution:

state educational standards and curricula for legal education are reviewed;

a legal education model is developed based on the principles of continuity and integrity;

the quality of the legal education and upbringing system improves starting from the family and preschool education.

Holding campaigns "I actively participate in the fight against any offense" and "Our neighborhood stands against crime" aimed at increasing the legal activity of the population and the level of intolerance towards offenses by self-government bodies of citizens. In this regard, the practice of discussing the actions of citizens who committed offenses and crimes in neighborhoods is widely introduced first of all.

Throughout the year

"Mahalla" Fund, MIA, Council of Ministers of the Karakalpakstan Republic, regional and Tashkent city hokimiyats

960.0

Executors' funds

Development of a special plan.

An increase in the civic position regarding respect for laws and intolerance towards offenses, as well as the prevention of offenses, is achieved in society.

Development of a special program for organizing meetings and round tables on the topics "Islamic Enlightenment Condemns Extremism" and "Religious Extremism and Terrorism are a Threat to the Future of Youth" in neighborhoods and educational institutions to protect the population, especially youth, from the influence of destructive movements such as religious extremism and fanaticism.

Throughout the year

Committee for Religious Affairs, OvaUzMTV, Ministry of Public Education, Center for Secondary Special Vocational Education, Administration of Muslims of Uzbekistan, Tashkent Islamic University, "Kamolot" YIH, "Mahalla" Fund, Republican Center for Spiritual Enlightenment and Education , UzNNITMA

Draft Special Program.

It is achieved that correct and truthful information about religions is formed among youth, their questions are answered by specialists based on truthful facts, and spiritual and educational work is carried out systematically relying on national traditions and rich cultural heritage.

Holding republican contests "Legal Experts", "Do You Know the Law?", "Tests of Thought", "Constitution - The Foundation of Our Happiness" aimed at further increasing and strengthening the legal knowledge and literacy of students and university students in educational institutions.

Throughout the year

Ministry of Public Education,

"Kamolot" YIH,

Ministry of Justice, OvaUzMTV, Center for Secondary Special Vocational Education, FJShMQMI

25.0

Executors' funds

Draft Plan for Holding Contests.

Through contests, it is achieved to further increase and strengthen legal knowledge among student-youth, and talented youth in this field are identified. In addition, along with the contest participant teams, a broad layer of youth attracted as listeners also achieves an increase in legal consciousness.

Preparation and publication of popular brochures in the "Avoid Crime!" section based on life examples aimed at preventing offenses, and holding their presentations.

2017 II-III Quarter

Republican Center for Spiritual Enlightenment and Education , MIA, "Kamolot" YIH, "Mahalla" Fund

10.0

Executors' funds

These literature materials are delivered to youth through "Kamolot" YIH and to the general public through self-government bodies of citizens.

It is achieved to ensure the supremacy of law in society and increase the effectiveness of preventive work in preventing offenses.

Introduction and constant holding of weekly "Legal Knowledge" training sessions in neighborhoods to raise the legal consciousness and legal culture of employees of self-government bodies of citizens and the population, and to explain the essence of newly adopted legal acts to them.

February 2017 (later every Friday)

"Mahalla" Fund, MIA, Ministry of Justice, General Prosecutor's Office, ministries and departments

Draft Annual Plan and Program of Training Sessions.

It is achieved to timely deliver to the population the purpose and essence of current legal acts, especially newly adopted legal acts.

2.5. Further Strengthening Legality in the Judicial and Legal System

Improving, retraining, selection, training, and internal rotation system of personnel of courts, law enforcement, and control bodies.

2017 II Quarter

General Prosecutor's Office, Ministry of Justice, MIA, SSS, DBQ, DSQ, DBA

Departmental documents.

It is aimed at selecting and training personnel capable of performing assigned tasks in courts, law enforcement, and control bodies.

Planning and organizing activities based on a comprehensive analysis of work results, with attention primarily directed to identifying and eliminating causes and conditions of systemic offenses through improving law application practice and current legal acts.

2017 I Quarter

General Prosecutor's Office, MIA, SSS, Ministry of Justice, DBQ, DSQ

Departmental documents.

The main task of law enforcement bodies is not just to expose and take measures against law violations, but to ensure the early prevention and prophylaxis of such cases. Therefore, it is necessary to fundamentally change their methods of organizing activities.

Organizing training seminars on the topic "Effective Organization of Service Activities" with the participation of law enforcement and control body employees.

Throughout the year

General Prosecutor's Office, Ministry of Justice, MIA, SSS, DBQ, DSQ

The essence and meaning of ongoing fundamental reforms should be conveyed primarily to the attention of state body employees ensuring their implementation, thereby further improving their worldview.

Improving the system of transparent recruitment of personnel possessing high moral-volitional and professional qualities, capable of ensuring the effective performance of assigned tasks and ongoing reforms.

2017 II Quarter

General Prosecutor's Office, Ministry of Justice, MIA, DBQ, DSQ

Draft Normative-Legal Acts.

The full and intended implementation of reforms requires a review of the personnel supply system of courts, law enforcement, and state control bodies.

Improving the activities of the Center for Improving Legal Qualifications under the Ministry of Justice, including organizing its regional branches equipped with a modern video conferencing system enabling distance learning.

2017 II Quarter

Ministry of Justice,

Higher Qualification Commission, Supreme Court, Supreme Economic Court, OvaUzMTV, Ministry of Finance

Based on calculations

State budget, funds of the Fund for the Development of Courts and Justice bodies

Draft Decree of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

Improving the Center's activities will lead to an increase in the quality of legal personnel training.

Development of state requirements for the retraining and qualification improvement of legal personnel.

2017 II Quarter

Ministry of Justice, General Prosecutor's Office, MIA, DBQ, DSQ

Draft Resolution of the Council of Ministers.

Based on the Resolution, state requirements for the retraining and qualification improvement of legal personnel and the procedure for retraining and qualification improvement of legal personnel are established.

Further improvement of the procedure for inter-agency rotation of personnel of courts and law enforcement bodies. Specifically, preparing proposals for further improvement of the procedure for inter-agency rotation of personnel of courts and law enforcement bodies, taking into account the following:

establishing the ratio of special (military) ranks when personnel of courts and law enforcement bodies move from one agency to another, and unifying the amount of allowances paid for special (military) ranks;

establishing an optimal procedure for calculating the years of service, monetary allowance, and pension of rotated personnel.

2017 II Quarter

General Prosecutor's Office, Ministry of Justice, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Labor

Draft Decree of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

These measures form a unified mechanism for rotation in the system of courts and law enforcement bodies.

Improving the activities of the Higher Training Courses of the General Prosecutor's Office.

2017 III Quarter

General Prosecutor's Office, Ministry of Higher and Secondary Special Education, Ministry of Justice, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Labor

Based on calculations

State budget and extrabudgetary funds of prosecutor's bodies

Draft Decree of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

It introduces an effective system for the continuous improvement and retraining of prosecutor-investigators and strengthens the material and technical base of the Higher Training Courses.

Further improvement of the system for retraining candidates for judicial positions and improving the qualification improvement system for judges.

2017 II Quarter

Ministry of Justice, Higher Qualification Commission, Supreme Court, Supreme Economic Court, OvaUzMTV, Ministry of Finance

New requirements are imposed on the training of candidates for the judiciary by extending the period of study and practice, based on foreign experience and international standards.

In addition, the qualification of judges is improved through regular events discussing urgent issues of judicial practice.

Further improvement of the activities of higher education institutions training legal personnel.

2017 IV Quarter

Ministry of Justice, OvaUzMTV, MFA, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Employment and Labor Relations

Draft Relevant Resolution.

The draft includes the following:

expanding the powers of Tashkent State Law University in developing study plans and programs;

approving the university's public management body - the Board of Trustees, including in its composition head employees of courts and law enforcement bodies, representatives of NGOs, educational and research institutions, and assigning it the task of assisting in developing the university's development strategy, strengthening international cooperation, and developing forms and methods of the educational process;

training legal personnel capable of participating in international courts and arbitrages and protecting the rights of legal and physical persons;

establishing cooperation with leading international organizations, international educational institutions, scientific research institutions, advisory centers, scientists, and specialists in the field of legal personnel training.

Increasing the effectiveness of the mechanism of public control over the activities of law enforcement and control bodies, and strengthening citizens' trust in the law enforcement system.

2017 II Quarter

General Prosecutor's Office, Ministry of Justice, MIA, DBQ, DSQ, ministries and departments

Departmental documents. They provide for:

mechanisms for providing information to citizens about the activities of law enforcement and control bodies and cooperation with the media;

posting information about the activities of structural subdivisions of law enforcement and control bodies on their official websites (web pages).

2.6. Improving the System of Legal Aid and Services

To strengthen the role of the advocate in the consideration of criminal, civil, administrative, and economic cases:

mechanism for the advocate to collect evidence and add it to the materials of the criminal case;

clarifying the procedure for requesting and obtaining from state bodies and organizations certificates, descriptions, and other documents, written expert opinions, and information-advisory opinions of specialists on issues necessary for providing legal assistance by the advocate in pre-trial and court proceedings;

expanding the participation of the advocate in the pre-trial settlement of civil and economic disputes, as well as in the procedure of reconciling parties in the criminal process;

reviewing the procedure for formalizing and submitting the advocate's order for participation in court proceedings.

2017 III Quarter

Ministry of Justice, Bar Association, Supreme Court, Supreme Economic Court, General Prosecutor's Office, MIA, SSS

Draft Law of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

The equal rights and adversarial nature of the parties in court proceedings are fully ensured, the powers of advocates in providing legal assistance are expanded, and the participation of advocates in the pre-trial settlement of civil and economic disputes, as well as in the procedure of reconciling parties in the criminal process, is expanded.

To further strengthen the institution of the bar:

granting advocates the right to participate as arbitrators in arbitration courts;

clarifying the procedure and deadlines for considering advocate requests;

rationalizing the taxation system for the income of advocates and advocacy structures;

reducing the role of state bodies in the issue of issuing licenses to advocates and holding them accountable for disciplinary violations;

introducing a phased court procedure for suspending and terminating the activity of the advocacy license;

introducing new organizational-legal forms of advocacy structures, including creating opportunities for foreign advocacy structures and foreign citizens and stateless persons permanently residing in the Republic of Uzbekistan to engage in advocacy activities;

developing corporate legal advisory services and legal consulting providing legal services to subjects of entrepreneurship.

2017 IV Quarter

Ministry of Justice, Bar Association, Supreme Court, Supreme Economic Court, General Prosecutor's Office, MIA, SSS, DSQ, Ministry of Finance

Draft Law of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

Guarantees of advocacy activities are further strengthened, and the quality of legal services provided to subjects of entrepreneurship in international-legal, civil-legal, and economic-legal matters is further improved through the introduction of new organizational-legal forms of advocacy structures.

Reforming the system of Notary and Civil Registry (CRS) bodies. Specifically:

phased transition of the notary to an active extrabudgetary model and its further development as an institution aimed at preventing civil-legal and economic disputes;

reducing the internship period for candidates for the position of notary;

granting notary assistants the authority to certify copies of documents;

introducing a procedure for certifying notaries;

rationalizing the types of mandatory notarized agreements;

establishing the procedure for electronic appeals to notarial offices;

introducing the procedure for accepting state duties using an electronic payment system;

forming a database of information on citizens declared incompetent;

introducing modern information technologies into the activities of CRS bodies.

2017 IV Quarter

Ministry of Justice, Central Bank, Ministry of Information Technologies, Ministry of Finance

Based on calculations

Extrabudgetary funds

Amendments and additions are made to legal acts and departmental documents.

These introduced changes will serve to further develop notarial offices as an institution aimed at preventing civil-legal and economic disputes, provide convenient and high-quality legal assistance to the population, fill notarial offices with qualified specialists, and introduce modern information-communication technologies into the activities of notarial offices and CRS bodies.

III. PRIORITY DIRECTIONS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT AND LIBERALIZATION OF THE ECONOMY

3.1. Strengthening Macroeconomic Stability and Maintaining High Economic Growth Rates

Carrying out systematic monitoring of macroeconomic indicators, especially the state of the currency market, and improving legislation aimed at increasing the stability of the national currency and prices in the domestic market, maintaining macroeconomic balance, and ensuring high economic growth rates when necessary.

Quarterly

Ministry of Economy, Ministry of Finance, Central Bank

Analytical Reference.

It serves to ensure high growth rates of the economy, stability of the national currency, and price levels.

Ensuring the stability of the national currency and prices in the domestic market.

2017 I Quarter

Central Bank, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Economy, TI AISV, State Committee for Competition, DSQ, DBQ, Chamber of Commerce and Industry

Draft Decree of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

The draft establishes the following:

improving the methodology for monitoring changes in consumer prices (tariffs) of goods and services when determining the inflation level;

improving the system for setting the Central Bank's refinancing rates aimed at stabilizing financial markets and investment opportunities of commercial banks;

introducing market mechanisms in the price formation process in the domestic market by increasing liability for establishing artificially high prices when selling goods and services in non-cash form;

phased reduction of the procedure for declaring prices for products, works, and services, and its subsequent abolition in 2020.

Phased introduction of advanced market mechanisms for currency regulation.

2017 I Quarter

Central Bank, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Economy, TI AISV, DSQ, DBQ State Committee for Competition, Uzkomunxizmat, Uzbekelektro, Uzneftegaz

Draft Decree of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

The draft provides for the following:

improving the exchange rate policy that ensures and supports the competitiveness of local producers in domestic and foreign markets, taking into account the market mechanism based on demand and supply for foreign currency in the currency market;

ensuring the full implementation of the right of business entities to freely dispose of their currency funds;

ensuring the free circulation of foreign currency on the exchange by introducing mechanisms that prevent any manipulation;

introducing a system for commercial banks to freely sell foreign currency attracted by them and from their own resources in compliance with relevant rules;

taking measures for the temporary financial support of the economy's key sectors using additional revenues to the budget, current loans of commercial banks, and funds of the Recovery and Development Fund of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

Development of draft normative legal acts aimed at ensuring transparency of information about state funds, further improving monetary-credit policy tools and increasing their effectiveness, and improving cash circulation mechanisms.

2017 III Quarter

Central Bank,

Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Economy,

State Committee for Competition, DSQ, DBQ

Draft Normative-Legal Acts.

The drafts include the following:

ensuring transparency of information about state funds by adapting their accounting in the state sector to international standards;

further improving monetary-credit policy tools, including increasing the effectiveness of regulation mechanisms for the refinancing rate aimed at supporting the development of the economy.

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Introducing modern principles and mechanisms for regulating banking activities, eliminating obstacles that prevent their effective operation.

Third Quarter 2017

Central Bank, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Economy, DSQ, DBQ

Measures for further improving banking activities planned for 2018-2019, including:

supporting the indicators of capital adequacy and liquidity levels of commercial banks based on the requirements of the Basel Committee on banking supervision;

further increasing the effectiveness of management risk in commercial banks based on the system of management and banking risk, including advanced foreign practices;

preventing and prohibiting administrative interference by state authorities in the activities of commercial banks, including credit policy;

increasing the capitalization of commercial banks, constantly increasing the volume of the credit portfolio and improving its quality, financing investment projects, and further increasing the scale of lending to small business and private entrepreneurship;

developing and introducing a Program aimed at taking practical measures to exclude tasks not inherent to banks.

Increasing the volume and coverage of non-cash settlements, including introducing modern electronic forms of payments in economic sectors and encouraging business entities, as well as reducing the shadow economy.

March 2017

Central Bank, Association of Banks of Uzbekistan, DSQ, Ministry of Economy, State Committee for Competition

Complex measures.

It is proposed to take into account the following:

introduction of credit cards allowing the population to make payments for goods and services from bank funds within a specified limit for a certain period;

expanding the opportunities to use remote service systems to account numbers through bank plastic cards ("SMS-banking", "Internet-banking", "Mobile-banking");

expanding the opportunity to manage deposit account numbers of individuals through bank plastic cards;

reducing the rental fee amount for using payment terminals by two times;

reducing tariffs for services provided for transferring funds from one plastic card to another;

encouraging the development of electronic trade, including simplifying currency and tax control, and introducing procedures and technologies for returning payments for undelivered goods and unused services in the system of mutual settlements by plastic cards.

Improving mechanisms for incentivizing cash inflows to bank cash desks.

Second Quarter 2017

Central Bank,

Ministry of Finance, DSQ

Implementation of relevant measures.

Establishing the following procedures to strengthen the protection of creditors' rights:

providing information about the debtor's financial situation to any creditor within 10 days from the time of receipt of its written request;

granting the creditor the right to appeal the decision to declare the debtor bankrupt.

April 2017

State Committee for Competition, DSQ, Higher Economic Court

Draft Law of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

Further strengthening the protection of the rights of creditors who do not agree with the sanation plan, increasing the level of recovery of funds invested in bankruptcy situations, which will improve the rating of the Republic of Uzbekistan in the "Doing Business" report.

Developing the Concept for the Medium-Term and Long-Term Development of the Financial Market of the Republic of Uzbekistan aimed at developing the financial market as an alternative source for attracting capital and placing free funds of enterprises, financial institutions, and the population.

Third Quarter 2017

Ministry of Finance,

Central Bank, Ministry of Economy,

State Committee for Competition, Institute of Forecasting and Macroeconomic Research

Draft Decree of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

The project envisages the following:

granting permission to strong financial institutions (banks, insurance companies, large state companies, joint-stock companies) to issue securities (bonds, promissory notes, etc.);

strengthening the role of the authorized body for coordinating the securities market in the introduction of modern instruments of the financial market, i.e., increasing the effectiveness of its activities not as a control body, but as a body protecting the rights and legitimate interests of participants in the securities market;

simplifying the procedure for state registration of the initial and additional issuance of securities;

introducing new forms of insurance and other financial services, expanding the volume of insurance and other types of financial services;

achieving the initial placement of shares of individual national companies on foreign prestigious stock exchanges (IPO), ensuring their entry into the foreign capital market.

Expanding the revenue sources of local budgets, ensuring the resolution of social problems through the stable development of sectors and regions.

Throughout the year

Ministry of Economy, Ministry of Finance, DSQ, TSV, State Committee for Competition, Council of Ministers of the Karakalpakstan Republic, regional and Tashkent city administrations

Programs of measures.

The production capacity of regions will be expanded, and programs for 2017-2021 aimed at increasing the revenues of local budgets and reducing the subsidization of individual regions and districts will be implemented.

Developing draft regulatory legal documents aimed at further optimizing budget expenditures, reducing the subsidization of cities and districts, and deepening fiscal decentralization processes.

First Quarter 2017

Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Economy,

DSQ, TIAISV, State Committee for Competition, Council of Ministers of the Karakalpakstan Republic, regional and Tashkent city administrations

Draft regulatory legal documents.

The projects reflect the following:

further optimization of budget expenditures, reducing the subsidization of cities and districts by reviewing the list and amount of taxes and mandatory payments under the control of local budgets;

deepening fiscal decentralization processes by increasing the independence of local state authorities in managing regional funds.

Improving the quality and efficiency of tax administration, and perfecting taxation to support the development of entrepreneurship.

Third Quarter 2017

Ministry of Finance, State Tax Committee, Ministry of Economy, Ministry of Justice, Chamber of Commerce and Industry,

ministries and departments

The following are envisaged:

1. critical study and analysis of tax legislation, eliminating excessive and complex norms in law enforcement, simplifying the process of calculating the tax base, unifying taxes and other mandatory payments collected from a single base, as well as preparing proposals aimed at ensuring the stability of tax legislation;

2. reducing the tax burden, including:

reviewing the amount of fixed tax collected from individual entrepreneurs, taking into account the place of activity (for example, places that are far and difficult to reach);

preparing proposals for consistent reduction by normalizing the tax burden on large enterprises.

Developing draft regulatory legal documents aimed at standardizing privileges to prevent their individual granting.

Third Quarter 2017

Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Economy, DSQ, DBQ, State Committee for Competition

Draft laws.

As a result, conditions for doing business will improve, and an effective competitive environment will be created.

Further developing international economic cooperation, and by expanding relations with leading international and foreign financial institutions:

1. Ensuring the timely implementation of investment projects financed by attracting funds from international financial institutions, including:

Throughout the year

Ministries and departments, investment project initiators, Ministry of Economy, Ministry of Finance, State Committee for Investments

Implementation of investment projects.

• Attracting World Bank loans to implement 27 projects during 2016-2020.

2017-2020

$3.0 billion

World Bank funds

• Attracting Asian Development Bank loans to implement 20 projects during 2017-2019.

2017-2019

$2.97 billion

Asian Development Bank funds

2. Developing the issue of implementing investment projects aimed at attracting loans from the Islamic Development Bank in an amount of not less than $1.0 billion, thereby expanding cooperation between the Republic of Uzbekistan and the Islamic Development Bank during 2017-2019.

2017-2019

Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Economy, ministries and departments

$1.0 billion

Islamic Development Bank funds

3. Conducting systematic work on attracting preferential credit and grant funds from foreign government organizations (China Export-Import Bank, Korea Export-Import Bank, EDCF Fund, Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA), German Society for International Cooperation (GIZ), Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC), French Development Agency (AFD), European Cooperation Commissions, etc.) aimed at implementing priority socio-economic, infrastructure, and other projects.

Throughout the year

TIAISV, MFA, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Economy, ministries and departments

To be determined during the process of attracting credit and grant funds

Funds of foreign government and non-governmental organizations

Attracting preferential credit and grant funds aimed at implementing investment projects.

To further develop mutual cooperation relations with leading international and foreign financial institutions, carry out the following:

holding meetings and roundtables with leading international rating and insurance agencies (S&P, FITCH, MOODY'S, etc.) to improve Uzbekistan's credit rating and achieve high sovereign rating indicators, with the aim of reducing costs arising from attracted foreign investment.

2017-2018

Ministry of Finance, Central Bank, Ministry of Economy, ministries and departments

Draft Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers.

Developing mutual cooperation relations with leading international and foreign financial institutions.

Improving sovereign rating indicators and credit rating.

3.2. Deepening structural changes, increasing the competitiveness of the national economy by modernizing and diversifying leading sectors

Ensuring the timely implementation of sectoral programs envisaging the implementation of 649 investment projects with a total value of approximately $40 billion for the deep processing of mineral and raw materials.

Handing over 145 production capacities with a total value of $1.0 billion in 2017, including:

63 projects worth $147 million in the field of processing fruit, vegetables, meat, and dairy products;

6 projects worth $217 million for the deep processing of non-ferrous and precious metals;

2 projects worth $25 million for the deep processing of chemical raw materials;

6 projects worth $342 million for deepening the processing of hydrocarbon raw materials;

9 projects worth $6 million for expanding the production of finished leather and footwear products;

7 projects worth $24 million aimed at increasing the production of pharmaceutical products;

29 projects worth $151 million for further expanding the production of construction materials;

15 projects worth $178 million for increasing the production of finished textiles and sewing-knitting products.

Throughout the year

Uzbekfoodconcern, UZUM, Uzmetkombinat, Uzkimyosanoat, Uzneftegaz, Uzbecharkapoyabzali, Uzpharmsanoat, Uzqurilishmateriallari, Uzbekeengilsanoat, Council of Ministers of the Karakalpakstan Republic, regional and Tashkent city administrations

116,827,000, including $3,003,000 in 2017

Enterprises' funds, UzTTZh, commercial bank loans, foreign investment and credits

Timely submission of sectoral programs for project work on the timely handover of capacities planned for 2017.

In the next 5 years, industrial production in the republic will increase by 1.5 times, its share in GDP will rise from 33.6 percent to 36 percent, and the share of processing industries in industry will increase from 80 percent to 85 percent.

More than 75 new types of competitive finished products will be adopted in 2017.

Implementing investment projects that will allow increasing coal mining by 7.8 million tons per year by introducing modern technologies in the coal mining sector.

2017-2020

Uzbekkumir,

Uzbekenergo,

Ministry of Economy, State Committee for Investments,

Ministry of Finance, ministries and departments

According to the project

Uzbekkumir funds and commercial bank loans

Implementation of measures.

The population's energy supply will improve.

Developing draft regulatory legal documents aimed at developing the jewelry sector.

Third Quarter 2017

State Chamber for Determining the Purity Degree of Precious Metals under the Central Bank,

Ministry of Economy, Ministry of Finance, TIAISV Ministry, Central Bank, State Committee for Competition, DSQ, DBQ

Draft Decree of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

The project envisages the following:

simplifying the circulation of precious metals, precious stones, and products made from them, creating conditions aimed at developing the national jewelry industry and exporting finished products;

introducing legal mechanisms for tolling operations for foreign clients to produce jewelry products in the territory of the Republic of Uzbekistan from precious metals and precious stones;

canceling the licensing of import of precious metals and precious stones;

reducing the established minimum norm (95%) for the export volume of jewelry items produced from local gold.

Developing a comprehensive measures program envisaging the following:

Production: 2017

I Quarter

State Committee for Competition,

Ministry of Employment and Labor Relations and ministries and departments, Council of Ministers of the Karakalpakstan Republic, regional and Tashkent city administrations

Comprehensive measures.

The profitability level of enterprises will increase, leading to an increase in the utilization rate of production capacities and an increase in the number of workers.

increasing the profitability level and financial health of more than 4,400 enterprises in the basic sectors of the economy;

increasing the number of workers based on increasing the utilization rate of production capacities.

Implementation:

2017-2018

Implementing comprehensive measures aimed at reducing the cost of goods produced by large enterprises in industrial sectors by an average of 8 percent and increasing their competitiveness in 2017. This includes replacing and modernizing morally and physically obsolete equipment, increasing energy efficiency in production, and optimizing technological processes.

Throughout the year

Ministry of Economy, State Committee for Competition, Uzdevenergonadzor, Uzneftegazinspektsiya, ministries and departments

602,000.0

Enterprises' funds and commercial bank loans

This will serve to increase the competitiveness of local products, primarily in foreign markets, and the export potential of sectors.

Creating an effective competitive environment for economic sectors and gradually reducing monopolies in the market of goods and services.

Third Quarter 2017

State Committee for Competition,

Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Economy, Ministry of Justice,

Chamber of Commerce and Industry

Draft Law of the Republic of Uzbekistan. It reflects the following:

harmonizing the requirements for obtaining prior consent of the anti-monopoly body in the merger and acquisition of enterprises;

perfecting mechanisms for combating agreements, contracts, and coordinated actions that restrict competition;

simplifying the procedure for reviewing documents of business entities when acquiring shares and stakes of enterprises with a dominant position;

prohibiting the acquisition by a subsidiary of a share from the founder's charter fund and the membership of subsidiary company representatives in the founder's supervisory board to eliminate conflicts of interest.

Developing the Concept for the Medium-Term Development of the Tourism Sector in the Republic of Uzbekistan, as well as a specific Measures Program for implementing the Concept for 2017-2021.

First Quarter 2017

State Committee for Tourism Development, Ministry of Economy, Ministry of Finance, TIAISV, MFA, DBQ, ministries and departments

Draft Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers.

This will lead to the rapid development of the tourism sector, an increase in its share in the economy, and an improvement in the quality of tourist services.

Developing a new edition of the Law "On Tourism".

First Quarter 2017

State Committee for Tourism Development, Ministry of Economy, Ministry of Finance, TIAISV, MFA, DBQ, ministries and departments

Draft Law of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

The main directions of state policy for the development of the tourism sector are defined, creating a foundation for the widespread development of entrepreneurship in this sector.

Fundamentally improving the quality of service at airports and railway stations.

First Quarter 2017

State Committee for Tourism Development, Uzbekistan Railways, SBU, DBQ, Uzbekistan Airways

Comprehensive measures.

The following are envisaged:

granting special permits to employees of subjects of tourism activity receiving or escorting foreign tourists, allowing them to be present in the halls of airports and railway stations while observing the established regime and security measures;

fundamentally improving the level of passenger service at airports and railway stations;

training employees of the State Customs Committee, border control, airports, and railway stations in modern forms of communication with tourists, including foreign languages.

Creating favorable conditions for doing business in the tourism sector, actively attracting world-recognized brands and foreign investors.

First Quarter 2017

TIAISV, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Economy, DSQ, MFA, State Committee for Tourism Development, ministries and departments

Based on calculations

Funds of the Tourism Support Fund

Draft Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers.

The tourism sector is included in the list of economic sectors where preferential conditions for direct foreign private investment are applied.

Tax and customs privileges are envisaged for subjects engaged in the construction and reconstruction of hotels and importing equipment, spare parts, and vehicles not produced in the republic.

Creating new tourist routes, developing modern types of tourism, and enhancing their attractiveness.

Throughout the year

State Committee for Tourism Development, Committee for Nature Protection, Council of Ministers of the Karakalpakstan Republic, regional and Tashkent city administrations, Uzbekistan Airways

Based on calculations

Funds of the Tourism Support Fund and executors

Plan of measures.

Diversification of tourist services and creation of new tourist routes:

studying the tourist potential of all territories of the country and forming new tourist products and routes;

implementing a complex of measures for organizing tours and excursions for the population;

opening new air connections for domestic routes;

organizing charter flights for regional and international directions based on marketing research.

Developing the "Concept for the Development of Export Activities for 2018-2021".

Third Quarter 2017

TSV, MFA, Senate of the Oliy Majlis (on a consultative basis), Ministry of Economy, Ministry of Finance, Central Bank, DSQ, DBQ, ministries and departments

Draft Decree of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

The project envisages the following:

expanding the export of products with high added value;

identifying target markets for developing trade relations for Uzbekistan;

further developing the production of large-volume exportable goods based on studying the external market conjuncture;

state support for the development of methods for marketing research of external markets;

supplying these markets with national products by establishing organic mutual cooperation with main participants in the specified markets;

widespread implementation of international quality standards (ISO 9001), familiarizing producers with information about the standardization and certification of products in external markets.

Approving a program for the development of promising sectors of the economy aimed primarily at the high degree of localization of products intended for export.

Third Quarter 2017

Ministry of Economy, TSV, ministries and departments

This will serve to establish and modernize production capacities and introduce modern technologies for the development of competitive, exportable products and materials.

Developing a program aimed at diversifying foreign trade directions and their integration with international infrastructure.

Second Quarter 2017

TIAISV, Uzbekistan Railways,

Uzbekistan Airways,

Ministry of Economy, Ministry of Finance, Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Uzavtotrans, State Committee for Competition

Draft Decree of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

The Resolution proposes the following:

increasing the level of competition among national transport logistics companies, encouraging the reduction of tariffs for export enterprises, expanding the vehicle fleet, and simplifying the process of obtaining loans for purchasing cargo trucks;

increasing the number of transshipment points for cargo from one mode of transport to another to make the prices of national products intended for export competitive;

optimizing railway and air transport cargo transportation tariffs on the websites of "Uzbekistan Railways" JSC and "Uzbekistan Airways" MAC.

Further developing the protection of intellectual property and consumer rights, including:

increasing the transparency of procedures for registering rights to trademarks and industrial designs and issuing patents;

ensuring international recognition of rights to objects of intellectual property registered in Uzbekistan;

approving programs to combat cases of production and sale of counterfeit products;

reviewing standards (O'zDSt) for the quality and ingredient composition of goods in accordance with their names and brands.

June 2017

State Committee for Competition, Agency for Intellectual Property, Uzstandart, Ministry of Justice, Chamber of Commerce and Industry, ministries and departments

Draft Law of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

Strengthening intellectual property rights, including their protection in foreign markets, eliminating unfair competition, and protecting the rights of producers and consumers.

Amendments and additions to certain legislative acts of the Republic of Uzbekistan aimed at introducing market relations in the capital construction sector.

2017, III quarter

State Committee for Architecture and Construction, Ministry of Economy, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Justice, Prosecutor General's Office, Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Uzbuildmaterials, State Tax Committee, State Budget Committee

Legislation of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

It provides for:

increasing the limited annual number of employees from 50 to 200 when considering organizations employed in construction as subjects of small entrepreneurship;

determining the initial cost of construction taking into account the profitability of the construction organization;

reviewing obsolete and unused in practice technologies and machinery from the point of view of introducing market mechanisms in the preparation of estimate documents;

improving the mechanism for conducting tender sales and changing construction terms;

conducting inspections of the activities of construction contracting organizations taking into account tender prices, only after the completion of works.

Development of a draft Decree of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan "On Further Improvement of Capital Construction and Creating a Favorable Environment in the Construction Materials Sector" aimed at organizing and developing construction and design enterprises with authorized and working capital capable of operating freely in market conditions and participating in any type of project work carried out in the republic, and creating modern market relations in the sector.

2017, III quarter

State Committee for Architecture and Construction, Ministry of Economy, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Justice, Prosecutor General's Office, Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Uzbuildmaterials, State Tax Committee, State Budget Committee

Draft Decree of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan. The draft reflects:

reviewing the normative base in the capital construction sector in accordance with international standards that provide for the introduction of market relations;

granting tax and other types of privileges and benefits aimed at strengthening the material and technical base of design and construction organizations and introducing new construction technologies;

implementing comprehensive measures to ensure the wide involvement of national design and construction organizations in foreign markets;

improving the project expertise system;

introducing various modern methods of project financing and other financial instruments;

creating conditions that allow retaining specialists existing in contracting organizations and attracting qualified personnel;

reviewing the educational programs of higher education institutions in the construction sector;

establishing associations of design and construction organizations.

To improve the condition of highways and develop road transport infrastructure:

construction and reconstruction of international, republican, and local importance highways of common use;

repair of inter-farm automobile roads;

construction, reconstruction, and repair of city streets, access roads to populated areas, and internal roads;

replacement of production capacities of road management enterprises;

improving standards determining the improvement of the quality of automobile roads using innovative types of construction materials and modern advanced technologies and methods.

2017

Republican Road Fund, Uzavtoyol, Council of Ministers of the Karakalpakstan Republic, Governorships of regions and Tashkent city, Ministry of Economy, Ministry of Finance, State Committee for Architecture and Construction, ministries and departments

1,550,000.0

Funds of the Republican Road Fund within the framework of the Investment Program

Implementation of measures.

The condition of automobile roads will improve and road transport infrastructure will develop. Convenience for the population and traffic will be created. The material and technical base of road management enterprises will improve and production capacities will increase.

Implementation of the project to purchase 2 high-speed passenger trains of the "Talgo-250" model.

2017, 1st half

Uzbekistan Railways

42.0

million USD.

Executive funds — 26.0 million USD;

Reconstruction and Development Fund – 16.0 million USD.

Delivery of the 1st electric train — March 2017;

Delivery of the 2nd electric train — May 2017.

Electrification of the Qarshi-Termez railway line.

Throughout the year

Uzbekistan Railways

160.3 million USD.

Executive funds — 73.86 million USD; other sources — 86.4 million USD.

Electrification works on the Qarshi-Termez railway line will be completed.

Construction of the new Bukhara-Miskin railway line.

Throughout the year

Uzbekistan Railways

143.0 million USD.

Executive funds — 48.8 million USD.

Reconstruction and Development Fund credit — 94.2 million USD.

The Bukhara-Miskin railway line will be constructed and train traffic will be launched.

Electrification of the Pop-Namangan-Andijan railway section.

2017 – 2019

Uzbekistan Railways

18.0 million USD.

Executive funds

The Pop-Namangan-Andijan railway section will be electrified.

Restoration of railways.

2017 – 2019

Uzbekistan Railways

51.1 million USD.

Executive funds

The condition of railways will improve.

Renewal of the passenger wagon fleet.

2017 – 2019

Uzbekistan Railways

8.1 million USD.

Executive funds

The passenger wagon fleet will be renewed.

Implementation of the project "Construction of a new international passenger terminal (Tashkent-4) at Tashkent City Airport".

2017 – 2019

Uzbekistan Airways, Ministry of Finance, State Committee for Investments, Uzbumilkreditbank, Reconstruction and Development Fund, Tashkent City Governorate

total — 343.6 million USD.

of which, in 2017 — 152.9 million USD.

Uzbekistan Airways funds — 11.9 million USD;

Reconstruction and Development Fund funds — 81.7 million USD;

"EDCF" Fund funds (Republic of Korea) — 200 million USD;

Republic of Korea Eximbank funds — 50 million USD.

Draft Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers.

Issues of developing and expert reviewing project documents, identifying the contracting organization, and starting construction and installation works will be resolved.

Construction of 2300 km of optical fiber communication lines in the territories of the republic.

2017, IV quarter

Ministry of Information Technologies

5.7 million USD.

Funds of operators and providers

High-speed Internet connectivity for the population of the republic will be expanded, and opportunities for using multimedia and IP-TV services will be increased.

Modernization of switching centers based on IMS technology.

2017-2018

Ministry of Information Technologies

44.7 million USD.

Uzbektelecom funds, foreign investor loans

The capacity of intercity automatic telephone stations will be increased to 17,152 E1 ports.

Installation of 1843 base stations of mobile communication operators in the territories of the republic.

2017, IV quarter

Uzbektelecom, mobile communication operators

115.2 million USD.

Funds of operators and providers, foreign loans

Expansion of the coverage areas of mobile communication operators' networks will be achieved.

Installation and commissioning of 66 high-power and 328 low-power digital television transmitters in the territories of the republic.

2017, IV quarter

Ministry of Information Technologies

62.5 million USD.

Japan International Cooperation Bank and Japanese commercial banks funds

The level of coverage of the population of the republic, including residents of mountainous and hard-to-reach areas, with digital television will reach 100 percent.

3.3. Modernization and rapid development of agriculture

Rational use of land and water resources by optimizing agricultural crop areas, including:

reducing cotton crop areas by 49 thousand hectares and grain areas by 10 thousand hectares;

placing other agricultural crops on the reduced crop areas, including potatoes — 8.1 thousand hectares, vegetables — 27.2 thousand hectares, intensive orchards — 5.9 thousand hectares, vineyards — 2.9 thousand hectares, fodder crops — 10.9 thousand hectares, and oilseeds — 4 thousand hectares.

Throughout the year

Ministry of Agriculture and Water Resources, Uzgeodezkadestr, Council of Ministers of the Karakalpakstan Republic, Governorships of regions, Farmers' Council

Ensuring the implementation of the Resolution of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan No. PQ-2460 dated 29.12.2015 and the Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers No. 378 dated 01.11.2016.

Reduction of losses from growing cotton and grain on low-profitable crop areas by 80 billion sum;

production of an additional 1 million tons of fruit and vegetable products;

creation of more than 48.5 thousand new jobs in regions, resulting in bringing the number of employed population in these crop areas to 75.6 thousand;

doubling the volume of fruit and vegetable product exports.

Development of intensive orchards and viticulture and increasing the volume of production of competitive export fruit and vegetable products in world markets by planting dwarf and semi-dwarf trees with high yield, early ripening, and sweet taste based on modern agrotechnologies, including:

Throughout the year

Ministry of Agriculture and Water Resources, Farmers' Council, Council of Ministers of the Karakalpakstan Republic, Governorships of regions, Agricultural Research Institutes

532,346.0

based on the project

funds of farm holdings, commercial bank loans

Draft Resolution and Statement of the Cabinet of Ministers.

Expansion of orchard and vineyard areas and renewal of their obsolete and unsuitable areas.

Increasing the volume of product production due to increased land fertility as a result of renewing orchard and vineyard areas;

increasing the share of intensive orchards from 10 percent to 30 percent by 2020 on the total area of fruit orchards in 2016, thereby increasing their yield by at least 3-4 times.

Effective and rational use of land resources, development of intensive orchard growing, expansion of agricultural crop areas based on drip irrigation systems, and improvement of the system for carrying out construction and installation works by introducing innovative technologies in the direct area of product cultivation.

Establishment of new intensive orchards on 13 thousand hectares and vineyards on 7.3 thousand hectares, as well as reconstruction of 15.4 thousand hectares of orchards and 9 thousand hectares of vineyards;

gradual transition of existing low-profitable orchards and vineyards to the intensive method at a rate of 10 percent per year, or 26.4 thousand orchards and 14.1 thousand vineyards;

gradual introduction of drip irrigation systems to newly established and existing intensive orchards and vineyards at a rate of 5.7 thousand hectares per year;

increasing the volume of cultivation of dwarf and semi-dwarf tree seedlings and rootstocks adapted to the soil-climatic conditions of the republic to at least 7,000 thousand units;

Throughout the year

developing and implementing the procedure for constructing water bodies, large water metering capacities, primary cooling systems and cooling chambers, as well as other necessary objects for implementing technological processes for the introduction of drip irrigation systems in agricultural crop areas allocated for direct fruit and vegetable production;

2017, I quarter

testing varieties of seedlings of promising and high-demand export intensive orchard fruits in world markets and including them in the State Register of agricultural crops recommended for planting in the territory of the republic;

2017, II quarter

organizing a system of using modern mineral and organic fertilizers and chemical agents protecting against diseases, pests, and weeds in newly established intensive orchards by including them in the list of pesticides and agrochemicals permitted for use in agriculture of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

2017, II quarter

Improving the meliorative condition of irrigated lands, developing irrigation and melioration objects, ensuring their safe and stable operation, rational and economical use of water resources, and thereby achieving stability in the production of agricultural products:

Ministry of Agriculture and Water Resources, Uzgeodezkadestr, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Economy, Council of Ministers of the Karakalpakstan Republic, Governorships of regions, project institutes

905,000.0, of which 457,273.0 State budget funds

State budget funds, Fund for Improving the Meliorative Condition of Irrigated Lands, organizations' funds, commercial bank loans

Analytical information.

Presentation at the Presidium of the Cabinet of Ministers.

Draft Decree of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

Stable maintenance of the meliorative condition of 270.5 thousand hectares of irrigated lands, guaranteed water supply to 276.2 thousand hectares of irrigated lands, and increasing the technical support of contracting organizations will be achieved.

Construction and reconstruction of 734.9 km of main, district, and inter-farm collectors, 348.3 km of closed drainage systems, 6 meliorative pump stations, 79 meliorative vertical wells, 131 hydraulic structures in meliorative objects;

Throughout the year

Repair and restoration of 14,537.2 km of open collectors, 1,330.5 km of closed drainage networks, 15 meliorative pump stations, 791 meliorative vertical wells, 2,277 hydraulic structures in meliorative objects;

Throughout the year

Construction and reconstruction of 500 km of channels, 74 km of irrigation trough systems, 106 hydraulic structures, 10 km of pressurized water pipes, reservoirs with a capacity equal to 625 million cubic meters, and protection of 0.5 km of coastal zones;

Throughout the year

Delivery of 142 units of meliorative equipment and machinery to specialized contracting organizations in water management through leasing;

Throughout the year

critical study of the effectiveness of works carried out within the framework of the State Program for Improving the Meliorative Condition of Irrigated Lands and Rational Use of Water Resources for 2013-2017;

2017, III quarter

development of a draft State Program for Improving the Meliorative Condition of Irrigated Lands and Rational Use of Water Resources for 2018-2022 as a result of a comprehensive study of collector-drainage and irrigation systems, the meliorative condition of irrigated lands, and the level of water supply.

2017, IV quarter

Ensuring food security, increasing the volume of production of fruit and vegetables, potatoes, and grapes, and preventing sharp price increases for them in the domestic market:

Ministry of Agriculture and Water Resources, Uzgeodezkadestr, Farmers' Council, Council of Ministers of the Karakalpakstan Republic, Governorships of regions, Agricultural Research Institutes

234,342.0

funds of farm holdings, commercial bank loans

Ensuring food security, filling the domestic market with products, and supplying the population with basic types of agricultural products.

increasing the volume of production of fruit and vegetable products, including vegetables — 105.7%, potatoes — 106.3%, melons — 106.1%, fruits — 106%, grapes — 105.7%, meat — 105.6%, milk — 108.1%, eggs — 111.3%, fish — 120%, and honey — 118.2%;

Throughout the year

construction of 503 greenhouse farms on an area of 394 hectares and greenhouses in 176 hectares of household plots of 6,885 residents;

Throughout the year

providing practical assistance in the construction of lightweight structure greenhouses using alternative energy sources in household plots and farm holdings, small poultry farming, fish farming, beekeeping, and other high-efficiency and high-income product production, as well as in the sale of produced products;

Throughout the year

Comprehensive measures.

Full use of the existing opportunities of household plots and farm holdings, formation of new jobs, increasing population employment and incomes, and improving living standards will be achieved.

promotion and dissemination of modern technologies and practices for using household plots, running farm holdings, effective and rational use of existing land plots, and obtaining high yields and income from them;

Throughout the year

establishment of 184 refrigerated warehouses with a total capacity of 132.2 thousand tons and modernization of 4 refrigerated warehouses with a capacity of 1.4 thousand tons for storage and export of wet fruits and processed products;

Throughout the year

Targeted program to be approved by the Cabinet of Ministers.

Bringing the total capacity of refrigerated warehouses to 632 thousand tons and creating 1,000 new jobs.

developing proposals for transitioning to planning the placement of agricultural crops for the long term using alternating planting schedules.

2017, II quarter

Comprehensive measures.

Increasing soil fertility and crop yields.

Elimination of various diseases and pests.

Reduction of production costs and product cost price.

Creating favorable conditions for the development of multi-profile farm holdings and ensuring sustainable and efficient development of agriculture, ensuring the economic efficiency and financial stability of sectors of preparation, processing, storage, and sale of agricultural products, and equipping them with necessary agricultural machinery, including:

creation of regulatory and legal basis for the activities of multi-profile farm holdings, strengthening measures to support them by the state, including through preferential lending;

development of cooperation of farm holdings in the preparation, processing, storage, and sale of agricultural products, establishment of small enterprises and their branches for production and processing of products in rural areas;

improving the financing of agriculture and the settlement system with producers of agricultural products.

2017, II quarter

Ministry of Agriculture and Water Resources, Farmers' Council, Uzgeodezkadestr,

Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Economy,

Council of Ministers of the Karakalpakstan Republic, Governorships of regions, Research Institutes

Draft Decree of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

Establishment of subjects capable of quickly adapting to market demands by growing crops appropriate to market demand based on weather conditions and market requirements, and fully covering losses arising from the production of one type of product with income from other types of production, will be possible.

Further development of livestock:

Ministry of Agriculture and Water Resources, Farmers' Council, Ministry of Justice, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Economy, Council of Ministers of the Karakalpakstan Republic, Governorships of regions, Agricultural Research Institutes

Analytical information.

Presentation at the Presidium of the Cabinet of Ministers.

Draft Decree of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

As a result of implementing the comprehensive program, by 2020, the number of large-horned cattle will increase by 21.8%, small-horned cattle by 18.3%, and milk products by 36.8%.

improvement of regulatory and legal documents on livestock and veterinary affairs;

2017, I quarter

development of breeding, introduction of scientific research work in breeding;

Throughout the year

creation of the feed base for livestock, expansion of areas for growing feed crops, increasing feed production, organizing their seed production, and ensuring livestock with quality feeds, bio-additives, vitamins, macro-micro elements, and other feed units;

Throughout the year

improvement of veterinary services and ensuring stability of the epizootic situation, material and technical equipment of veterinary laboratories;

Throughout the year

21,400.0

State budget funds

improvement of veterinary norms and rules and harmonization of certification rules for veterinary preparations and feed additives.

2017, I quarter

Development of the poultry sector based on the development and implementation of the Poultry Development Program for 2017 – 2021:

2017, I quarter

Ministry of Agriculture and Water Resources, Ministry of Economy, State Committee for Competition, "Poultry Industry" Association, Farmers' Council, Ministry of Finance, Council of Ministers of the Karakalpakstan Republic, Governorships of regions, commercial banks, Agricultural Research Institutes

Analytical information

Presentation at the Cabinet of Ministers

Draft Decree of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

By 2020, an increase in the number of poultry by 42.4%, meat production by 21.4%, and eggs by 39% is expected.

ensuring the operation of large poultry enterprises at full production capacity through the introduction of modern production technologies, their modernization, and technical re-equipment;

Throughout the year

development of the breeding base of poultry and establishment of modern selection-genetic centers based on breeding farms, as well as increasing their technical and technological equipment level;

2017, I – III quarter

increasing the level of processing of poultry products, encouraging the production system of new types of ready-made products;

Throughout the year

organization of production of quality feeds, bio-additives, vitamins, macro-micro elements, and other feed additives, as well as strengthening the feed base by improving the system of supplying wheat to poultry farms from state resources;

2017, I quarter

ensuring the sector with highly qualified personnel, especially zootechnicians and veterinarians, as well as attracting qualified foreign specialists.

Throughout the year

Expansion of scientific research work on the creation of agricultural crop varieties and animal species resistant to drought, salinity, heat, and diseases, adapted to the soil-climatic conditions of the republic.

Creation of early-ripening and high-yield agricultural crop varieties adapted to various soil-climatic zones based on genetic engineering biotechnologies, with proven negative impact on consumer health.

Introduction of new selective varieties with high productivity, resistant to diseases and pests.

Throughout the year

Ministry of Agriculture and Water Resources, OvaUzMTV, UzAgricultural Research Institute, Academy of Sciences, Ministry of Health

Determined as a result of developing measures

HMI grant funds

Program of measures.

Effective use of existing wide opportunities in product production by increasing the yield of agricultural crops and livestock productivity.

Attraction of funds from international financial institutions for the development of agriculture in 2017:

150.0 million USD of the Asian Development Bank for the "Modernization of Agricultural Production" project;

150.0 million USD of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development for the "Development of the Livestock Sector" project;

23.8 million USD of the International Fund for Agricultural Development for the "Expansion and Development of Milk Product Production and Processing in Kashkadarya and Jizzakh Regions" project;

14.0 million USD of the International Development Association for the "Climate Change Adaptation and Consequence Mitigation in the Aral Sea Region" project.

Throughout the year

Ministry of Agriculture and Water Resources, UzOziqovqatKholding, Agency for Structural Reorganization of Agricultural Enterprises

337.8 million USD.

ADB, IBRD, IFAD, IDA

Analytical information.

Draft Decree of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

Modernization of agricultural production.

Development of the livestock sector.

Expansion of dairy product production and processing in Kashkadarya and Jizzakh regions.

Achieving adaptation to climate change and mitigating its consequences in the Aral Sea region.

3.4. Continuing institutional and structural reforms aimed at reducing state participation in the economy, protecting private property rights and further strengthening their predominant position, and encouraging the development of small business and private entrepreneurship.

Establishing the Representative for the Protection of Rights and Legitimate Interests of Business Entities under the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan (Business Ombudsman).

First Quarter 2017

Ministry of Justice, Prosecutor General's Office, Ombudsman, State Committee for Antimonopoly Policy, Supreme Court, Ministry of Finance, Chamber of Commerce and Industry, National Center for Human Rights

Draft Decree of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

The draft provides for granting the newly established Ombudsman the following powers:

to participate in the formation and implementation of state policy in the field of developing entrepreneurial activity and protecting the rights and legitimate interests of business entities;

to study the implementation in practice of the norms and requirements of legislative acts on guarantees of freedom of entrepreneurial activity;

to exercise control over compliance with the rights and legitimate interests of business entities by state bodies, law enforcement and supervisory bodies, as well as local state authority bodies.

To improve the mechanism for protecting private property and ensuring efficient use of private property objects, establish the following procedures:

prohibit the confiscation or seizure (except for temporary seizure) of property in cases where the owner is not at fault for using the property as a tool for committing a crime or administrative offense;

provide advance compensation for damages caused to business entities due to the seizure of land plots for state and public needs;

apply tax rates for land tax and property tax at three times the amount during the period when land plots allocated for entrepreneurial activity are not used, including cases where business entities fail to fulfill obligations undertaken to organize the production of goods and services on the allocated land plots.

June 2017

Ministry of Justice, Prosecutor General's Office, Land Geodesy and Cadastre Committee, State Committee for Competition, State Tax Committee, Ministry of Finance, Chamber of Commerce and Industry, ministries and departments

Draft Law of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

Strengthening guarantees of private property and its protection, regulating the sale of unfinished construction objects, and improving the efficiency of using land plots for entrepreneurial activity.

Further simplification of the process of selling unused state property objects, including those with a "zero" purchase value, and establishing a procedure for accepting and considering proposals from business entities to purchase such objects.

March 2017

State Committee for Competition, Ministry of Economy, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Justice, ministries and departments

Draft Decree of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

Reducing the state's participation in the economy, accelerating privatization processes, and forming real prices for state property.

To further improve the system for registering rights to real estate, implement the following:

establish differentiated deadlines for their registration based on the area of buildings and structures;

fully implement a system of mutual electronic information exchange allowing cadastre bodies to obtain information in real-time from regional branches of the State Tax Committee, "Davarkhitektqurilish" Committee, Ministry of Justice, and other departments;

prohibit repeated registration when re-registering rights to real estate.

Second Quarter 2017

Land Geodesy and Cadastre Committee, Ministry of Information Technologies, Ministry of Justice, Davarkhitektqurilish, State Tax Committee, Ministry of Internal Affairs, Prosecutor General's Office

500.0

Executors' own funds

Legislative acts of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

Simplifies the information exchange procedure between competent bodies, reduces registration deadlines for buildings and structures, and improves the quality of cadastre work performed by competent bodies.

Further reduce the interference of supervisory bodies in the activities of small entrepreneurial entities and the number of scheduled inspections conducted by them, including:

Forming a database of information on the financial and economic activities of business entities, analyzing them through an automated information system, and developing a schedule of inspections of the financial and economic activities of business entities based on risk assessment.

First Quarter 2017

State Tax Committee, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Justice, Ministry of Economy, State Statistics Committee, Ministry of Information Technologies, Chamber of Commerce and Industry

Complex measures.

Risks are assessed automatically in the formation of the inspection schedule.

Establish a guarantee fund for the development of entrepreneurship in the form of a joint-stock company, including:

forming the initial amount of authorized capital from the shares of the Association of Banks of Uzbekistan, state bodies, and commercial banks - founders;

providing unsecured portions of loans granted by commercial banks to small business and private entrepreneurs for the purchase of new technological equipment.

First Quarter 2017

State Committee for Competition, Association of Banks of Uzbekistan, Central Bank, Ministry of Finance, commercial banks

100,000.0

Funds of executors and commercial banks

Draft Decree of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

Expands the provision of credit and other financial resources to business entities, creating opportunities to provide collateral for obtaining loans for implementing investment projects.

To improve the system for allocating land areas of more than one hectare for carrying out entrepreneurial activity:

fully automate the processes of selecting and allocating land areas and coordinating materials with competent bodies on the basis of the "single window" principle without the participation of business entities;

create an opportunity for business entities to monitor the application review process interactively.

Second Quarter 2017

Davarkhitektqurilish, Land Geodesy and Cadastre Committee, Ministry of Justice, Ministry of Information Technologies, Chamber of Commerce and Industry, ministries and departments, Council of Ministers of the Republic of Karakalpakstan, regional and Tashkent city khokimiyats

Funds of executors

Draft Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers.

Ensures transparency of land allocation procedures for business entities, improves information exchange systems in competent state bodies, and reduces document review deadlines and costs.

To improve the system for connecting business entities to engineering and communication networks in a ready-made state:

reduce the costs indicated in the contract for connection to engineering and communication networks;

unify normative and legal documents regulating the connection of business entities to electrical networks.

First Quarter 2017

Uzbekenergo,

Uztransgaz, Uzdevenergonazorat

Draft Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers.

The system for connecting business entities to engineering and communication networks is further improved, and its deadlines and costs are reduced.

Improving the supply of business entities with raw materials and materials.

Second Quarter 2017

Ministry of Economy, UzPTCB, ministries and departments

Draft Decree of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

The draft provides for the following:

reducing the amount of customs duties on such goods based on an analysis of the dynamics of imports of goods not produced in Uzbekistan or produced in insufficient volumes;

increasing the volume of sales of highly liquid goods through open exchange trading by not less than 10 percent.

Increasing the volume of lending to subjects of the economy and small business by 1.2 times to meet their demand for financial resources for the modernization and expansion of production and for purchasing raw materials and materials for their production activities by commercial banks.

Throughout the year

Central Bank, commercial banks

Complex measures.

Modernization and expansion of production at manufacturing enterprises and meeting their demand for financial resources for purchasing raw materials and materials for production activities.

Further support for the development of individual entrepreneurship and improving legislation in this area, including allowing individual entrepreneurs, family entrepreneurs, and peasant farms to use funds on their plastic cards for production, trade activities, and other needs, and abolishing unjustified restrictions on their disposal.

March 2017

Central Bank, State Tax Committee, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Justice, Chamber of Commerce and Industry

Amendments and additions to legislative acts.

Expands the system of cashless payments using bank plastic cards and reduces the circulation of funds outside the banking system.

Expanding the scope of financial support for family business and handicrafts.

Throughout the year

Central Bank, Commercial Banks

350,000.0

Commercial bank loans

Entrepreneurial activities based on national handicrafts are carried out by the population in their own homes, creating an additional source of income.

Further encouraging and improving the foreign economic activities of business entities, improving the regulation of export-import operations, increasing the competitiveness of local producers' products, increasing export volumes, and expanding their geography.

First Quarter 2017

TIASIV, Ministry of Economy, Ministry of Finance, State Customs Committee, State Tax Committee, Central Bank, Ministry of Agriculture and Water Resources, Plant Quarantine State Chief Inspectorate, Uzstandart, Uzbekistan Railways, Uzbekistan Airways

Draft Decree of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

The draft provides for the following:

reducing the certificate of conformity issuance period for importing components for goods production from 10 days to 3 days if a certificate was previously obtained for the same goods;

reducing the mandatory sale of a specified portion of currency earnings from the export of goods and services (excluding raw materials);

applying established privileges to trade-intermediary companies exporting local goods to enterprises exporting products they produce themselves;

granting all economic entities the right to export fruit and vegetable products through direct export contracts;

introducing a permit-based system for the export of certain prohibited goods (bread and meat products, live cattle and poultry);

simplifying and clarifying the procedure for exporting used machinery, equipment, and technology;

harmonizing the Republic of Uzbekistan's current sanitary norms and quarantine rules with the standards of advanced countries of the world.

Encouraging the consolidation of small business and private entrepreneurship enterprises to create competitive companies.

Third Quarter 2017

Ministry of Economy, Ministry of Finance, State Committee for Competition, State Tax Committee

Draft legislative acts.

This includes introducing the category of medium-sized business entities and establishing privileges for them.

Further increasing investment attractiveness to attract foreign investors.

Fourth Quarter 2017

State Committee for Investments, MFA,

Ministry of Economy, Ministry of Finance, Central Bank, Ministry of Justice, State Tax Committee, State Customs Committee

Critical analysis of the legislative base regulating investment activities, including the laws "On Foreign Investments," "On Measures to Protect the Rights of Foreign Investors and Guarantees," and "On Investment Activity," studying the experience of foreign countries in this area, and developing and submitting a draft law "On Investments and Investment Activity" that directly operates, supports the inflow of foreign investments, and guarantees the rights of foreign investors.

To critically review and fundamentally simplify the procedures for the voluntary and compulsory termination of non-operating enterprises, introduce the following procedures:

reduce the list of submitted documents by removing duplicates and documents already available in other state bodies;

reduce the deadlines for competent bodies to review and approve relevant documents;

abolish the requirement for executors to submit seals, stamps, and other documents of small enterprises and micro-enterprises without founders to competent organizations;

introduce a simplified procedure for terminating enterprises not carrying out financial activities based on a chamber control conclusion without tax audits.

First Quarter 2017

Ministry of Justice, State Tax Committee, State Committee for Competition, Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Ministry of Finance, Higher Economic Court

Amendments and additions to legislative acts.

Reduces the number of non-operating enterprises, improves the procedure for terminating enterprises not carrying out financial-economic activities and not forming authorized funds within the deadlines established by legislation, and strengthens the responsibility of officials for compliance with established deadlines and requirements in the termination of enterprises.

Implement measures aimed at improving the Republic's position in the World Bank's "Doing Business" international ranking.

Throughout the year

Ministry of Economy, Central Bank, Ministry of Justice, TIASIV, State Tax Committee, State Customs Committee, ministries and departments

The following are envisaged:

ensuring barrier-free access to credit for business entities;

improving issues of resolving insolvency;

expanding the rights of debtors and creditors regarding secured agreements, improving credit information exchange mechanisms;

improving legal mechanisms for ensuring the performance of contractual obligations;

improving the system for connecting to electricity supply;

simplifying the process of obtaining construction permits;

facilitating the registration process for business entities.

Submit proposals for abolishing restrictions on the publication of statistical and other information required for Uzbekistan to occupy and improve its position in objective rating indicators in international reports.

Second Quarter 2017

State Statistics Committee, Ministry of Economy, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Labor, TIASIV, MFA, Central Bank

Occupying and improving various ratings.

Hold competitions among small business and private entrepreneurship entities in new nominations.

Second Quarter 2017

Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Ministry of Economy,

TIASIV

Practical measures.

Competitions are introduced in the nominations "For Directing Own Trade Marks and Capturing New Markets" and "For Producing New Types of Consumer Goods in Demand in the Republic's Internal Markets" for small business and private entrepreneurship entities.

3.5. Comprehensive and balanced socio-economic development of regions, districts, and cities, and efficient and optimal use of their potential.

Develop comprehensive development programs for the relatively lagging districts of Nurata, Kattaqo'rg'on, Qo'shrabot, Qiziriq, Muzrabot, Boyovut, and Sardoba in economic and social development.

First Quarter 2017

Ministry of Economy, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Labor, Khokimiyats of Navoiy, Samarkand, Surkhandarya, and Syrdarya regions, commercial banks

Based on the program

Commercial bank loans, entrepreneurs' funds

Draft Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers.

Serves to increase the economic and social development level of districts, population employment, and quality of life.

Establish innovative technoparks of small business in the Yashnabad and Olmazor districts of Tashkent city.

First Quarter 2017

Ministry of Economy, Ministry of Finance, Central Bank, Academy of Sciences, State Tax Committee, Uzbekenergo, Uztransgaz,

Tashkent city Khokimiyat

Based on targeted programs

Funds of executors, commercial bank loans, foreign investment and credits

Draft Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers.

Conditions are created for small business entities to operate in an area with all amenities.

To organize new small industrial zones and increase the efficiency of those operating:

approve a plan of appropriate measures after critically studying the status of connection of small industrial zone participants to necessary engineering and communication networks;

locate business entities carrying out the full cycle of production in small industrial zones, taking into account their specialization and the resource potential of the region;

carry out systematic monitoring of the implementation of investment projects and the fulfillment of obligations imposed on participants;

expand the participation of commercial banks in implementing new investment projects in the territory of small industrial zones.

First Quarter 2017

Ministry of Economy, State Committee for Competition, Uzbekenergo, Uztransgaz, Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Council of Ministers of the Republic of Karakalpakstan, regional and Tashkent city Khokimiyats, ministries and departments

Complex measures.

Serves to rationally and efficiently use unused state property objects, organize the production of modern and competitive products, create new jobs, and increase population income.

Create a passport for each district (city) of the Republic containing information on industrial and economic indicators, natural and labor resources, as well as other potential opportunities of the region.

Fourth Quarter 2017

Ministry of Economy, State Committee for Investments, Council of Ministers of the Republic of Karakalpakstan, regional and Tashkent city Khokimiyats

Based on calculations

Funds of executors

A modern system aimed at free use of the district (city) passport is introduced.

Expands opportunities to attract investment to regions.

Develop new projects in the following areas for implementation by industry and economic associations in the Republic of Karakalpakstan and regions, primarily in areas with high unemployment:

85 projects in light industry, 31 in the footwear sector, 16 in building materials production, 78 in food industry, 18 in pharmaceuticals, 17 in electrical engineering.

First Quarter 2017

Uzbekengelsanoat,

Uzbekcharpoyabzali,

Uzbekqurilishmateriallari,

Uzbekoziqovqatholding,

Uzdonmahsulot,

Uzbekinosanoatholding,

Uzfarmsonat,

"Dori-Darmon" JSC,

Uzeltehsanoat,

commercial banks

Based on business plans and project documentation

Funds of executors, commercial banks, and international financial institution credits

Project documentation.

Increases the industrial potential of districts relatively lagging in socio-economic development and expands the taxable base.

IV. PRIORITY DIRECTIONS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE SOCIAL SECTOR

4.1. Consistent increase in population employment and real incomes

Ensure the unconditional implementation of comprehensive development programs for regions and the Program for Ensuring Population Employment approved by the Chambers of the Oliy Majlis of the Republic of Uzbekistan:

Monthly

Ministry of Economy,

Ministry of Employment and Labor Relations, ministries and departments,

Council of Ministers of the Republic of Karakalpakstan, regional and Tashkent city Khokimiyats, commercial banks

16,600,000.0

Funds of enterprises and organizations, commercial bank loans, foreign investments and credits

Comprehensive development programs for regions.

Achieve the creation of over 256,400 jobs through the implementation of approximately 25,000 investment projects.

Strengthen the activities of regional, district, and city Khokimiyats in developing industry (5,440 projects with 131,000 jobs), agriculture (8,430 projects with 55,800 jobs), and services (11,000 projects with 69,500 jobs) throughout 2017.

Based on sectoral schedules

Create 46,800 jobs in 34 districts with high unemployment rates and a difficult labor market situation, including:

in industry — 14,000;

in services and the service sector — 8,700;

in construction — 12,500;

in agriculture — 11,500.

Throughout the year

Council of Ministers of the Republic of Karakalpakstan, regional and Tashkent city Khokimiyats, Ministry of Economy,

Ministry of Employment and Labor Relations, ministries and departments

4,300,000.0

Funds of enterprises and commercial bank loans

Decisions of executors within the framework of regional employment programs.

Increase population employment by creating stable jobs in rural areas.

Identify the list of districts and cities with a difficult situation in the labor market based on the methodology developed by the Ministries of Labor and Economy, and accordingly, target lists of population employment programs, small industrial zones, development of the service sector, establishment of livestock, poultry, and greenhouse farms, and provision of microcredits and leasing for production tools for "start-up" projects for graduates of vocational colleges and higher education institutions.

Second Quarter 2017

Ministry of Labor, Ministry of Economy,

State Committee for Competition, Council of Ministers of the Republic of Karakalpakstan, regional and Tashkent city Khokimiyats, ministries and departments

Based on targeted programs

Funds of enterprises, commercial bank loans, foreign investments

Minutes of the Cabinet of Ministers meeting on the approval of programs.

Ensure employment through job creation, develop entrepreneurship, and attract graduates of vocational colleges to entrepreneurship.

Allocate credit funds to 10,000 graduates of educational institutions to start their own entrepreneurial activities to ensure population employment.

Throughout the year

Central Bank,

commercial banks, OvaUmTV, Council of Ministers of the Republic of Karakalpakstan, regional and Tashkent city Khokimiyats

60,000.0

Commercial bank loans

Decisions of executors.

Increase employment and family income by increasing entrepreneurship and labor activity.

Encourage the activities of non-state educational institutions to conduct short-term training and study courses for the retraining of professional personnel based on the demands of the labor market.

Second Quarter 2017

Ministry of Labor, Ministry of Economy, State Statistics Committee, OvaUmTV

Draft Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers. The draft provides for:

simplifying the licensing procedure for the activities of non-state educational institutions;

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The document provides for the removal of existing restrictions on issuing state-standard documents for non-state educational institutions possessing state accreditation.

Reviewing the specialties of secondary special and vocational education to reduce the volume of humanitarian training directions being prepared in excess of necessary demand and, correspondingly, to expand the preparation of specialists in the agrarian sector, construction and production, and housing and communal services.

Second Quarter of 2017

Ministry of Labor, Ministry of Economy, State Committee of Statistics, OvaUvMTV, Center for Secondary Special and Vocational Education

Draft Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers.

Based on current and prospective demand for personnel, it will enable the preparation of specialists, ensuring the agrarian sector, construction and production, and housing and communal services are staffed with qualified specialists and graduates are guaranteed employment.

Increasing the volume of microcredits allocated for seeds and seedlings, as well as developing the production of agricultural products in citizens' personal auxiliary households, raising cattle, sheep, goats, rabbits, and meat production, poultry and beekeeping, organizing compact greenhouses, and ensuring employment of the population and creating additional income sources in the regions of the Republic through commercial banks.

Throughout the year

Central Bank, commercial banks,

Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Karakalpakstan, Khokimiyats of regions and Tashkent city, districts (cities)

400,000.0

Commercial bank loans

Decisions of executors.

Ensuring employment of the rural population and increasing their incomes. As a result, the efficiency of using household plots will increase, and the volume of high-quality agricultural products produced will grow.

Allocating credit funds to business entities to ensure employment of the population by further developing the service and service sector.

Throughout the year

Central Bank, commercial banks

1,200,000.0

Commercial bank loans

The volume and quality of services in the regions will expand, thereby ensuring increased employment and income of the population.

Financial support for women's entrepreneurship to further enhance the status of women in society and ensure their employment.

Throughout the year

Central Bank, commercial banks

1,000,000.0

Commercial bank loans

Women's employment in the regions will be ensured.

Organizing craft activities for women with pedagogical education who are temporarily not working due to child care, as family preschool education educators.

Developing and submitting the draft Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Uzbekistan "On Further Improving the System of Recording Labor Experience and Periodicity of Insurance Payments to the Non-Budgetary Pension Fund."

Second Quarter of 2017

Ministry of Labor, Ministry of Finance,

Ministry of Information Technologies,

SCS

Draft Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers.

It will enable the electronic recording of labor experience and the maintenance of a unified registry of individuals making state social insurance payments.

Developing the draft Law of the Republic of Uzbekistan "On Labor Migration."

Fourth Quarter of 2017

Ministry of Employment and Labor Relations, Ministry of Economy, Ministry of Justice, Chamber of Commerce and Industry, MVD, Ministry of Finance, Federation Council of Trade Unions, UZNTMA

Draft Law of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

It covers the main directions of state policy in the field of labor migration, mechanisms and forms of placing citizens abroad for work, main activity directions of diplomatic missions working with labor migrants, and measures to ensure the personal safety of Uzbek citizens abroad and their social protection.

Increasing the efficiency of the Agency for Foreign Labor Migration Issues under the Ministry of Labor.

Fourth Quarter of 2017

Ministry of Employment and Labor Relations,

Ministry of Economy, Ministry of Justice,

Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Ministry of Finance,

Federation Council of Trade Unions

Draft Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers.

The project includes:

establishing territorial structures of the Center for Pre-departure Training and Education of Citizens Going Abroad, which will include self-financing Bureaus for placing citizens abroad for work in regions, and training citizens in etiquette, culture and language of the destination country, and basics of legislation;

introducing a notification procedure for canceling permits for citizens to work abroad and accounting for citizens leaving foreign countries;

holding negotiations with competent authorities of foreign countries to expand the volume and directions of sending Uzbek citizens to foreign countries (USA, Canada, Japan, EU, and Gulf countries) for work.

Retraining at least 300 unemployed youth from districts with high labor resources in professions in high demand in the labor market at vocational training centers in Tashkent and Samarkand (organized with grant funds of the Government of the Republic of Korea).

Throughout the year

Ministry of Employment and Labor Relations

4,000.0

Funds of the Employment Assistance Fund

Draft Order of the Ministry of Labor.

Ensuring employment of unemployed youth from relatively underdeveloped districts by retraining them in professions in high demand in the labor market.

Developing the draft Law of the Republic of Uzbekistan "On Non-State Organizations (Recruitment Agencies) Assisting in Population Employment."

Fourth Quarter of 2017

Ministry of Employment and Labor Relations, Ministry of Justice, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Economy

Draft Law of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

The project is aimed at improving labor market infrastructure, creating opportunities for population employment, and increasing population incomes and standard of living.

Developing the draft Law of the Republic of Uzbekistan "On Amendments and Additions to Certain Legislative Acts of the Republic of Uzbekistan."

Fourth Quarter of 2017

Ministry of Employment and Labor Relations, Ministry of Justice, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Economy

Draft Law of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

The project includes:

simplifying the process of concluding labor contracts between employers and employees in the private sector, expanding the grounds for concluding fixed-term labor contracts;

introducing new forms of employment (one-time, hourly), as well as the procedure for paying hourly wages;

strengthening the liability of employers for failing to formalize labor relations with employees, violating labor protection rules, and requirements for social insurance of employees.

Gradually establishing centers for training unemployed citizens in regional centers by attracting grant funds and preferential loans from the Republic of Korea, Japan, other states, and international financial institutions within the system of the Ministry of Labor.

Establishing short-term courses for training and retraining unemployed citizens on the basis of vocational colleges in each district center (during free time from classes).

Program development First Quarter of 2017

Implementation 2017-2020 years

Ministry of Employment and Labor Relations, OvaUvMTV, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Economy, Center for Secondary Special and Vocational Education, Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Karakalpakstan, Khokimiyats of regions and Tashkent city

8.5 million USD (average cost of establishing 1 center)

3,000.0

Grant funds,

Credits of international financial institutions

Funds of the Employment Assistance Fund

Draft Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers.

Expanding the system of training, retraining, and upgrading qualifications of unemployed citizens.

To ensure the employment of women and college graduates, involve them in entrepreneurship, and support women entrepreneurs:

Committee of Women,

Ministry of Employment and Labor Relations, Center for Secondary Special and Vocational Education,

Central Bank, Microcreditbank,

"Mahalla" Fund, "Entrepreneurial Woman" Association, Chamber of Commerce and Industry,

Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Karakalpakstan, Khokimiyats of regions and Tashkent city

543.0

Executor funds

Program of measures.

Entrepreneurial skills will be formed in women and graduating girls of vocational colleges, and their legal and economic knowledge will be increased.

Holding inter-mahalla and district (city) stages of the "Most Exemplary Entrepreneurial Woman of Mahalla" contest;

Throughout the year

Holding the republican contest "Best Project of Entrepreneurial Girl - 2017";

Organizing vocational training and retraining courses for women in the districts of Qorog'itoga, Olot, Paxtakor, Dehqonobod, Koson, Nurota, Uzun, and Qo'shkopir.

According to a separate plan, March-December 2017

4.2. Improving the system of social protection and healthcare, and increasing the socio-political activity of women

Implementing the following measures aimed at supporting, encouraging, and promoting cultural recreation and health strengthening of the elderly:

establishing "Elderly Centers" in the territories of culture and recreation parks in each district and city, equipping them with rich libraries, recreation, health-improvement, and medical service facilities;

awarding breastpins, photo-albums, books, publishing newspapers and magazines for the elderly, preparing TV programs, creating conditions for their rest in sanatoriums, and organizing excursions to pilgrimage sites.

September 2017

Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Karakalpakstan, Khokimiyats of regions and Tashkent city, "Nuroniy" Fund, Ministry of Culture and Sports, "Kamolot" YIH, Federation of Trade Unions, MTRC, ministries and departments

Based on calculations

Executor funds

Complex measures.

Introduction of methods for additional material and spiritual support and encouragement of the elderly.

It will be ensured that their time is spent more meaningfully, their health is strengthened, and their problems are resolved.

Organizing the "Elderly are Our Honor" youth patronage movement to improve the living conditions of the elderly, study their problems, regularly monitor the situation of needy elderly, persons with disabilities living in mahallas, as well as residents of "Muruvvat" and "Sahovat" houses, and involve youth in these activities.

Throughout the year

"Kamolot" YIH, "Nuroniy", "For a Healthy Generation" Fund, "Mahalla" Fund, Committee of Women, Federation of Trade Unions

40.0

Executor funds

Joint decisions of executors.

Increasing the status and prestige of elderly people in the family and society, forming a sense of deep respect, honor, and care for parents and every elderly person in the younger generation.

Timely identification and satisfaction of the needs of elderly people in improving housing and living conditions.

Organizing free tours to historical monuments, pilgrimage sites, and sacred places of our country for representatives of the older generation, residents of "Mehribonlik" houses, special school-internats, residents of "Sahovat" houses, single elderly people, and children of families in need of social protection.

Throughout the year

"Kamolot" YIH, Ministry of Education, Ministry of Culture and Sports, State Committee for Tourism Development, "Mahalla" Fund, "Nuroniy" Fund, "Uzbekistan Railways", Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Karakalpakstan, Khokimiyats of regions and Tashkent city

100.0

Executor and charitable funds

Joint decisions of executors.

Increases the awareness of youth about historical monuments of our country and sacred pilgrimage sites associated with the names of great scholar ancestors.

For deputies of the chairman of the citizens' assembly in the bodies of self-government of citizens — advisors on issues of elderly and veterans:

2017

"Nuroniy" Fund, "Mahalla" Fund, Committee of Women, "Oil" Scientific and Practical Center, Administration of Muslims of Uzbekistan, Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Karakalpakstan, Khokimiyats of regions and Tashkent city

200.0

Executor funds

Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers meeting.

Creating necessary conditions for the broad participation of elderly citizens in the socio-political life of the country, ensuring peace and tranquility in society, families, and mahallas, and increasing their role in raising the younger generation in the spirit of respecting the multi-century traditions of our people.

implementation of a program of events;

March

holding training seminars;

April

developing methodological guides to ensure the effectiveness of their work activities.

June

Implementing the following measures aimed at spiritual and material support of representatives of the older generation through collective agreements and agreements:

2017

Federation Council of Trade Unions

8,000.0

including:

Employer funds — 7,000.0

Trade Union funds — 1,000.0

Collective agreements.

Increasing the responsibility of employers and trade unions in supporting the older generation and expanding targeted social protection.

Material support for the elderly.

Providing one-time material assistance and presenting valuable gifts to 15,000 persons of pension age before retirement;

1,500.0

Presenting valuable gifts to 14,000 employees on the occasion of anniversary dates;

1,000.0

Providing material assistance to 55,000 non-working pensioners (former employees of enterprises).

5,500.0

Implementing complex measures to strengthen the material and technical base of social institutions in the regions of the Republic, including:

Construction of a new "Muruvvat" boarding house for disabled women in the city of Nukus;

Reconstruction of buildings of the "Sahovat" boarding house in Andijan city, Andijan region (3rd stage);

Construction and reconstruction of buildings and structures of the Namangan "Sahovat" house in Namangan region;

Construction of a 100-bed dormitory and treatment building, and reconstruction of the cafeteria of the "Marvarid" sanatorium in the city of Kattaqo'rg'on, Samarkand region;

Construction and reconstruction of buildings and structures of the Samarkand "Sahovat" house in Samarkand region;

Construction and reconstruction of buildings and structures of the "Muruvvat" house for disabled persons in the Urgut district, Samarkand region;

Construction and reconstruction of buildings and structures of the "Sahovat" house in the city of Ohangaron, Tashkent region;

Construction and reconstruction of buildings and structures of the "Sahovat" house in the city of Fergana, Fergana region;

Construction of a 100-bed dormitory and reconstruction of existing buildings and structures of the "Oltiariq" sanatorium in Fergana region;

Reconstruction of buildings of the "Nuroniy" sanatorium in Tashkent city;

Construction and reconstruction of buildings and structures of the Republican Pensioner of War and Labor Veterans in Tashkent city.

2017

Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Karakalpakstan,

Khokimiyats of regions and Tashkent city,

Ministry of Health,

Ministry of Finance,

Ministry of Economy,

Davarxitektqurilish

49,312.0

State budget funds within the framework of investment program parameters

Improvement of the material and technical base of sanatoriums and boarding houses for war and labor veterans, disabled persons, and the elderly.

Favorable conditions will be created for restoring the health of elderly citizens and disabled persons.

Developing a draft Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers introducing amendments and additions to the Regulation on the procedure for assigning and paying social benefits and material assistance to low-income families.

Third Quarter of 2017

Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Labor,

Ministry of Health, Ministry of Economy

Amendments and additions to the Regulation approved by Resolution No. 44 of the Cabinet of Ministers dated February 15, 2013.

It is planned to facilitate the identification of truly needy families requiring state assistance, assigning them benefits and material assistance, and establishing a convenient procedure for assigning benefits and material assistance based on temporary residence.

Providing the following to socially vulnerable segments of the population, persons with disabilities, residents of "Muruvvat", "Sahovat", "Mehribonlik" houses, special school-internats, and patients of treatment and prevention institutions:

provision with wheelchairs;

support with delivery of dried, vitamin-rich food products;

provision with summer footwear.

Throughout the year

"For a Healthy Generation" Fund, "Ameri Kerz" International Organization, "Resource and Policy Exchange" organization, "TOM'S SHOES" organization (based on agreement)

632.0 thousand USD

Charitable donations

Material and social support of socially vulnerable segments of the population, especially single elderly, disabled, and low-income citizens living in mahallas, particularly remote villages, and providing vitamin-rich food products to children and special institutions.

Holding extensive medical examination events under the slogan "Let No One Be Left Out of Care and Attention" aimed at preventing and early detection of widespread diseases, involving leading specialists from specialized medical centers, research institutes, and university clinics of the Republic.

According to the approved schedule

Ministry of Health

214.0

Executor funds

Conducting in-depth medical examinations of the population of remote districts of the Republic, and implementing measures aimed at early detection and prevention of diseases.

Adopting a special program of measures to organize the departure of doctors from specialized medical centers of the Republic to provide quality medical care to the population of regions, including performing surgical operations and other medical services.

Throughout the year

Ministry of Health, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Economy, Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Karakalpakstan, Khokimiyats of regions and Tashkent city

Program of measures.

Additional convenience will be created for users of the services of specialized medical centers of the Republic.

The quality of medical services provided to the population will further increase.

Developing the draft Law "On Transplantation of Human Organs and Tissues."

Fourth Quarter of 2017

Ministry of Health, MVD, Ministry of Justice, ministries and departments

Draft Law of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

Adoption of this draft law will expand the scope of medical services provided to the population, establish the procedure for transplantation of human organs and tissues, and create legal grounds and procedures for the category of the population in need of transplantation to access this type of medical service.

For families in need of social protection:

conducting medical examinations of the population in mountainous, desert, and hard-to-reach areas, as well as in districts requiring special attention, with the help of medical-social patronage brigades;

organizing "Salomatlik" (Health) trains for the population living in ecologically unfavorable regions (Navoi, Qashqadaryo, Surkhandaryo regions, and the Republic of Karakalpakstan).

Throughout the year

"For a Healthy Generation" Fund,

Ministry of Health,

Committee of Women,

"Mahalla"

Fund

220.0

State budget and charitable funds

By conducting in-depth medical examinations of the population living in hard-to-reach areas, the social status of the population will be identified, healthy families will be formed, and medical literacy among the population will increase.

Implementing the Resolution of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan "On Further Improving the Provision of the Population with Medicines and Medical Supplies."

First Quarter of 2017

Ministry of Health

Uzfarmsanoat, State Committee for Competition,

ministries and departments

This, in turn, will enable the implementation of strict price control over 343 nomenclatures of socially important medicines and medical supplies, and ensure the introduction of strict additions to the prices of all medicines sold in pharmacies.

Establishing district inter-district perinatal centers on the basis of 40 maternity wards of district and city medical associations to provide high-quality medical care to mothers and children.

Throughout the year

Ministry of Health, Ministry of Finance

5.8 million USD

International Development Association of the World Bank, "Salomatlik-3" project, budget funds

Improving the quality of medical services provided to mothers and children, providing high-quality medical care to mothers and newborns.

Continuing the implementation of the state program for the early detection of congenital and hereditary diseases by implementing the following:

conducting perinatal and neonatal screening among pregnant women and infants at the Republican Screening Center and its territorial branches;

conducting mass, early perinatal screening of pregnant women at the primary level of healthcare.

Throughout the year

"For a Healthy Generation" Fund,

Ministry of Health,

Ministry of Finance

1,625.8 thousand USD

State budget funds

Creating conditions for the birth of a healthy generation by early detection of congenital and hereditary pathologies in infants and pregnant women.

To strengthen the health of women and girls and popularize physical education and sports among them:

Throughout the year

Ministry of Culture and Sports, Ministry of Education, "For a Healthy Generation" Fund,

Children's Sports Fund, Committee of Women, "Kamolot" YIH, Tashkent City Khokimiyat

60.0

Executor funds

Increasing the mass participation of sports among women.

Strengthening the health of women working in enterprises and organizations.

Holding the traditional regional "Women's Sports Festival" under the slogan "Healthy Mother — Healthy Child" in the Republic of Karakalpakstan, regions, and Tashkent city;

First Quarter of 2017

Holding sports competitions and other events for the "For a Healthy Generation" Cup, including swimming, synchronized swimming, diving, gymnastics, rhythmic gymnastics, sports dance, and gymnastada;

Second Quarter of 2017

Encouraging women from 2,000 needy families living in different regions of the Republic by providing them with electrical household appliances.

Throughout the year

Federation Council of Trade Unions

1,500.0

Funds of Trade Unions

Resolutions of Trade Union bodies.

Lightening household chores for women and creating sufficient domestic conditions for them.

Implementing measures for the early detection of chronic diseases, including hidden and previously undetected diseases:

in-depth medical examinations of the population belonging to risk groups by 7-9 narrow-profile specialists and general practice doctors of multi-profile polyclinics;

systematic dispensary examinations of the population with chronic diseases 2-6 times a year (depending on the patient's condition);

medical examinations of persons entering into marriage;

3.6 million people covered by fluorographic examinations.

Throughout the year

Ministry of Health

Within the framework of state budget funds

Developing sectoral plans, forming brigades consisting of narrow-profile specialists, and conducting medical examinations.

Achieving the strengthening of population health.

To further expand the coverage of the population with preventive measures, organize active visits by medical staff in "Patronage Month" on a schedule basis for people requiring care, war and labor front participants, and chronically ill people from the population in need of social protection.

Throughout the year

Ministry of Health

10.0

Within the framework of state budget funds

Conduct regional seminars and provide practical and methodological assistance in regions by the Ministry of Health.

Organize free treatment in sanatorium institutions for at least 35,000 people from war and labor front veterans of 1941–1945, pensioners, disabled persons, solitary elderly people, and other vulnerable layers of the population.

Throughout the year

Ministry of Health, Council of the Federation of Trade Unions, "Nuroniy" Fund, Ministry of Finance

18 000.0

State budget funds

Joint resolution of executors.

Free annual dispensarization, treatment, and health improvement are organized for war and labor veterans.

Free provision of at least 10,000 disabled and solitary elderly people with prosthetic-orthopedic items and technical rehabilitation aids.

Throughout the year

Ministry of Health, Ministry of Finance, "For a Healthy Generation" Fund, Council of Ministers of the Republic of Karakalpakstan, regional and Tashkent city hokimiyats

2 500.0

State budget funds

Resolutions of executors.

Support is provided for the free provision of disabled persons with prosthetic-orthopedic aids, rehabilitation equipment, and auxiliary devices.

The effectiveness of rehabilitation measures is increased with the aim of returning disabled persons to society.

Improving the quality of medical care provided to the population, further strengthening the material and technical base of treatment and prevention institutions, maternity hospitals, and pediatric medical institutions, and carrying out construction, reconstruction, capital repair, and equipment installation works.

Throughout the year

Council of Ministers of the Republic of Karakalpakstan, regional and Tashkent city hokimiyats, Ministry of Health, Ministry of Economy,

Ministry of Finance, State Committee for Architecture and Construction

519 350.0

Funds of the Extra-budgetary Fund for the Development of the Material and Technical Base of Education and Medical Institutions

2017 Investment Program.

The material and technical base of medical institutions is strengthened through construction, reconstruction, and capital repair carried out. The quality of medical care provided to the population is improved.

Equipping the "Emergency Medical Aid Service" with a total of 1,200 special motor vehicles.

Throughout the year

Ministry of Health,

Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Economy, State Committee for Investments, Uzavtosanoat

28 419.3

6,525.8 million USD

State budget funds

"Salomatlik-3" project

and WHO grant funds

The quality of qualified emergency medical care provided to the population is improved, and delays in calls are prevented.

The quality of medical care provided reaches modern standards.

Strengthening the material and technical base of the following medical institutions:

Throughout the year

Ministry of Health, Ministry of Finance, State Committee for Investments

The material and technical base of medical institutions is improved, and the quality of medical care provided to the population is increased.

all district and city medical associations and family polyclinics;

40 million USD

"Salomatlik-3" project

oncological institutions;

15.15 million USD

ITB

republican specialized scientific and practical medical centers;

10.0 million USD

SFR

State Sanitary and Epidemiological Surveillance Centers;

8.5 million USD

ITB

Republican Scientific Center for Emergency Medical Aid;

0.10 million USD

MAR

clinics of higher medical education institutions and republican clinical hospitals;

0.10 million USD

KFAER

a fourth-level multi-profile children's medical center.

10.0 million USD

Eximbank

To further develop the activities of rural doctor's offices, which are the primary link of the healthcare system:

To create additional facilities to ensure the regular activities of Rural Doctor's Offices (RDOs), housing is built for their doctors in areas near their workplaces;

Strengthening the material and technical base of RDOs and ensuring them with qualified personnel.

2017-2022

Ministry of Health, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Economy, State Committee for Architecture and Construction

Draft resolution of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

Rural doctor's offices are ensured with qualified personnel, and qualified medical services are provided to the rural population.

Ensuring the well-being of families in the republic, maintaining the stability of the socio-moral climate in families and mahallas, further strengthening a healthy lifestyle, and broadening the social cooperation of public organizations in raising a healthy and mature generation.

February 2017

Committee of Women,

"Mahalla" Fund, "Kamolot" Youth Public Association, "Nuroniy" Fund, "Oila" Scientific and Practical Center, FJSHQMI, UzNNTPMA

Program of measures.

Creation and implementation of an effective mechanism for systematic study of the socio-moral status of families.

Constant study of the real situation of the population's standard of living, methodological assistance to public representatives in the field, identification and elimination of existing problems in families.

Holding a telemarathon named "Interests of Man and Family - Well-being of Society" on the occasion of May 15 — "International Day of Families", with the aim of ensuring the strength of families, increasing the responsibility of families in child-rearing, strengthening family values, showing the role of the family in maintaining peace and stability in society, and raising the status of the family institution.

May 2017

Committee of Women, "Oila" Scientific and Practical Center, "Mahalla" Fund, Ministry of Culture and Sports, "For a Healthy Generation" Fund, MTRK, Council of Ministers of the Republic of Karakalpakstan, regional and Tashkent city hokimiyats

100.0

Funds of executors

Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers meeting.

Preservation of our values by raising national etiquette culture in family relations and promoting exemplary families.

Holding mobile receptions in mahallas by qualified and responsible specialists to communicate with the population, especially women, in regions, enter families, solve their problems, and ensure the interests of women, youth, and minors, providing necessary legal, psychological, and medical assistance.

Throughout the year

Committee of Women, "Mahalla" Fund, "Oila" Scientific and Practical Center, "Nuroniy" Fund, "Kamolot" Youth Public Association

193.0

Funds of executors

Program of measures.

Mobile receptions are organized in areas where citizen appeals are most frequently recorded.

Domestic problems and deficiencies of citizens are resolved on the spot, and they are provided with legal, psychological, and medical assistance.

Developing and submitting the draft resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Uzbekistan "On Measures to Develop the Activities of Centers for Social Support of Women".

Throughout the year

Committee of Women, Ministry of Justice, Ministry of Finance, Employment and Labor Relations Ministry, Ministry of Health, "Oila" Scientific and Practical Center, "Mahalla" Fund

Draft resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers.

An effective system for solving problematic issues of the population is created through the "Center for Social Support of Women" organized in regions.

Organizing a 100-place sanatorium with a total value of 35.0 billion sum in the existing recreation center in Zomin district, Jizzakh region;

During 2017-2018

NCMK

35 000.0, included: 12 000.0 in 2017

Funds of the executor

Increases opportunities for citizens to rest, recover their health, and engage in sports.

Reconstruction of the "Kelajak Yoshlar" (Future Youth) Center belonging to the plant located in the center of Uchkuduk district, Navoi region;

Throughout the year

2 500.0

Capital repair of the "Alpomish" sports complex "Neptune" swimming pool and playground of the NCMC in Zarafshan city;

Throughout the year

2 500.0

Repair of the "Sogdiyona" stadium belonging to the plant in Navoi city;

Throughout the year

3 000.0

Organizing a culture and sports complex by reconstructing an unused building belonging to the 5th mine management of the plant located in the Zafarabad fortress, Ghijduvan district, Bukhara region.

During 2017-2018

6 500.0, included: 3 000.0 in 2017

Strengthening the material and technical base of children's health resorts, specifically:

Throughout the year

Council of the Federation of Trade Unions

18 540.7

included:

Funds of Trade Unions

Approval of the targeted program for objects.

Construction, reconstruction, and capital repair of children's health resorts are carried out in the established order, and their material and technical base is strengthened.

Completion of construction works for the 200-place "Amudarya Sahili" resort in Surkhandarya region;

13 440.7

Reconstruction of the "Bogishamol" resort in Andijan region;

2 300.0

Reconstruction of the "Sirdarya" resort in Sirdarya region;

2 100.0

Construction of a swimming pool at the "Ishonch" resort in Navoi region.

700.0

Carrying out the following works in sanatoriums within the trade union system to organize health improvement and rest for employees and their family members:

Throughout the year

Council of the Federation of Trade Unions

17 810.0, included:

Funds of Trade Unions

Resolution of the Presidium of the Federation Council.

The material and technical base of sanatoriums is strengthened, and the effectiveness of health improvement and rest for families, especially women and children, is increased.

Construction of dormitory buildings at the "Oq Tosh" sanatorium;

5 310.0

Construction of dormitory buildings at the "Zomin" sanatorium;

5 000.0

Capital repair and reconstruction of the "Termiz Marvaridi" sanatorium in Surkhandarya region;

4 000.0

Construction of a rest house in the Chodak rural community, Namangan region.

3 500.0

4.3. Implementation of targeted programs for the construction of affordable housing, ensuring improvement of living conditions for the population, and development and modernization of transport, engineering-communication, and social infrastructure

Construction of 15,000 affordable housing units in rural areas based on new model projects.

Throughout the year

Council of Ministers of the Republic of Karakalpakstan,

regional hokimiyats, QishloqQurilishInvest,

commercial banks,

Ministry of Economy,

Ministry of Finance,

State Committee for Architecture and Construction,

QishloqQurilishloyiha

2 121 526.6, thereof:

Construction of affordable housing based on new projects together with engineering-communication networks, social and market infrastructure will ensure that 60-65 thousand people living in rural areas are provided with modern housing.

350 000.0

State budget funds,

1 292 575.1

commercial bank loans,

478 951.5

population's contribution funds

Construction of drinking water (415.3 km), electric (291.5 km), natural gas (316.9 km) networks, internal roads (291 km), and market infrastructure facilities (134 units) in model arrays being built in rural areas.

Throughout the year

Ministry of Economy,

Ministry of Finance,

Republican Road Fund,

Uzbekenergo,

Uzbektransgaz,

QishloqQurilishInvest,

QishloqQurilishloyiha,

Council of Ministers of the Republic of Karakalpakstan,

regional hokimiyats

Based on design and estimate documentation

Centralized capital investments,

Republican Road Fund,

Uzbekenergo,

Uzbektransgaz

and donor funds

Model arrays being built in rural areas are provided with drinking water, electric and natural gas networks, internal roads, and market infrastructure facilities to create quality living conditions and conveniences for the population.

Construction of affordable and convenient multi-story apartments in cities based on model projects aimed at improving the living conditions and quality of life of the population.

Throughout the year

Council of Ministers of the Republic of Karakalpakstan,

Regional and Tashkent city hokimiyats,

Mortgage Bank,

commercial banks,

State Committee for Architecture and Construction,

Uzbekenergo, Uzbektransgaz, Ministry of Economy,

Ministry of Finance

897 100.0

Population's contribution funds,

credit funds of commercial banks

191 multi-story houses will be built.

As a result, 8,121 families will be provided with affordable housing, and long-term preferential mortgage loans will be issued to the population.

Implementation of measures aimed at improving the drinking water supply of the population, including:

Throughout the year

More convenient and decent socio-domestic conditions are created for broad layers of the population, especially the rural population.

995.9 km of drinking water networks are laid in regions, and drinking water supply is improved in 672 populated areas.

Drinking water and sewage systems of districts and cities are developed and modernized.

a) construction and reconstruction of drinking water facilities and laying of networks in rural populated areas from centralized capital investments;

Council of Ministers of the Republic of Karakalpakstan,

regional hokimiyats,

Uzbekkommunxizmat, Ministry of Economy,

Ministry of Finance,

State Committee for Investments,

State Committee for Architecture and Construction

202 200.0

State budget funds

b) implementation of projects to develop and modernize drinking water and sewage systems by attracting credit funds of international financial institutions:

Implementation of projects to improve drinking water supply in Boyovut, Khavas, Mirzaabad, Sardoba, and Akoltin districts of Sirdarya region, and Aloy and Qorako'l districts of Bukhara region, as well as reconstruction of sewage systems in Bukhara and Samarkand cities with the participation of the World Bank;

Implementation of projects to reconstruct sewage systems in Fergana, Margilan, and Jizzakh cities and improve drinking water supply in Qibray and Zangiota districts of Tashkent region with the participation of the Asian Development Bank;

Implementation of a project to improve drinking water supply for the rural population of Qoshrabot district in Samarkand region with the participation of OPEC and the Saudi Fund for Development;

Implementation of a project to reconstruct sewage systems in Guliston, Yangiyer, and Shirin cities of Sirdarya region with the participation of the Islamic Development Bank.

112 million USD

Credit funds of international financial institutions

Further improvement of the system for sanitary cleaning and utilization of solid household waste in all cities and districts of the republic.

Throughout the year

Uzbekkommunxizmat, State Committee for Environmental Protection,

Ministry of Finance, Council of Ministers of the Republic of Karakalpakstan, regional and Tashkent city hokimiyats

167 300.0, thereof: 99 300.0,

60 500.0

7 500.0

State budget funds,

WHO funds

commercial bank loans

By implementing these measures, 1,428 unregulated solid household waste dumps are eliminated.

The material and technical base of sanitary enterprises is developed, including the purchase of 237 special vehicles, construction of 94 garages, and installation of 168 screening facilities for waste.

To improve the system of providing transport services to the population:

organization and launch of 86 new bus routes across the republic;

During 2017

Council of Ministers of the Republic of Karakalpakstan,

regional hokimiyats,

Uzavtodaryotrans,

Carriers,

Halk Bank, UzavtosanoatLizing,

leasing companies, commercial banks

The quality of automobile transport services provided to the population is improved, and further conveniences are created.

purchase and launch of 537 new buses by passenger transport companies;

72 200.0

Bank loans,

funds of carriers and leasing companies,

construction and reconstruction of 13 bus stations in regions to develop transport infrastructure.

3 900.0

commercial bank loans

Introduction of an electronic payment system in public transport in Tashkent city.

IV Quarter 2017

Tashkent city hokimiyat,

Tashshahartransxizmat

35 000.0

Commercial bank loans

Quality transport services are provided to the population.

Ensures a 15% increase in the volume of income generated from transport services.

In accordance with the program for modernization and renewal of low-voltage electrical networks for 2017–2021, construction and reconstruction of 5.1 thousand km of electrical networks and 1,040 transformer substations in 2017.

2017

Uzbekenergo

445 800.0

Executor funds — 132.6 billion sum,

UzSanoatQurilishBank

credit funds — 313.2 billion sum

The quality and reliability of electricity supply for consumers in 2,721 mahallas across the republic is improved, and the number of outages in emergency situations is sharply reduced.

Further development of the infrastructure for the sale of coal products through the following measures:

Construction, reconstruction, and repair of 84 coal storage facilities of the distribution centers of "Uzbekkumir" JSC;

Commissioning of 84 coal briquetting units in each coal storage warehouse, enabling the production of 880 thousand tons of briquettes per year;

Implementation of investment projects aimed at increasing coal mining to 11.67 million tons by 2022 through the introduction of modern technologies for opening and mining coal mines.

Throughout the year

Uzbekkumir,

UzSanoatQurilishBank,

Halk Bank, Uzbekiston Temir Yollari,

Council of Ministers of the Republic of Karakalpakstan, regional hokimiyats, NCKM, OKMK

Based on the project

Uzbekkumir funds and commercial bank loans

Implementation of measures.

The energy supply of the population is improved.

Optimization and reconstruction of 242 farmers' (food) markets in the republic and organization of 40 modern hypermarkets, 63 supermarkets, and 139 minimarkets in their territories, with the aim of creating modern trade infrastructure and improving the architectural appearance of districts and cities.

2017-2018

Council of Ministers of the Republic of Karakalpakstan, regional and Tashkent city hokimiyats,

Ministry of Finance,

Central Bank,

National Bank, State Committee for Architecture and Construction, UzAgroSanoatLoyiha, DSQ

200 000.0

Commercial bank loans, investment funds

Improvement of trade services provided to the population, creation of new modern trade organizations, and regulation of farmers' market activities are achieved.

Development of a Program of Measures to Strengthen the Material and Technical Base of Republican Theaters and Develop Their Activities.

IV Quarter 2017

Ministry of Culture and Sports, Ministry of Economy, Ministry of Finance,

Council of Ministers of the Republic of Karakalpakstan, regional and Tashkent city hokimiyats

Draft resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers.

Quality cultural services are provided to the population by strengthening the material and technical base of republican theaters and developing their creative activities.

Implementation of measures for the further development of the cinema of the Republic of Uzbekistan for 2017–2021.

I Quarter 2017

Uzbekkino, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Economy, OvaUmTV

Draft resolution of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

This resolution allows for the improvement of the organizational structure and regulatory-legal base of the cinema system, renewal of the material and technical base and archive fund of cinema objects, improvement of product quality in this field, and practical application of modern methods of training, retraining, and advanced training of personnel.

Taking measures to complete repair and equipment works in 100 centers and hand them over for operation, with the aim of ensuring the implementation of Resolution No. 178 of the Cabinet of Ministers dated June 25, 2013 "On Measures to Organize Modern Culture and Population Recreation Centers for 2013-2018".

Throughout the year

Council of Ministers of the Republic of Karakalpakstan, regional and Tashkent city hokimiyats, Ministry of Culture and Sports, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Economy, State Committee for Architecture and Construction

70 000.0

Additional funds of local budgets, charitable funds

Resolution of the Presidium of the Cabinet of Ministers.

The growing cultural and educational needs of the population, especially the younger generation, are met, and their leisure time is organized effectively and meaningfully.

Repair and equipment of 100 culture and recreation parks.

Throughout the year

Ministry of Culture and Sports, Ministry of Finance, regional hokimiyats

10 000.0

Part of local budget revenues exceeding the plan, charitable and investment funds

Further raising the culture of the population, helping them have interesting rest, and making our regions more beautiful and prosperous.

Strengthening the material and technical base of the Surkhandarya region zoo, and organizing zoos in Fergana and Samarkand cities.

I Quarter 2017

Ministry of Culture and Sports, Ministry of Finance, regional and Tashkent city hokimiyats

5 000.0

State budget, charitable and investment funds

Draft resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers.

Ensuring cultural rest for the population, including the younger generation, raising them in the spirit of love for mother nature, and promoting its preservation.

Development of a comprehensive program of measures for improving the activities of museums and strengthening their material and technical base for 2017-2027.

III Quarter 2017

Ministry of Culture and Sports, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Economy, State Committee for Architecture and Construction, State Committee for Tourism Development, Council of Ministers of the Republic of Karakalpakstan, regional and Tashkent city hokimiyats

Draft resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers.

The rich historical and cultural heritage of our people is studied more deeply, promoted, enriched, and reliably protected; moreover, museum activities are improved and their material and technical base is strengthened on the basis of modern requirements.

4.4. Development of the education and science sector

Development of the Program for Fundamental Improvement of the Higher Education System in the Republic of Uzbekistan for 2017–2021.

I Quarter 2017

OvaUmTV, Ministry of Economy, Ministry of Finance, ministries and departments having higher education institutions under their jurisdiction

Draft resolution of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan. The project provides for:

gradual development of their independence by expanding the powers of higher education institutions in the academic sphere, development and approval of curricula, organization of the educational process, provision of paid services, and search for additional sources of financing;

consideration of the issue of joining the Bologna Declaration of June 19, 1999, which contributes to increasing the competitiveness of national cadres and the quality of the national higher education system based on global practice, mutual recognition of diplomas of Bologna process participating countries, and implementation of exchange programs for teachers and students.

Reconstruction of 106 preschool education institutions and capital repair of 195 of them, as well as their provision with furniture and other inventories.

Throughout the year

Council of Ministers of the Republic of Karakalpakstan,

regional and Tashkent city hokimiyats,

Ministry of Public Education,

Ministry of Finance,

Ministry of Economy, State Committee for Architecture and Construction

For construction and installation works — 195 000.0

Funds of the Extra-budgetary Fund for the Development of the Material and Technical Base of Education and Medical Institutions,

The material and technical base of 301 preschool education institutions in the republic is strengthened.

42 200.0

State budget funds

Strengthening the material and technical base of 367 general education schools in the republic, including:

construction of 9 new schools;

reconstruction of 268 schools;

capital repair of 90 schools;

Provision of schools with furniture, educational and laboratory equipment, and other inventory.

Throughout the year

Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Karakalpakstan, Governorships of regions and Tashkent city, Ministry of Public Education, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Economy, State Committee for Architecture and Construction

For construction work — 389,200.0 For equipment work — 59,000.0 Funds of the Reserve for the Development of the Material and Technical Base of Non-Budgetary Educational and Medical Institutions

The material and technical base of 367 general education schools in the Republic will be strengthened.

Favorable conditions will be created for students to receive education and for teachers to carry out their activities.

Strengthening the material and technical base of 135 institutions of secondary special and vocational education in the Republic, including:

Reconstruction of 44 institutions of secondary special and vocational education; Capital repair of 91 institutions of secondary special and vocational education.

Throughout the year

Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Karakalpakstan, Governorships of regions and Tashkent city, Center for Secondary Special and Vocational Education, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Economy, State Committee for Architecture and Construction

246,400.0 Funds of the Reserve for the Development of the Material and Technical Base of Non-Budgetary Educational and Medical Institutions

The material and technical base of 135 institutions of secondary special and vocational education in the Republic will be strengthened.

Favorable conditions will be created for students to receive education and for teachers to carry out their activities.

Introduction of targeted admission quotas for master's and doctoral studies in leading higher education institutions in order to create a reserve of scientific and pedagogical personnel for higher education institutions in the regions.

March 2017

Cabinet of Ministers, Academy of Sciences, Ministry of Economy, ministries and departments having higher education institutions under their jurisdiction

Preparation of proposals related to the President's Decision on admission to higher education institutions of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

Scientific and pedagogical personnel will be trained for higher education institutions in the regions.

Conditions will be created to improve the quality of training specialists in places for remote areas.

Implementation of comprehensive measures to optimize the number of students in classes and groups in general secondary education institutions.

II Quarter 2017

Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Karakalpakstan, Governorships of regions and Tashkent city, Ministry of Public Education, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Economy

The quality of education in general secondary education institutions will improve.

Creating favorable conditions to increase the mass participation in children's sports and to develop music and art education.

Construction of sports halls in 251 general education schools and 12 children and adolescents' sports schools, construction of 9 indoor swimming pools and reconstruction of 2 of them, reconstruction of 8 children's music and art schools and construction of 12 new ones.

Throughout the year

Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Karakalpakstan, Governorships of regions and Tashkent city, Ministry of Public Education, Ministry of Culture and Sports, Fund for the Development of Children's Sports, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Economy, State Committee for Architecture and Construction

373,200.0 Funds of the Fund for the Development of Children's Sports

Implementation of measures.

Favorable conditions will be created to increase the mass participation in children's sports and to develop music and art education.

Development of comprehensive measures to increase the effectiveness of the inclusive education system in order to expand opportunities for socially vulnerable segments of the population to receive quality education.

IV Quarter 2017

Ministry of Public Education, Cabinet of Ministers, Ministry of Finance, State Testing Center, Uzbek National Network of Technical and Pedagogical Education

Draft resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers.

This includes:

further development of the inclusive education system, including providing children with disabilities with necessary special literature and manuals;

granting privileges to teachers of the inclusive education system and further expanding opportunities for students with physical disabilities to receive education in higher education institutions;

encouraging the work of teachers who teach children with disabilities at home.

Development of a comprehensive program of measures for further development of the science and technology sector.

IV Quarter 2017

Academy of Sciences, Cabinet of Ministers, Ministry of Economy, Ministry of Finance, Agency for Science and Technologies , Higher Attestation Commission

Draft resolution of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan. The draft includes the following issues:

development of the innovative infrastructure of research institutions, organization of small innovative enterprises and technoparks in promising sectors (biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, food industry, electrical engineering, robotics, metallurgy, nanotechnology);

strengthening liability for violation of rights to intellectual property objects (copyright, related rights, rights to inventions, etc.), as well as strengthening state control in this area.

4.5. Improving State Policy for Youth

Development and approval of an additional program of measures aimed at implementing state policy for youth in 2017.

Holding roundtables and seminars aimed at improving the knowledge and skills of officials of governorships and other state power bodies in regional centers and Tashkent city to ensure high-quality implementation of the state program for the implementation of state policy for youth in the regions.

Throughout the year

Cabinet of Ministers, ministries and departments, Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Karakalpakstan, Governorships of regions and Tashkent city

Draft resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers.

Within the framework of the program, comprehensive measures will be implemented aimed at raising the legal culture of young people, increasing their activity in the process of building a democratic state and developing civil society, raising patriotic young people with high morality, independent thinking, firm life position, broad worldview and deep knowledge, forming immunity against various ideological threats, supporting talented young people, helping them realize their creative and intellectual potential, protecting young people socially, and creating favorable conditions for them to master modern professions.

Construction of "Kamolot" houses in the regions and provision to active young people on the basis of preferential loans in order to support young families and provide them with housing.

Throughout the year

Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Karakalpakstan, Governorships of regions and Tashkent city, commercial banks, State Committee for Architecture and Construction, "Kamolot" Youth Public Association, Uzbekenergo, Uzbektransgaz, Ministry of Economy, Ministry of Finance

Based on project and estimate documents

Commercial bank loans

In order to further support young families actively participating in the social life of the country, they will be provided with modern housing and long-term mortgage loans.

Organization of "My Favorite Book" and "Best Reader" competitions in educational institutions in order to strengthen the ideological immunity of student youth.

September 2017

Center for Secondary Special and Vocational Education

160.0

Extra-budgetary funds and charitable funds

Student youth will be protected from various alien ideas and ideologies, their ideological immunity will be strengthened, and they will contribute to establishing high morality in society.

In order to further fully satisfy the intellectual and spiritual needs of the population, especially young people:

Uzbek Academy of Arts, Ministry of Public Education, Cabinet of Ministers, Ministry of Culture and Sports, Republican Center for Spirituality and Enlightenment , Union of Writers of Uzbekistan, Tasviriy Oyna, "Kamolot" Youth Public Association, Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Karakalpakstan, Governorships of regions and Tashkent city

According to the expense estimate

Executors' funds

Raising the morality of the people through literature, promoting family reading traditions, strengthening communication between writers and readers, and increasing attention to the role and importance of books and reading culture in raising young people to be intellectually developed and morally mature.

Under the slogan "Attention to Literature — Attention to Morality, Attention to the Future," organize and hold the Republican "Book Festival" traditional event and a scientific-practical conference on the topic "Book — The Invaluable Spiritual and Cultural Heritage of the Nation" within its framework;

May 2017

Organize and hold the traditional Republican festival "Children's Books";

September 2017

Open bookstores in each district center and enrich them with new works;

September 2017

Publish about 40 titles of Uzbek classical and modern literature, world classic literature masterpieces, and hold their presentations in the regions, specifically at the Republic's information-resource centers.

Throughout the year

Granting tax exemptions and preferences in order to increase the interest of the younger generation in books and other printed products.

II Quarter 2017

Press and Information Agency, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Economy, Cabinet of Ministers

Providing tax and other preferences to publishing houses, printing houses, and authors of literature publishing literature on the cultural and educational heritage and history of the Uzbek people, organizing economic incentives.

Organization of master classes and creative meetings on the topic "Dialogue with My Nation of Builders — Inspiration for My Creativity" for children, young people, and their parents in remote areas of our country in cooperation with organizations of the system of the Art Academy and educational institutions.

Throughout the year

Uzbekistan Art Academy, Cabinet of Ministers, Ministry of Public Education, Ministry of Culture and Sports

According to the expense estimate

Executors' funds

Raising young people in the spirit of loyalty to the Motherland, strengthening their interest in art, and reflecting the reforms being carried out in the country.

Organization of employment for graduates of institutions of secondary special and vocational education:

Signing of four-party agreements between 450,000 graduates of the 2016/2017 academic year and 200,000 enterprises and organizations, as well as administrations of 1 educational institution;

Holding 803 specialized job fairs directly at vocational colleges;

Allocation of 360 billion soums in preferential loans to students wishing to start entrepreneurial activity;

Occupation of 50,000 jobs for college graduates who are children of disabled and low-income families (quota).

I Quarter 2017

Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Karakalpakstan, Governorships of regions and Tashkent city, Ministry of Economy, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Labor, Center for Secondary Special and Vocational Education

360,000.0 Commercial bank loans

Measures will be developed to guide young people in choosing a profession and to help graduates of institutions of secondary special and vocational education find employment.

Enterprises and organizations are designated for production practice for graduates, and assistance is provided in their employment.

Organization of the following comprehensive measures aimed at raising a highly educated and intellectually developed generation and raising their morality and culture:

Republican Center for Spirituality and Enlightenment , Cabinet of Ministers, Ministry of Culture and Sports, Center for Secondary Special and Vocational Education, Union of Writers, "Kamolot" Youth Public Association, "Mahalla" Fund, Republican Center for Spirituality and Enlightenment , Uzbek National Network of Technical and Pedagogical Education

Plan of comprehensive measures.

The effectiveness and results of events aimed at raising the younger generation and raising their morality and culture will increase.

Campaigns under the slogans "We are the Support of the Fatherland," "Our greatest support and reliance, our decisive force is youth";

Meetings on the topic "Literature and Art — A Factor in Enriching and Raising the Morality of the Individual" with the participation of writers, poets, artists, and literary scholars;

Inventory of fiction literature, enriching information-resource centers with new books;

Throughout the year

Preparation of informational and methodological materials on the topic "Cooperation of Family-Mahalla-Educational Institution";

May 2017

Roundtables on the topic "The Greatest Courage is Spiritual Courage" aimed at increasing the responsibility of young people in ensuring the prosperity of our Fatherland;

Quarterly

Organization of seminar-trainings aimed at preventing information attacks threatening the consciousness of young people and forming a culture of using the Internet and other information resources;

Based on the 2017 plan

Holding a conference on the topic "Upbringing of the Individual in Civil Society and the Role of the Family Institution."

November 2017

In order to create broad opportunities for education for orphaned children under full state support, children left without parental care, and 1st group blind disabled persons:

Establishing privileges in the admission to higher education institutions by allocating separate state grants;

Approval of targeted admission quotas for certain directions on a regional basis;

Establishment of qualification requirements for positions based on the type and content of work of teachers' scientific, methodological, spiritual-educational, and organizational-methodological activities without specifying the number of hours.

May 2017

State Testing Center, Cabinet of Ministers, ministries and departments having higher education institutions under their jurisdiction

Draft resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers.

Privileges will be created for real orphans, orphans, and disabled persons in entrance exams.

The effectiveness of teachers' scientific, methodological, spiritual-educational, and organizational-methodological activities will increase.

Strengthening the material and technical base of the "Spirituality and Enlightenment" Center under the Ministry of Higher and Secondary Special Education.

April-August 2017

Cabinet of Ministers, Ministry of Economy, Ministry of Finance,

1,583.0 Funds of the Fund for the Development of Higher Education Institutions

Draft order of the Ministry of Higher and Secondary Special Education.

The effectiveness of spiritual and educational work in institutions of higher and secondary special and vocational education will increase.

Organization of a cultural recreation center in the student dormitory town and establishment of free use of it.

IV Quarter 2017

Cabinet of Ministers, Ministry of Economy, Ministry of Finance,

5,300.0 State budget funds within the framework of the Investment Program

Investment program.

Students' leisure time will be meaningfully spent, and favorable conditions will be created for their cultural recreation.

Organization of open dialogues broadcast live on social networks with heads of ministries and departments on the implementation of state policy for youth in the Republic.

Throughout the year

"Kamolot" Youth Public Association, Cabinet of Ministers, Ministry of Public Education, Ministry of Employment and Labor Relations Ministry of Health, Ministry of Internal Affairs, Ministry of Information Technologies, Uzbekistan National Information Agency, MTRC, Uzbekistan State Committee for Television and Radio Broadcasting, ministries and departments

40.0 Executors' funds

Resolution of the Presidium of the Cabinet of Ministers.

Dialogues are organized in cooperation with ministries and departments dealing with youth issues, and heads of relevant ministries and departments will fully answer questions on youth issues coming from the regions.

In order to create sufficient conditions for regular sports participation of unorganized youth: construction of modern sports grounds in mahallas, organization of competitions among unorganized youth (street sport).

Throughout the year

Ministry of Culture and Sports, Cabinet of Ministers, "Kamolot" Youth Public Association, "Mahalla" Fund, Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Karakalpakstan, Governorships of regions and Tashkent city

500.0 Executors' funds

Resolution of the Presidium of the Cabinet of Ministers.

Regular sports participation of unorganized youth will be ensured.

Preparation for and holding the "Barqaror Avlod" (Healthy Generation) sports competitions in Jizzakh region within the framework of events aimed at promoting a healthy lifestyle and increasing young people's interest in sports.

May 2017

Center for Secondary Special and Vocational Education, Ministry of Culture and Sports, Ministry of Finance, Governorship of Jizzakh region, Fund for the Development of Children's Sports

14,000.0 State budget, extra-budgetary fund funds, executors' funds

Development of the "Barqaror Avlod" sports competitions program.

Educational institutions where the final stage of sports competitions will be held will be repaired and equipped.

All conditions will be created for student youth to be healthy and strong.

Payment of scholarships on the basis of the "Education Grant" and "Trade Union Scholarship" projects in order to encourage talented students from poor families, real orphans, those raised in orphanages, and those whose parents have been deprived of parental rights, studying on a paid-contract basis in the bachelor's direction of higher education institutions.

Throughout the year

Cabinet of Ministers, "Mahalla" Charitable Public Fund, "Kamolot" Youth Public Association, Trade Unions Federation

"Mahalla" Fund -400.0, "Kamolot" Youth Public Association -400.0, Trade Unions Federation — 270.0 Executors' funds

A working group will be formed between partners, and regulations and joint resolutions will be signed.

As a result of organizing the project, opportunities will be created for socially vulnerable, talented students to continue their education in higher education institutions, and their movement, knowledge, and aspirations will be materially and spiritually encouraged.

Organization of national games aimed at mobile internet users, which serve to raise young people with high ethics and further increase their intellectual potential and social activity.

III Quarter 2017

Ministry of Information Technologies, Cabinet of Ministers, "Kamolot" Youth Public Association

280.0 Executors' and sponsors' funds

National games aimed at mobile internet users in the Republic of Uzbekistan will be created, aimed at spending young people's leisure time usefully.

Establishment of "Kamolot" bookstores in each regional center.

Throughout the year

Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Karakalpakstan, Governorships of regions and Tashkent city, "Kamolot" Youth Public Association, State Committee for Architecture and Construction

"Kamolot" Youth Public Association funds

By organizing bookstores in the regions, young people's leisure time will be made meaningful, and their interest in books will increase.

Holding the international applied art exhibition "Folk Applied Art — In the Hearts of Youth".

II Quarter 2017

Uzbekistan Art Academy, Center for Spirituality Promotion, National Ideology and Ideology Scientific and Practical Center, Tasviriy Oyna, "Kamolot" Youth Public Association

According to the expense estimate

Executors' funds

Promoting the craft traditions inherited from our ancestors, raising the younger generation in the spirit of patriotism and respect for our national values, and increasing their interest in professions.

Organization of the following culture and art festivals and contests:

Ministry of Culture and Sports, Composers' Union, Union of Writers, Governorship of Tashkent city, Uzbekistan Art Academy, Uzbekteatr, MTRC

According to the expense estimate

Within the framework of allocated State budget funds, executors' extra-budgetary funds

Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers' meeting and executors' measures.

It is achieved to find talented young people, encourage them, raise their creative potential, and bring them to large stages.

It serves to direct young people's attention to music and art, organize meaningful leisure time, find young talented creators and encourage their creativity, and raise young people in the spirit of love for the Fatherland, loyalty to the ideas of independence, and dedication.

International Art Festival "Spring Breeze";

May 2017

Culture Week "Music Calls Youth!";

May-June 2017

IV Republican Contest-Festival of Uzbek Theaters "We Will Sing for You, Contemporaries!";

June 2017

Festival "Lullabies My Mother Sang";

May 2017

Republican Festival of Young Opera Performers "Spring of Youth";

April 2017

Republican Competition of Folk Instrument Performers "Sound of Instruments";

May 2017

Festival "Uzbek Cultural Heritage — In the World's View!" on intangible cultural heritage included in the UNESCO Representative List, such as "Shashmaqom," "Askiya," "Plov," and others.

October 2017

High-level organization of the selection stages and the ceremonial awarding ceremony of the "Nihol" award of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

III Quarter 2017

Ministry of Culture and Sports, "Kamolot" Youth Public Association

According to the expense estimate

State budget and sponsors' funds

Realization and discovery of young people with creative potential and talent, comprehensive support for young people entering the art world.

Creation of documentary films about the activities of modern heroes who have gained the respect and esteem of our people by working in various fields, and regular holding of literary evenings with them.

Throughout the year

Uzbekfilm, Academy of Sciences, MTRC

According to the expense estimate

State budget and sponsors' funds

Promoting the activities of representatives of various fields who have achieved high results in their profession, and reflecting the reforms being carried out in the country.

Organization of "Health Days" in educational institutions, mahallas, and medical points in order to increase medical culture among young people and explain the positive aspects of regular medical check-ups.

Throughout the year

"Kamolot" Youth Public Association, Committee of Women, Ministry of Health, Cabinet of Ministers, Ministry of Public Education, "Mahalla" Fund

Executors' funds

Formation of a healthy lifestyle among the population, especially young people, and raising the medical culture of young people will show its positive result in raising the younger generation healthy and strong.

In order to increase the pedagogical culture of parents and increase their duty and responsibility in child-rearing:

Throughout the year

"Mahalla" Fund, Committee of Women, "Family" Scientific and Practical Center, Republican Center for Spirituality and Enlightenment

80.0 Executors' funds

Program of measures.

Increasing the literacy of parents in the legal, spiritual, and moral upbringing of the healthy generation, popularizing the experience of exemplary and instructive families. Preservation and development of existing instructive traditions and values.

Development of methodological manuals and visual materials for use in the activity of the "University of Parents" under the citizens' assembly;

June

Holding a Republican scientific-practical conference on the topic "Increasing the Responsibility of Parents in the Upbringing of the Younger Generation" for employees and activists of citizens' assemblies.

August

Development and implementation of a comprehensive program of measures aimed at raising young people with a strong ideological immunity.

March 2017, according to a separate schedule

Republican Center for Spirituality and Enlightenment , Committee of Women, Committee on Religious Affairs, Republican Center for Spirituality and Enlightenment , "Family" Center, "Mahalla" Fund, "Kamolot" Youth Public Association, Ministry of Internal Affairs

100.0 Executors' funds

Program of measures. The program includes:

meetings, roundtables, trainings, quizzes, and explanatory events aimed at forming a sense of involvement in the reforms being carried out in the country and increasing ethical and media culture;

meetings dedicated to the struggle against terrorism and religious extremism with the population and young people in mahallas are envisaged.

Increasing the responsibility of parents of children from unstable families, unorganized youth, unemployed young men and women who have fallen under the influence of "mass culture" in controlling their behavior, holding events and seminars on the prevention of idleness, alcohol consumption, and other vices, printing brochures, posters, and visual manuals, organizing shows and broadcasts.

Throughout the year

"Kamolot" Public Movement, Committee of Women, Ministry of Health, Council of the Federation of Trade Unions, Ministry of Internal Affairs, Ministry of Justice,

Ministry of Public Education, Academy of Public Administration under the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan, Center for Secondary Special Vocational Education, "For a Healthy Generation" Foundation, "Family" Scientific and Practical Center, National Television and Radio Broadcasting Company of Uzbekistan, Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Uzbekistan

200.0

Implementers' funds

Program of Measures.

Strengthening the immunity of youth against the influence of "mass culture", increasing their spiritual and moral culture, encouraging their aspiration to a healthy lifestyle and building a healthy family.

V. Priority areas in ensuring security, inter-ethnic concord and religious tolerance, as well as implementing a prudent, mutually beneficial and constructive foreign policy

5.1 Priority areas in ensuring security, religious tolerance and inter-ethnic concord

Implementation of a comprehensive set of measures to ensure security during the holding of large-scale social, political and cultural events.

Throughout the year

Ministry of Internal Affairs, State Security Service, Ministry of Emergency Situations, Council of Ministers of the Karakalpakstan Republic, Khokimiyats of regions and Tashkent city

Drafts of Decisions of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

These decisions will provide an opportunity to ensure public safety, protect the rights and freedoms of citizens, defend the interests of society and the state, and regulate issues in this area during the holding of various important mass events.

Development of measures to improve the system of guarding and protecting the State border of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

Q1 2017

State Security Service, Ministry of Internal Affairs, Ministry of Defense, Ministry of Finance,

Drafts of Decisions of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

These decisions will establish a number of organizational and legal measures to further improve the system of guarding and protecting the state border.

The adoption of these decisions will create effective mechanisms to ensure the territorial integrity and security of Uzbekistan.

Development of a draft Decision of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan providing for measures to improve the system of ensuring the safety of transport communications.

Q1 2017

Ministry of Internal Affairs, State Security Service, Ministry of Emergency Situations, State Committee for Investment, Uzbek Railways, Uzavtoyol, Uzavtotrans

Draft Decision of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

This decision will address issues of introducing modern methods of ensuring the safety of transport communications, developing infrastructure in this area, and developing and implementing targeted measures.

Development of measures to ensure the safety of large mining and processing industrial facilities.

Q3-Q4 2017

National Commission for Mineral Resources and Mineral Production, Uzbekneftegaz, State Security Service, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Emergency Situations, Ministry of Internal Affairs, State Industrial and Geological Supervision

Drafts of Decisions of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

These decisions will establish a comprehensive set of measures reflecting the most important directions for ensuring the safety of existing large mining and processing industrial facilities in the country, taking into account their current state.

Development of a draft Decision of the Cabinet of Ministers on improving the regulatory and legal framework in the field of cybersecurity.

Q3 2017

Ministry of Information Technologies, State Security Service

Draft Decision of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

This decision will establish measures for developing regulatory and legal documents to prevent increasingly global cyberattacks worldwide and ensure adequate security in this area.

Improving mechanisms for the development of national content, state-language education, scientific and educational, modern information resources and multimedia products tailored to the needs of youth.

Q2 2017

Ministry of Information Technologies, Ministry of Culture and Sports, "Kamolot" Public Movement, Uzbek Association of Media and Advertising, Uzbekfilm, National Television and Radio Broadcasting Company of Uzbekistan, Ministry of Public Education, Union of Writers, Uzbekistan Agency for Press and Information, Center for National Ideas and Ideology, Republican Center for Spiritual Enlightenment, Committee on Religious Affairs, National Library, ministries and departments

Draft Decision of the Cabinet of Ministers.

The decision envisages the development and implementation of a specific set of measures for creating and promoting national content and state-language information resources, ensuring they are sufficiently provided with educational and scientific information resources taking into account the needs of youth, and further developing this area. Additionally, the draft decision considers the establishment of the National Content Development Fund and the targeted allocation of its funds to projects in this area.

Development and approval of a program of measures to combat religious extremism and missionary activity, and to ensure inter-ethnic and inter-confessional concord.

Q1 2017

Committee on Religious Affairs, Republican Center for Intermunicipal National Cultural Relations, Ministry of Internal Affairs, State Security Service, State Committee for Taxation, Ministry of Justice

Comprehensive Program of Measures.

This program establishes measures for effective struggle against religious extremism and missionary activity, putting an end to any manifestations of them, preventing these vices in a timely manner, and developing effective mechanisms to ensure inter-ethnic and inter-confessional concord in society.

Development of a draft Concept of State Policy of the Republic of Uzbekistan in the Religious Sphere aimed at defining the main directions and principles of state regulation of the activities of religious organizations and associations.

Q3 2017

Committee on Religious Affairs, Ministry of Justice, State Committee for Taxation, ministries and departments

Concept.

This Concept envisages the interaction between religious organizations and associations and the state, the regulation and further improvement of their activities, the main directions, principles and other important issues in this area.

Development of a draft Concept of priority directions of policy in the field of inter-ethnic relations, and preparation and submission of proposals for improving the activities of the Republican Center for Intermunicipal National Cultural Relations taking into account current requirements.

Q4 2017

Republican Center for Intermunicipal National Cultural Relations, Ministry of Justice, State Committee for Taxation, ministries and departments

Concept.

This Concept envisages the most important priority directions of policy in the field of inter-ethnic relations aimed at ensuring inter-ethnic concord and unity, based on the principle of mutual respect among nations, taking into account the specific virtues of the multi-ethnic people of our country.

Further strengthening the country's defense capability, increasing the military power and combat readiness level of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

Q3 2017

Ministry of Defense, Ministry of Internal Affairs, Ministry of Emergency Situations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, State Security Service, State Committee for Taxation

Comprehensive Program of Measures. The Program envisages the following:

analysis of conceptual documents in the field of military security of the country, combat readiness and combat capability of the Armed Forces, personnel training system, and comprehensive support of military servicemen;

preparation of drafts of the new edition of the Concept of National Security of the Republic of Uzbekistan and the Defense Doctrine;

development of drafts of the Law "On Pension Provision for Persons Who Have Served in the Military Service, Internal Affairs Bodies, Customs Bodies, and Their Family Members" and other regulatory legal documents providing for improving the service procedure, troop support, housing and medical support issues.

Development and approval of a program for equipping the Armed Forces of the Republic of Uzbekistan with modern types of weapons and military equipment.

Q3 2017

Ministry of Defense, Ministry of Internal Affairs, Ministry of Emergency Situations, State Security Service

Draft Program.

This program envisages a specific set of measures for equipping the Armed Forces of the Republic of Uzbekistan with the most necessary weapons and military equipment to ensure the territorial indivisibility of the country.

Analysis of existing regulatory-legal and contractual bases in the field of international military and military-technical cooperation.

Establishing priority directions for further development of bilateral cooperation with foreign partners in this area and preparing proposals.

Q4 2017

Ministry of Defense, Ministry of Internal Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, ministries and departments

Analytical Reference. Specific Proposals.

This analysis will critically and fully inventory the existing regulatory legal documents and international treaties of Uzbekistan in the field of international military and military-technical cooperation, systematically summarize the results, and develop specific proposals aimed at developing bilateral and multilateral cooperation of our state in the near future in this area.

Development of a state program to improve the system of ensuring radiation safety.

Q1 2017

Ministry of Emergency Situations, Ministry of Health, Ministry of Internal Affairs, State Committee for Standardization, State Industrial and Geological Supervision

Draft Legislative Act.

This document will approve a State Program to improve the system of ensuring radiation safety, specifying specific measures planned to be implemented in the republic to ensure radiation safety, the tasks and obligations of enterprises and organizations in this regard, their mutual cooperation, and other issues to be resolved in this area.

Implementation of measures to organize and develop the system of reporting on emergencies and informing the population.

Q2 2017

Ministry of Emergency Situations, Ministry of Information Technologies, Ministry of Internal Affairs, State Security Service, Ministry of Finance

Draft Decision of the Cabinet of Ministers.

This decision will address issues related to organizing an integrated system for tasks and functions performed by state bodies and other organizations in emergencies, including timely informing the population, first-level and urgent work in such situations, and ensuring cooperation between state bodies and other organizations.

Strengthening systematic measures to mitigate the consequences of the Aral Sea tragedy.

Throughout the year

Ministry of Economy, Ministry of Agriculture and Water Resources, State Committee for Environmental Protection, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Measures.

These measures envisage developing effective ways to eliminate the consequences of the Aral Sea tragedy, creating and implementing effective mechanisms to solve environmental problems arising in this area.

Development of a draft Decision of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan providing for measures to further improve the activities of civil protection structures and equip them with material and technical means.

Q1 2017

Ministry of Emergency Situations, Ministry of Finance, ministries and departments

Draft Decision of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

This decision will establish a set of measures reflecting the organizational and legal improvement of the activities of existing civil protection structures in the country, re-examination of their tasks and functions, provision with modern technical means, and other important tasks.

Implementation of systematic measures to increase the population's readiness for actions in emergencies.

Q2 2017

Ministry of Emergency Situations, Council of Ministers of the Karakalpakstan Republic, Khokimiyats of regions and Tashkent city,

Ministry of Finance, "Mahalla" Fund

Draft Decision of the Cabinet of Ministers.

This decision envisages a number of tasks aimed at increasing the population's readiness for emergencies, the role of state bodies in this regard, their cooperation with the population, and training the population in measures to be implemented in emergencies.

Development of a unified system for monitoring and forecasting the probability of emergencies of natural, technological and ecological nature.

Q4 2017

State Committee for Emergency Situations, Ministry of Internal Affairs, State Committee for Environmental Protection, ministries and departments

Draft Decision of the Cabinet of Ministers.

This decision aims to create a unified system for monitoring and forecasting the probability of emergencies of natural, technological and ecological nature.

The creation of such a system will make it possible to prevent and eliminate various possible natural and technological disasters.

5.2. Priority areas in implementing a prudent, mutually beneficial and constructive foreign policy

Development of a draft of the Foreign Policy and Foreign Economic Activity Strategy of the Republic of Uzbekistan for 2017, which establishes the main principles for establishing relations with key foreign partners and defining priority directions for developing cooperation with them.

Q1 2017

Ministry of Foreign Affairs, State Committee for Investment, Ministry of Economy, State Security Service, Ministry of Defense, State Committee for Taxation, Chamber of Commerce and Industry

Foreign Policy and Foreign Economic Activity Strategy.

This strategy reflects the main priority directions for establishing mutually beneficial cooperation in foreign policy and economic spheres with key foreign partners by the country in 2017, and the expected results.

Development of a draft "Roadmap" for the development of political-diplomatic cooperation between Uzbekistan and foreign partners in 2017, including the following:

preparation and organization of visits, meetings and negotiations at the highest and senior levels;

holding consultations at the level of relevant ministries and departments on urgent security issues;

promotion of bilateral and multilateral initiatives, including those aimed at expanding mutual cooperation and ensuring regional security and stability.

Q1 2017

Ministry of Foreign Affairs, State Committee for Investment, Senate of the Oliy Majlis (by agreement), Ministry of Economy, State Security Service, Ministry of Defense, Ministry of Internal Affairs, ministries and departments

Roadmap.

This "Roadmap" will provide an opportunity to further strengthen our state's foreign policy, improve bilateral and multilateral relations, increase the country's international prestige and reputation, and develop practical proposals in this area.

Development of a draft "Roadmap" for the fundamental development and expansion of trade-economic, investment, technological and financial-technical cooperation between Uzbekistan and foreign partners in 2017, including the following:

strengthening the export of products and services of Uzbek enterprises to foreign markets;

attracting investments, advanced technologies, tourist flows to Uzbekistan, as well as grants, preferential loans and technical assistance;

increasing the transport-transit capabilities of the Republic, creating favorable conditions for foreign trade cargo transportation;

expanding cooperation in the fields of education, science and technology.

Q1 2017

Ministry of Foreign Affairs, State Committee for Investment, Senate of the Oliy Majlis (by agreement), Ministry of Economy, ministries and departments

Roadmap.

The adoption of this "Roadmap" will create great opportunities for the fundamental development and expansion of trade-economic, investment, technological and financial-technical cooperation between Uzbekistan and foreign partners, increasing the export potential of our country, and attracting investments, advanced technologies, tourist flows, and preferential loans to our country.

Preparation, approval and ensuring the implementation of a comprehensive set of measures to widely promote the positive international influence of Uzbekistan.

Q4 2017

Ministry of Foreign Affairs, State Committee for Investments, Senate of the Oliy Majlis (by agreement), Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Information Technologies, Uzbek Association of Media and Advertising, Uzbekfilm, ministries and departments

Comprehensive Program of Measures.

These include the following:

holding targeted promotional events (conferences, "round tables", seminars, etc.) aimed at further strengthening the international prestige of our country;

improving the activities of the "Dunyo" Information Agency, actively accelerating its step-by-step integration into the international information community;

increasing the international prestige of our state by publishing relevant materials about achievements in various spheres of state and society construction;

conducting training and seminars with the participation of outstanding and experienced correspondents of foreign print and electronic mass media for talented young specialists;

creating and widely distributing among the international community film films dedicated to the life and activities of great scientists, statesmen and military commanders born, living and creating in the territory of modern Uzbekistan, in cooperation with foreign film studios and with the involvement of famous directors and actors.

Development and submission of the following documents:

draft laws "On the Diplomatic Service of the Republic of Uzbekistan", "On International Treaties of the Republic of Uzbekistan" (new edition), as well as a draft of the Consular Charter of the Republic of Uzbekistan (new edition);

a draft of the new edition of the Regulation "On the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Uzbekistan", including a project providing for a comprehensive set of measures to improve the activities of the ministry, primarily in attracting investments to the country and bringing our products to foreign markets.

Throughout the year

Cabinet of Ministers, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, State Committee for Investments, ministries and departments

Laws and Regulations of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

The adoption of these laws will provide an opportunity for further improvement of the legal basis of Uzbekistan's foreign policy, establishment of the legal status of diplomatic service employees, creation of effective mechanisms for concluding and implementing international treaties, and clarification of the main tasks and functions of consular institutions.

The proposed regulations will provide an opportunity to further improve the activities of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, including strengthening its tasks in attracting investments to the country and increasing its export potential, fundamentally re-examining the activities of Uzbekistan's institutions abroad, and re-examining the legal mechanisms of government-to-government relations with foreign countries.

Development and approval of a work plan for improving the contractual activity of the Republic of Uzbekistan for 2017-2020, including the following:

inventory and critical analysis of the contractual-legal basis of the activities of the Republic of Uzbekistan with foreign countries and international organizations;

expansion of the existing contractual-legal basis by including prospective and practically significant contracts for our country;

active participation of the Uzbek side in the process of international law-making;

creation of an electronic database providing for the accounting and systematization of international treaties, as well as ensuring their regular monitoring and inventory using modern information and communication technologies.

Throughout the year

Cabinet of Ministers, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, State Committee for Taxation, State Committee for Investments, ministries and departments

Work Plan.

This work plan envisages a complete re-examination and improvement of Uzbekistan's contractual-legal basis, establishing systematic work in this area, developing proposals for concluding important contracts, including introducing a system for monitoring the implementation of contracts.

Development of a plan of measures for 2017 on the issues of delimitation and demarcation of state borders, providing for continuing the process of negotiations on the legal formalization of state borders with neighboring states.

Q1 2017

Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Land Geodesy and Cadastre, State Security Service, State Committee for Border Protection, Ministry of Internal Affairs, State Committee for Standardization, Ministry of Justice

Plan of Measures.

The adoption of this plan of measures will provide an opportunity to resolve existing problems in the issues of delimitation and demarcation of state borders between Uzbekistan and bordering states through negotiations.

Holding holiday events under the slogan "Uzbekistan - Our Common Home" in connection with the 25th anniversary of the Republican Center for Intermunicipal National Cultural Relations, with the participation of representatives of various nations of our republic in neighborhoods, labor collectives and educational institutions, to promote inter-ethnic concord, religious tolerance, patriotism and belonging, and to further strengthen mutual respect and unity.

Q1 2017

Republican Center for Intermunicipal National Cultural Relations, Council of Societies for Friendship with Foreign Countries, Ministry of Culture and Sports, Committee of Women, Committee on Religious Affairs, "Mahalla" Fund, Council of Ministers of the Karakalpakstan Republic, Khokimiyats of regions and Tashkent city

100.0

Implementers' funds

Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers.

Events will be organized in areas with dense settlement of representatives of various nations, remote cities and districts, as well as in labor collectives and educational institutions, thereby further strengthening inter-ethnic concord and religious tolerance.

To further strengthen the situation of mutual respect and unity prevailing in society:

Throughout the year

Republican Center for Spirituality and Enlightenment , "Mahalla" Fund, Republican Center for Intermunicipal National Cultural Relations, "Nuroniy" Fund, Committee of Women,

"Family" Scientific and Practical Center, Council of Ministers of the Karakalpakstan Republic, Khokimiyats of regions and Tashkent city

50.0

Implementers' funds

Program of Measures.

Events will be implemented with the participation of writers and scientists, poets and religious scholars, veterans, as well as deputies of local Councils.

"Peace of the Country, Prosperity of the Homeland - the Highest Blessing";

"Inter-ethnic Concord and Tolerance - Guarantee of Stability";

"Mutual Respect and Kindness in Neighborly Relations - the Most Important Condition for Strengthening Unity in Our Country";

"Human Interests - a Great Value" promotional events will be held.

On the Eve of Glorious Dates

Activizing people's diplomacy, improving the activities of the Council of Societies for Friendship and Cultural-Educational Relations between Uzbekistan and Foreign Countries.

Q2 2017

Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Republican Center for Intermunicipal National Cultural Relations

Draft Decree of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

A set of measures is envisaged aimed at strengthening friendship and cooperation with the peoples of the world and compatriots living abroad, introducing the international community of foreign countries to the history and culture of the people of Uzbekistan, as well as improving the financial situation of friendship societies.

Note: Regulatory legal documents may be re-examined or combined into one document depending on the sphere and subject of legal relations they regulate.

Total costs for implementing the measures of the State Program in 2017:

37,687.8 billion soums and 8,349.3 million USD,

of which:

in soums

in USD

State Budget and State Targeted Funds funds

5,263.1 billion

1,625.8 million

Implementers' and charitable organizations' funds

15,423.0 billion

311,510.0 million

Commercial bank loans

16,941.2 billion

Funds of international organizations, financial institutions and grants

60.5 billion

8,036,157.8 thousand (Annex 8, in the edition of the Decree of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan No. PF-5204 dated October 16, 2017)

COMMENTARY On the Decree of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan "On the Strategy of Actions for Further Development of the Republic of Uzbekistan"

During the years of independence, a comprehensive set of measures has been implemented aimed at building a legal democratic state and a strong civil society in the country, developing an economy based on free market relations and the primacy of private property, creating conditions for a peaceful and prosperous life for the people, and securing a worthy place for Uzbekistan on the international stage.

Based on an objective assessment of the path traveled and the experience gained, an analysis of the achievements made during the years of independence, and taking into account the requirements of the times, the task was set to further deepen democratic reforms and set important priorities and specific milestones for accelerating the country's development.

In carrying out this task, practical conversations and discussions were held with broad layers of the population, representatives of the public and business circles, heads and specialists of state bodies. Additionally, existing legislation, informational and analytical materials, reports, recommendations, and comments of national and international organizations were studied, and the experience of developed foreign countries was analyzed.

Based on the collection, in-depth study, and generalization of the suggestions received, the draft Decree of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan "On the Strategy of Actions for Further Development of the Republic of Uzbekistan" was developed, which approved:

The Strategy of Actions for the Development of the Republic of Uzbekistan for 2017–2021 in five priority areas of development (hereinafter referred to as the Strategy);

The State Program for implementing the Strategy in the "Year of Dialogue with the People and Human Interests" (hereinafter referred to as the State Program).

During the preparation of the projects, vigorous discussions were held among broad layers of the population. The projects were posted on various information platforms for discussion, resulting in numerous suggestions and comments. Citizens demonstrated high political and legal activity, showing particular interest and concern for the reforms being carried out.

Specifically, as a result of public discussions organized on the "Legislative Impact Assessment System" portal for the projects, 1,310 suggestions and comments were received, and based on them, 41 items of the State Program were reviewed.

At the same time, a media week and an international round table were organized in Tashkent city from January 23–27, 2017, in which more than 1,300 specialists and experts, representatives of the public, mass media, diplomatic corps, and international organizations, as well as representatives of major foreign investors operating in Uzbekistan, participated.

Conceptual issues of the socio-political, socio-economic, and cultural-humanitarian development of the country, expressed by President Shavkat Mirziyoyev of the Republic of Uzbekistan during the election campaign, meetings with the public, representatives of business circles, and state bodies, were included in the Strategy of Actions.

The goal of the Strategy of Actions is to fundamentally increase the effectiveness of the reforms being carried out, to create conditions for the comprehensive and rapid development of the state and society, and to modernize the country and liberalize all spheres of life.

Specifically, the following 5 priority areas for the development of the country have been identified:

1. Improving the structure of the state and society;
2. Ensuring the supremacy of law and further reforming the judicial and legal system;
3. Further development and liberalization of the economy;
4. Development of the social sphere;
5. Ensuring security, interethnic harmony, and religious tolerance, and conducting a thoughtful, mutually beneficial, and pragmatic foreign policy.

Each of these directions consists of specific sections aimed at further deepening reforms and innovations in the country.

The implementation of the Strategy of Actions is envisaged in five stages, according to which a State Program for its implementation each year is approved in accordance with the names given to the years.

In implementing the first direction of the State Program, named "Improving the Structure of the State and Society," it is planned to strengthen the role of the Oliy Majlis in the system of state power, fundamentally improve the quality of legislative activity, and strengthen the role of political parties in the life of the state.

It is planned to implement measures to improve state management, primarily by reforming the civil service, reducing state management in the economy, developing modern forms of mutually beneficial cooperation between the state and private sectors, and developing the "Electronic Government" system.

Ensuring effective communication with the people became one of the most important and urgent tasks of the State Program. In this regard, it is planned to improve public control, further develop non-governmental non-profit organizations and mass media, and strengthen the role of the mahalla (local community) in the life of society.

The second direction of the State Program involves measures to ensure the supremacy of law and the true independence of the judiciary. Specifically, it is planned to establish the High Judicial Council, which must ensure the independence of courts in making decisions, form a corps of professional judges, and implement measures to protect the rights and legitimate interests of judges.

It is planned to further specialize courts and strengthen their apparatus by establishing administrative courts, regional appellate courts within the system of economic courts, and the position of judge's assistant.

To prevent arbitrariness and unjustified prolongation of case consideration by courts, it is planned to improve procedural legislation, expand the powers of higher court instances to independently eliminate deficiencies in lower-instance courts and make final decisions.

Within the framework of this direction, measures are envisaged to establish direct communication between the heads of all law enforcement and control bodies, state and economic management bodies, and local state power bodies with the people, to ensure that the population can freely appeal to them, and to ensure the timely receipt of appeals and reports regarding violations of the rights and freedoms of individuals and legal entities.

Special attention is paid to fundamentally improving the system of preventing offenses and the activities of internal affairs bodies in combating crime and maintaining public order.

Additionally, this direction includes developing a concept for further improving criminal and criminal-procedural legislation for 2018–2021, improving the system of training, selection, and placement of staff of courts, law enforcement, and control bodies, regularly analyzing appeals and periodically publishing their results, developing the advocacy system, and reforming the notary system and the bodies of the Committee for Religious Affairs.

The third direction, named "Further Development and Liberalization of the Economy," envisages measures to ensure the stability of the national currency and prices, gradually introduce modern market mechanisms for currency regulation, expand the revenue base of local budgets, expand foreign economic relations, introduce modern technologies for the production of export-oriented products and materials, develop transport-logistics infrastructure, develop entrepreneurship and increase investment attractiveness for foreign investors, improve tax administration, introduce modern principles and mechanisms for regulating banking activities, develop multi-profile farms, and rapidly develop the tourism industry.

Additionally, this direction includes measures to protect private property and the financial market, modernize agriculture, develop the jewelry sector, and prepare for the initial placement of shares of certain national enterprises (IPO) on prestigious foreign stock exchanges.

It is planned to implement sector programs involving 649 investment projects with a total value of 40 billion US dollars for 2017–2021. As a result, over the next 5 years, industrial production will increase by 1.5 times, its share in gross domestic product will increase from 33.6 percent to 36 percent, and the share of the processing industry will increase from 80 percent to 85 percent.

The fourth direction, named "Development of the Social Sphere," involves measures to increase employment, provide social protection and preserve the health of citizens, develop and modernize transport, engineering-communication, and social infrastructure, improve the supply of electricity and gas to the population, improve the quality of social assistance provided to needy layers of the population, raise the status of women in socio-political life, reform the healthcare sector, ensure the convenience of preschool education institutions, and improve and develop the quality of general secondary, vocational, and higher education.

Specifically, it is planned to fully implement programs to ensure employment for the population by creating 256,400 jobs through the implementation of approximately 25,000 investment projects for the comprehensive development of regions. It is planned to create 46,800 new jobs in regions with the highest unemployment rates and allocate loans to 10,000 graduates of educational institutions to start entrepreneurial activities.

Measures have been included to support the older generation and improve the procedure for paying social pensions. Specifically, it is planned to reconstruct 78 district medical associations, 7 city and 2 regional multi-profile medical centers, and equip the emergency medical service with 1,200 special vehicles.

It is planned to build 15,000 affordable housing units, 415 kilometers of water supply pipelines, 316 kilometers of gas supply pipelines, and 291 kilometers of internal roads in rural areas. To improve the quality of transport services provided to the population, it is planned to introduce 86 new bus routes and purchase 537 modern buses.

Within the framework of the fifth direction, named "Ensuring Security, Interethnic Harmony, and Religious Tolerance, and Conducting a Thoughtful, Mutually Beneficial, and Pragmatic Foreign Policy," measures are envisaged to protect the constitutional order, sovereignty, and territorial integrity of the republic, improve the system of information and legal foundations in the field of cybersecurity, organize and develop a system for informing the population about emergencies, mitigate the consequences of the Aral Sea tragedy, and develop the Concept of Priority Directions of Policy in the Field of Interethnic Relations and the Concept of State Policy in the Religious Sphere.

At the same time, it is planned to develop "Road Maps" for developing political and diplomatic cooperation with foreign partners and to fundamentally develop and expand Uzbekistan's trade, economic, investment, technological, and financial-technical cooperation with foreign partners targeted for 2017.

37.7 trillion Uzbek som and 8.3 billion US dollars will be allocated for the full implementation of all the measures specified in the State Program.

In order to define strategic and priority directions for the development of the country over the next five years, a National Commission for the Implementation of the Strategy of Actions will be established under the Decree, chaired by the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

Control over the full, timely, and high-quality execution of the measures included in the State Program is entrusted to the commissions established for each of the five directions of the Strategy of Actions.

These commissions are entrusted not only with carrying out the tasks mentioned above but also with preparing draft annual state programs for the implementation of the Strategy of Actions for 2018–2021.

The implementation of the Strategy of Actions will give new impetus to the decisive actions of the Republic of Uzbekistan in the field of reforming and modernizing the country, building a legal democratic state based on a developed market economy and a strong civil society, ensuring the supremacy of law, security and law and order, the inviolability of state borders, and interethnic harmony and religious tolerance in society.

(Collected Legislation of the Republic of Uzbekistan, 2017, No. 6, Article 70; No. 20, Article 354; No. 23, Article 448; No. 37, Article 982; National Database of Legislative Information, July 31, 2018, No. 06/18/5483/1594; December 11, 2019, No. 06/19/5892/4134; March 17, 2021, No. 06/21/6188/0216; May 1, 2021, No. 06/21/6217/0409)