State Program on Implementing the Strategy for Five Priority Areas of Development of the Republic of Uzbekistan for 2017-2021 in the Year of Science, Education and Digital Economy Development

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Decree of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan

On the State Program for Implementing the Strategy for Five Priority Areas of Development of the Republic of Uzbekistan for 2017-2021 in the Year of Science, Education and Digital Economy Development

In order to consistently continue the broad reforms being carried out in our country in the interests of the people, the draft State Program for Implementing the Strategy for Five Priority Areas of Development of the Republic of Uzbekistan for 2017-2021 in the Year of Science, Education and Digital Economy Development was prepared after thorough discussion with the participation of the public.

During the discussions, our people and civil society institutions showed activity, direct broadcasts were organized through more than a thousand TV and radio channels, and suggestions and recommendations from citizens were deeply analyzed with the participation of relevant sector specialists and experts.

In particular, more than three thousand suggestions were received within the framework of public discussion, and based on them, nearly a hundred conceptual and editorial changes and additions were made to the draft State Program. In addition, many suggestions envisage supporting the measures announced in the draft State Program for discussion and improving the processes of their implementation.

In order to ensure the implementation of the Strategy for Five Priority Areas of Development of the Republic of Uzbekistan for 2017-2021, as well as to effectively and timely carry out the tasks set forth in the Address of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan to the Oliy Majlis of January 24, 2020, at the joint meetings and organizational meetings of the parliamentary chambers: [ OKOZ: 1. 02.00.00.00 Fundamentals of State Administration / 02.08.00.00 General Issues of State Administration in the Field of Economy, Socio-Cultural Construction / 02.08.01.00 State Programs, Concepts, etc.]

1. The State Program for Implementing the Strategy for Five Priority Areas of Development of the Republic of Uzbekistan for 2017-2021 in the Year of Science, Education and Digital Economy Development (hereinafter referred to as the State Program) is approved in accordance with the attachment. [ OKOZ:

01.00.00.00 Constitutional Order / 01.05.00.00 Population / 01.05.01.00 Citizenship; 2. 01.00.00.00 Constitutional Order / 01.08.00.00 Oliy Majlis of the Republic of Uzbekistan / 01.08.01.00 General Rules. Elections to the Oliy Majlis / 01.08.01.04 Parliamentary Control; 3. 01.00.00.00 Constitutional Order / 01.14.00.00 Law-making Activity of State Bodies / 01.14.01.00 General Rules; 4. 02.00.00.00 Fundamentals of State Administration / 02.08.00.00 General Issues of State Administration in the Field of Economy, Socio-Cultural Construction / 02.08.01.00 State Programs, Concepts, etc.]

2. In the field of improving the system of state and society construction:

Starting from 2020, the "Electronic Parliament" system is introduced, which provides the opportunity to use an electronic portal and mobile application for forming parliamentary and deputy inquiries based on citizens' appeals on the Internet network, and for direct communication with voters in the activities of the Legislative Chamber and the Senate of the Oliy Majlis of the Republic of Uzbekistan;

A practice is formed in the Legislative Chamber of the Oliy Majlis of the Republic of Uzbekistan to monitor how each law adopted by the end of the year is evaluated by the people and the level of its effectiveness, as well as to take appropriate measures to eliminate existing shortcomings;

Practical organizational measures are taken in 2020 to establish the activities of the Council of People's Deputies of the Samarkand region as an "exemplary Council", and the institution of Council inquiries is introduced into the activities of local representative bodies;

Starting from July 1, 2020, the practice of regularly hearing information from heads of state bodies and economic management bodies on their activities, as well as from members of the Government and heads of sectors on the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals of the United Nations Organization and the work being carried out in the field of science, education and digital economy development, is introduced into practice at the meetings of the Legislative Chamber of the Oliy Majlis of the Republic of Uzbekistan;

Starting from August 1, 2020, a system is established in the Senate of the Oliy Majlis of the Republic of Uzbekistan to hear reports from ambassadors of Uzbekistan in foreign countries, as well as to hold traveling sessions of the Senate Councils and committees in the field of study of issues to quickly resolve problems worrying the population, with the participation of ministers and heads of departments;

Measures are taken to launch a mobile application of the "Mening fikrim" web portal by July 1, 2020, and to organize the discussion of appeals coming to the web portal in the mass media with the involvement of deputies, specialists and the broad public.

It is recommended to ensure the timely implementation of the tasks set in this area by the Chambers of the Oliy Majlis of the Republic of Uzbekistan and the Cabinet of Ministers together with interested ministries and departments, including the adoption of a program of measures aimed at strengthening the parliament's law-making and control activities, a "road map" for drafting directly acting laws, the Concept for Raising the Electoral Culture of the Population, and the Strategy for the Development of Civil Society in Uzbekistan for the medium and long term. [ OKOZ: 1. 01.00.00.00 Constitutional Order / 01.05.00.00 Population / 01.05.02.00 Acquisition and Termination of Citizenship; 2. 02.00.00.00 Fundamentals of State Administration / 02.08.00.00 General Issues of State Administration in the Field of Economy, Socio-Cultural Construction / 02.08.01.00 State Programs, Concepts, etc.; 3. 16.00.00.00 Security and Law Enforcement / 16.09.00.00 Administrative Liability / 16.09.17.00 Execution of Decisions on Administrative Fines; 4. 16.00.00.00 Security and Law Enforcement / 16.12.00.00 Criminal Procedural Legislation / 16.12.11.00 Checking the Legality, Fairness and Groundedness of Judgments, Rulings, Decisions; 5. 18.00.00.00 Prosecutor's Office. Advocacy. Notariat. Legal Services. Justice Bodies. FSB Bodies / 18.01.00.00 Prosecutor's Office / 18.01.03.00 Prosecutor's Control]

3. In the field of ensuring the supremacy of law and further reforming the justice system:

Starting from May 1, 2020, the procedure for demanding from the court the recovery of cases that have entered into legal force by court judgments, decisions, rulings or resolutive decisions, only upon the appeal of the parties (other than the prosecutor), is introduced into practice;

Starting from April 1, 2020, the procedure is introduced for recognizing as citizens of the Republic of Uzbekistan persons who have been permanently residing on the basis of a certificate of a stateless person who arrived in Uzbekistan by 1995 and has not had citizenship since then, and who have expressed a desire to become a citizen of the Republic of Uzbekistan;

By November 1, 2020, the appellate and cassation instances are reformed to expand opportunities for access to justice, and the institution of case management in supervisory procedure is abolished;

By June 1, 2020, types of crimes with low social danger in the field of entrepreneurship are decriminalized, and the procedure for releasing from criminal liability persons who committed a violation of legislation in the customs field for the first time, voluntarily paid for the goods, and carried out customs formalities is introduced;

See: Article 182 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

Starting from December 1, 2020, the authority to consider cases of administrative offenses is transferred to the jurisdiction of courts on criminal cases;

Starting from December 1, 2020, a system is introduced to encourage voluntary payment of fines provided for in the sanction of the relevant article of the Code of Administrative Liability by the person who committed the offense before the case is considered by courts and competent bodies. [ OKOZ: 1. 21.00.00.00 Comprehensive Documents for Amendments and Additions / 21.01.00.00 Laws of the Republic of Uzbekistan]

It is tasked to ensure the timely implementation of the tasks set in this area by the Supreme Court of the Republic of Uzbekistan, the Higher Council of Judges, the Prosecutor General's Office, the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and the Ministry of Justice together with interested ministries and departments, including the development of draft laws containing a new edition of the systematized "Law on Courts", as well as amendments and additions to the Criminal and Criminal Procedural Codes of the Republic of Uzbekistan and the Code of Administrative Liability aimed at strengthening the guarantees of the rights of citizens and business entities. [ OKOZ: 1. 02.00.00.00 Fundamentals of State Administration / 02.08.00.00 General Issues of State Administration in the Field of Economy, Socio-Cultural Construction / 02.08.01.00 State Programs, Concepts, etc.; 2. 03.00.00.00 Civil Legislation / 03.11.00.00 Specific Types of Obligations / 03.11.01.00 Sale and Purchase / 03.11.01.07 Sale of Real Estate; 3. 16.00.00.00 Security and Law Enforcement / 16.05.00.00 Personal Security / 16.05.03.00 Passport-Visa System. Registration of Permanent and Temporary Residence]

4. Consent is given to the following suggestions of the Chambers of the Oliy Majlis of the Republic of Uzbekistan, the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Uzbekistan, and the National Center for Human Rights, taking into account the desires of the broad public and recommendations of the international expert community:

Starting from April 1, 2020, a procedure is introduced that does not require citizens of the Republic of Uzbekistan to have permanent registration in these territories when acquiring real estate in Tashkent city and Tashkent region;

Abolition of a separate rate of state duty for the conclusion of contracts for the sale of real estate in newly built houses in Tashkent city and Tashkent region by citizens of the Republic of Uzbekistan permanently residing in the Republic of Uzbekistan and having permanent registration in other regions of the republic.

The Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Uzbekistan:

a) ensures the introduction of amendments and additions to legislative acts by April 1, 2020, arising from this clause, including the following:

requirements for compliance with the rules of the Housing Code of the Republic of Uzbekistan regarding the social norm of residential area per person when registering permanent registration;

digitalization of processes related to registration and mechanisms for their implementation based on the "single window" principle;

organization of education in high-demand fields of higher education in regions, including the opening of branches of leading higher education institutions located in Tashkent city; [ OKOZ: 1. 09.00.00.00 Entrepreneurship and Economic Activity / 09.13.00.00 Urban Planning and Architecture / 09.13.01.00 General Rules]

b) envisages the designation of the largest cities with natural and socio-economic potential as "attractive centers" in addition to Tashkent city for the development of urbanization in the Republic of Uzbekistan by 2030, in the development of the Concept for the Development of Urbanization in the Republic of Uzbekistan, with the aim of creating additional "attractive centers" for the population of the republic. [ OKOZ: 1. 02.00.00.00 Fundamentals of State Administration / 02.08.00.00 General Issues of State Administration in the Field of Economy, Socio-Cultural Construction / 02.08.01.00 State Programs, Concepts, etc.; 2. 07.00.00.00 Legislation on Finance and Credit. Banking Activity / 07.09.00.00 Tax Legislation / 07.09.01.00 General Rules; 3. 09.00.00.00 Entrepreneurship and Economic Activity / 09.14.00.00 Agriculture / 09.14.09.00 Agricultural Sectors / 09.14.09.02 Cotton Growing; 4. 09.00.00.00 Entrepreneurship and Economic Activity / 09.14.00.00 Agriculture / 09.14.17.00 Contracts in Agriculture / 09.14.17.01 Contracting. Purchase and Delivery of Agricultural Products for State Needs (see also 03.11.01.05)]

5. In the field of economic development and active attraction of investments:

Starting from 2020, the practice of setting the volume and price of mandatory sale of cotton raw materials by the state is abolished, and the volume of mandatory grain sales to the state is reduced by 25 percent;

In 2020, an effective procedure is established for paying interest to taxpayers in an amount equal to the main rate of the Central Bank from the budget for the amount of overpaid taxes not returned within the specified period, as well as for returning a part of the value-added tax on products sold in the domestic market;

In 2020, licenses and other permitting documents are reduced by at least two times;

Starting from June 1, 2020, the implementation of "road maps" for the transformation of banks with state shares is started, including measures to improve the quality of banking services provided to the population and economic entities, and to increase the variety of modern retail banking services;

An Export-Credit Agency aimed at pre-financing exports is established by June 1, 2020;

Practical measures are taken in 2020 to timely and fully implement the "digital marking and online cash register" project and to develop and introduce the "E-warehouse" electronic system for accounting for goods;

Starting from June 1, 2020, mechanisms are introduced for the state to cover part of the costs of exporting goods by local exporters via road and air transport, as well as for compensating part of the costs of entrepreneurs for infrastructure construction;

In 2020, at least 800 thousand broadband Internet ports are created and 12 thousand km of optical fiber communication lines are laid.

It is tasked to ensure the timely implementation of the tasks set in this area by the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Uzbekistan, the Central Bank, the Chamber of Accounts, and the Chamber of Commerce and Industry together with interested ministries and departments, including the development of draft laws "On State Financial Control", "On State Debt" and "On Official Statistics", Strategies for the Development of Highways and Increasing the Accessibility of Financial Services, Concepts for Regulating Foreign Economic Activity and Developing Water Management, and a program of practical measures for the widespread introduction of digital technologies in agriculture. [ OKOZ: 1. 02.00.00.00 Fundamentals of State Administration / 02.08.00.00 General Issues of State Administration in the Field of Economy, Socio-Cultural Construction / 02.08.01.00 State Programs, Concepts, etc.; 2. 05.00.00.00 Legislation on Labor and Employment of the Population / 05.01.00.00 Employment and Employment of the Population / 05.01.04.00 Guarantees of Social Support for the Unemployed; 3. 09.00.00.00 Entrepreneurship and Economic Activity / 09.01.00.00 Legislation on Entrepreneurship / 09.01.09.00 State Support for Entrepreneurs and Protection of Their Rights]

6. The Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Uzbekistan:

within two months, approves a "road map" for organizing entrepreneurship training courses in each region and the procedure for granting grants for the best project to graduates of these courses;

Under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Employment and Labor Relations, at the base of 30 colleges transferred to it, as well as in each district of Tashkent city, organize at least one "Welcome to Work" monocenter and vocational training centers, ensuring that, first of all, the unemployed and members of low-income families are trained in the basics of entrepreneurship and vocational skills.

The gradual organization of such moncenters and vocational training centers is ensured in the cities and districts of the Karakalpakstan Republic and regions.

7. The Agency for the Development of Small Business under the Ministry of Economy and Industry of the Republic of Uzbekistan, the Ministry of Population Education, the Ministry of Higher and Secondary Special Education, the Chamber of Commerce and Industry, and the Union of Youth of Uzbekistan together with the Council of Ministers of the Karakalpakstan Republic, regional and Tashkent city Khokimiyats, take measures to organize vocational training courses for single and large-family women, the unemployed, and youth in areas with high demand in everyday life, specifically sewing, cooking, hairdressing, and other fields.

The Ministry of Population Education, together with the Ministry of Employment and Labor Relations, develops the "Vocational Training Program in Mahalla Districts" within one month and forms a list of applicants.

It is established that funds are allocated from the State Fund for Employment Assistance, in the procedure established by the Cabinet of Ministers, for socially vulnerable groups of the population, such as single and large-family women, the unemployed, and youth, who were trained within the framework of vocational training courses.

8. The Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Karakalpakstan Republic, Khokims of regions, Tashkent city, and districts (cities), together with the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Employment and Labor Relations of the Republic of Uzbekistan:

establish a system for granting grants for advanced entrepreneurship projects from budget funds;

by May 1, 2020, hold a competition among non-governmental organizations for the "Best Vocational Training Program" in each region, and develop a procedure for granting grants from the State Fund for Employment Assistance to its winners for organizing their own business. [ OKOZ: 1. 02.00.00.00 Fundamentals of State Administration / 02.08.00.00 General Issues of State Administration in the Field of Economy, Socio-Cultural Construction / 02.08.01.00 State Programs, Concepts, etc.; 2. 09.00.00.00 Entrepreneurship and Economic Activity / 09.10.00.00 Industry / 09.10.07.00 Small Industrial Zones]

9. The Council of Ministers of the Karakalpakstan Republic and regional Khokimiyats together with the Ministry of Economy and Industry of the Republic of Uzbekistan, within two months, identify unused and vacant land plots not intended for agriculture in areas where entrepreneurship is well developed and the population is densely settled, and take measures to develop project documentation for the organization of small industrial zones in them and their infrastructure provision.

It is established that:

100 billion soums are allocated from the funds of the State Budget of the Republic of Uzbekistan to the directorates managing small industrial zones to provide all necessary infrastructure for newly established small industrial zones;

land plots in newly established small industrial zones are privatized and transferred to entrepreneurs in the procedure established by the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Uzbekistan, and the funds received from this are spent by the directorates managing small industrial zones for the construction of new small industrial zones. [ OKOZ: 1. 02.00.00.00 Fundamentals of State Administration / 02.08.00.00 General Issues of State Administration in the Field of Economy, Socio-Cultural Construction / 02.08.01.00 State Programs, Concepts, etc.; 2. 09.00.00.00 Entrepreneurship and Economic Activity / 09.14.00.00 Agriculture / 09.14.07.00 Farming (Personal Auxiliary Economy)]

10. The Fund for Supporting Farmers, Farm Holdings, and Homestead Landowners, together with the Ministry of Population Education, the Council of Ministers of the Karakalpakstan Republic, and regional Khokimiyats, within one month, form a list of the population in each district who wish to engage in agriculture, distribute land plots that have exited the agricultural turnover to applicants, and unite them into cooperatives. In this regard, privileges provided for by legislation are granted to these persons, and all necessary measures are taken to return the land to turnover. [ OKOZ:

02.00.00.00 Fundamentals of State Administration / 02.08.00.00 General Issues of State Administration in the Field of Economy, Socio-Cultural Construction / 02.08.01.00 State Programs, Concepts, etc.; 2. 09.00.00.00 Entrepreneurship and Economic Activity / 09.01.00.00 Legislation on Entrepreneurship / 09.01.09.00 State Support for Entrepreneurs and Protection of Their Rights]

11. The Agency for the Development of Small Business under the Ministry of Economy and Industry of the Republic of Uzbekistan and the Ministry of Information Technologies and Communications of the Republic of Uzbekistan, within two months, announce competitions for the creation of interactive mobile applications providing services to business and citizens wishing to start entrepreneurship and those wishing to be self-employed, and establish a system for granting grants to the best projects.

See previous edition.

12. The Ministry of Economy and Industry of the Republic of Uzbekistan, together with the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Employment and Labor Relations, the Ministry of Investments and Foreign Trade, and other competent bodies, as well as with the involvement of the World Bank, the United Nations Development Programme, and other international organizations, develops a draft Poverty Reduction Program by October 1, 2020, and submits it to the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Uzbekistan, which envisages: (Paragraph 12 of the Decree of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan No. PF-5975 of March 26, 2020 — National Database of Legislation, March 27, 2020, No. 06/20/5975/0377)

the development of the concept of poverty, its methodology and criteria for determination taking into account territorial features;

the implementation of comprehensive measures to form modern business and entrepreneurship skills among the population, especially among youth and women;

the introduction of effective mechanisms for supporting entrepreneurship initiatives, primarily those that allow solving social problems at the local level;

the creation of conditions to provide broad opportunities for business entities to use financial resources, including microfinance services and state procurement;

the implementation of extensive programs for the retraining of the unemployed population and training of unemployed citizens in high-demand professions. [ OKOZ: 1. 02.00.00.00 Fundamentals of State Administration / 02.08.00.00 General Issues of State Administration in the Field of Economy, Socio-Cultural Construction / 02.08.06.00 Administrative Procedures / 02.08.06.02 Licensing of Specific Types of Activity (see also 09.01.05.00); 2. 02.00.00.00 Fundamentals of State Administration / 02.08.00.00 General Issues of State Administration in the Field of Economy, Socio-Cultural Construction / 02.08.06.00 Administrative Procedures / 02.08.06.03 Permitting Procedures (see also 09.01.05.03)]

13. It is established that, starting from June 1, 2020, it is not permitted to refuse licenses and other documents with a licensing nature to business entities due to the failure of personnel to meet the professional qualifications, submitted documents and programs to meet the requirements established by legislation, and buildings and structures to meet sanitary and epidemiological requirements and fire safety requirements.

In this regard, authorized state bodies should assist business entities in finding qualified personnel, attracting specialists to process documents and programs, and creating other necessary conditions for obtaining licenses and other documents with a licensing nature, except in cases where the applicant refuses the offered assistance.

The Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Uzbekistan shall submit proposals within three months on introducing the procedure established in this paragraph. [ OKON: 1. 02.00.00.00 Fundamentals of State Administration / 02.08.00.00 General issues of state administration in the field of economy, socio-cultural construction / 02.08.01.00 State programs, concepts and others; 2. 09.00.00.00 Entrepreneurship and economic activity / 09.15.00.00 Transport / 09.15.03.00 Railway transport / 09.15.03.04 Passenger and cargo transportation, mutual settlements]

14. The Ministry of Transport of the Republic of Uzbekistan, together with the Ministry of Justice, shall submit proposals to the Cabinet of Ministers within three months, taking into account the use of modern methods of monitoring and controlling the activities of carriers in the "UzTrans" single interactive information system:

introducing a procedure for notifying about the start of cargo transportation and registering vehicles carrying out international cargo transportation "online" to carry out cargo transportation by road transport in the city, suburban, intercity and international routes;

granting the right to individuals to carry out passenger transportation by road transport in the city, suburban and intercity routes. [ OKON: 1. 02.00.00.00 Fundamentals of State Administration / 02.08.00.00 General issues of state administration in the field of economy, socio-cultural construction / 02.08.01.00 State programs, concepts and others; 2. 03.00.00.00 Civil legislation / 03.11.00.00 Specific types of obligations / 03.11.22.00 Insurance / 03.11.22.02 Mandatory insurance; 3. 13.00.00.00 Education. Science. Culture / 13.01.00.00 Education / 13.01.06.00 Non-state educational organizations; 4. 13.00.00.00 Education. Science. Culture / 13.01.00.00 Education / 13.01.08.00 Types of education / 13.01.08.01 Preschool education and upbringing; 5. 14.00.00.00 Healthcare. Physical culture. Sport. Tourism / 14.01.00.00 Healthcare / 14.01.04.00 Provision of healthcare institutions, population with medicines, pharmaceutical products and medical devices. Pharmacy]

15. In the field of social development:

ensure that the level of coverage with preschool education reaches 60 percent by introducing a system for preparing 6-year-old children for school by the end of 2020;

from the 2020/2021 academic year, optimize the workload of teachers in general secondary education schools, as well as reduce by half the number of subjects not related to the main specialization in higher education institutions;

from the 2020/2021 academic year, gradually double the parameters of the state order for admission to higher education institutions of the Republic of Uzbekistan on a state grant basis;

in 2020, select at least 5 higher education institutions on a competitive basis and take measures to transform them in cooperation with prestigious foreign higher education institutions;

in 2020, activate fundamental and applied research in fields such as mathematics, chemistry-biology, geology, and take measures to create all conditions for scientists;

by September 1, 2020, fundamentally review the mechanism for allocating targeted grant funds for fundamental and innovative research in order to ensure active integration of science and production with industry;

in 2020, complete preparatory work for the introduction of the mandatory medical insurance system and launch this system on a trial basis in the Syrdarya region in the following year;

in 2020, increase the provision of state medical organizations and the population with medicines and medical devices by 1.3 times compared to the previous year.

The Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Uzbekistan, together with interested ministries and departments, is tasked with ensuring the timely execution of the tasks set in this area, including the development of the new edition of the Housing Code, the draft Ecology Code, the draft laws "On Water Supply and Sewerage Services" and "On Cinematography", the State Program for Ensuring Employment and Creating New Jobs, the National Program for Developing and Supporting Reading Culture, concepts for the Development of Science and Technology, Social Protection of the Population, Drinking Water Supply and Sewerage System Development, and the Strategy for the Development of the Construction Sector.

16. The Ministry of Public Education of the Republic of Uzbekistan, together with the Ministry of Information Technologies and Communications, shall, within the framework of the "Five Initiatives" project on youth education and women's employment, from September 1, 2020, introduce information systems on a trial basis in separate general education institutions for electronic teaching of children in school subjects, including digitalization of electronic class journals, student diaries, and an electronic library of materials (textbooks, video lessons, virtual laboratories, etc.), replacing paper documents. [ OKON:

02.00.00.00 Fundamentals of State Administration / 02.08.00.00 General issues of state administration in the field of economy, socio-cultural construction / 02.08.01.00 State programs, concepts and others; 2. 13.00.00.00 Education. Science. Culture / 13.01.00.00 Education / 13.01.09.00 Secondary education]

17. The Ministry of Information Technologies and Communications of the Republic of Uzbekistan, together with the Ministry of Higher and Secondary Special Education, shall ensure the revision of educational programs in the field of information and communication technologies and the digital economy, taking into account the preparation of personnel in fields such as data science, big data, artificial intelligence, including with the participation of experts, including foreign experts. [ OKON:

02.00.00.00 Fundamentals of State Administration / 02.08.00.00 General issues of state administration in the field of economy, socio-cultural construction / 02.08.01.00 State programs, concepts and others; 2. 13.00.00.00 Education. Science. Culture / 13.01.00.00 Education / 13.01.88.00 (Lost force) Education on a fee-contract basis]

18. The Ministry of Higher and Secondary Special Education of the Republic of Uzbekistan, together with other interested departments, shall ensure that students of republican higher education institutions are provided with the opportunity to make payments for study in equal shares at least four times during the academic year, starting from the 2020/2021 academic year. [ OKON:

02.00.00.00 Fundamentals of State Administration / 02.08.00.00 General issues of state administration in the field of economy, socio-cultural construction / 02.08.01.00 State programs, concepts and others; 2. 13.00.00.00 Education. Science. Culture / 13.01.00.00 Education / 13.01.72.00 (Lost force) Higher education (bachelor's and master's)]

19. From the 2020/2021 academic year, the gradual introduction of the distance learning form shall be introduced on a trial basis at Tashkent State University of Information Technologies named after Muhammad al-Khwarizmi, Tashkent State University of Law, and Tashkent State Pedagogical University.

The Ministry of Information Technologies and Communications of the Republic of Uzbekistan, the Ministry of Justice, and the Ministry of Higher and Secondary Special Education shall, by August 1, 2020, establish the procedure for implementing the distance learning form, create a software-hardware complex, introduce and install a distance learning platform in the educational process of the relevant higher education institutions, and equip them with the necessary equipment in the established manner.

The Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Uzbekistan shall, by January 1, 2021, taking into account the results of the trial, submit proposals on introducing the distance learning form into the higher education system, together with a schedule for implementing this form of education in terms of higher education institutions and educational directions. [ OKON: 1. 02.00.00.00 Fundamentals of State Administration / 02.08.00.00 General issues of state administration in the field of economy, socio-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 / 06.04.00.00 Work experience / 06.04.01.00 General rules; 3. 06.00.00.00 Legislation on social security and social insurance. Social protection / 06.06.00.00 Pensions / 06.06.13.00 Calculation of pensions]

20. Based on the Resolution of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan No. PQ-4502 dated October 31, 2019, it is accepted for information that the verification of work experience and determination of the amount of wages for calculating pensions for the period after January 1, 2020, shall be carried out on the basis of data available in the "Unified National Labor System" interdepartmental software-hardware complex.

Such a procedure shall be established according to which, without submitting archival data for verifying work experience and determining the amount of wages for calculating pensions:

for the period 2005-2016, data on mandatory contributions to the accumulating pension system shall be used;

for the period 2016-2018, data from the centralized electronic registry of individual accounting of insurance contributions transferred to the Non-State Pension Fund under the Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Uzbekistan shall be used;

for 2019, data from the centralized electronic registry of individual accounting of citizens' wages shall be used.

Archival data for the periods indicated in this paragraph shall be used only if the necessary data is not available in the systems or upon the appeal of the citizen. If there is a need to check the documents submitted by the citizen and request additional archival data, the citizen shall be оформлен (formalized) remotely for the minimum amount of pension and subsequently recalculated.

The Ministry of Labor and Social Relations of the Republic of Uzbekistan, together with the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Justice, shall within three months:

take measures to integrate the systems and databases of interested departments through the "Unified National Labor System" interdepartmental software-hardware complex to collect necessary data for the period up to January 1, 2020, through a single system, as well as to ensure the full operation of this system by digitizing data;

submit proposals on improving the procedure for assigning and paying pensions, taking into account the opportunity for citizens to familiarize themselves with the relevant data on pension payments assigned to them, including the possibility of automatic calculation. [ OKON: 1. 02.00.00.00 Fundamentals of State Administration / 02.08.00.00 General issues of state administration in the field of economy, socio-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 / 06.04.00.00 Work experience / 06.04.01.00 General rules]

21. The Ministry of Labor and Social Relations of the Republic of Uzbekistan, together with the Ministry of Finance, the State Tax Committee, the Ministry of Justice, taking into account citizens' appeals and tasks for the digitalization of the economy, shall within two months review the list of types of activities (services, works) for which temporary work permits are issued to self-employed citizens, digitalize these processes, and ensure the inclusion of a "roadmap" for popularizing "freelancing" (remote work) opportunities. [ OKON:

02.00.00.00 Fundamentals of State Administration / 02.06.00.00 State service (see also 05.10.05.00); 2. 02.00.00.00 Fundamentals of State Administration / 02.08.00.00 General issues of state administration in the field of economy, socio-cultural construction / 02.08.01.00 State programs, concepts and others]

22. The proposal of the Agency for the Development of State Service under the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan and the Ministry of Information Technologies and Communications of the Republic of Uzbekistan to introduce the "Single Electronic Information-Analytical System of State Civil Service" software-hardware complex (hereinafter referred to as the software-hardware complex) from November 1, 2020, is approved.

The Ministry of Information Technologies and Communications of the Republic of Uzbekistan, together with the Agency for the Development of State Service under the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan, shall ensure the integration of the software-hardware complex with the Single Interactive Portal of State Services of the Republic of Uzbekistan and other necessary systems.

The Ministry of Higher and Secondary Special Education of the Republic of Uzbekistan, the State Inspectorate for Quality Control of Education, the Higher Attestation Commission, and the heads of higher education institutions in the republic shall take measures to ensure the timely and quality development of their departmental information systems, their integration with the software-hardware complex, and to ensure the full operation of this system by digitizing data. [ OKON: 1. 02.00.00.00 Fundamentals of State Administration / 02.08.00.00 General issues of state administration in the field of economy, socio-cultural construction / 02.08.01.00 State programs, concepts and others]

23. The Ministry of Information Technologies and Communications of the Republic of Uzbekistan, together with other interested departments, shall, in developing the draft "Digital Uzbekistan - 2030" program, take into account the following along with other issues: [ OKON:

12.00.00.00 Information and informatization / 12.02.00.00 Management in the field of information and informatization. Electronic government / 12.02.01.00 Management bodies for informatization]

a) in the direction of developing the "Electronic Government" system:

improving the system for developing human capital in the field of information technology, preparing personnel and improving their qualifications;

transforming state services into digital format and developing the information ecosystem;

ensuring the openness and transparency of the activities of state bodies and organizations;

b) in the direction of increasing the potential of the local IT technologies market:

transitioning state bodies and organizations to the use of these products by establishing a single registry of basic functional requirements for information systems and software products;

forming a single database of local information systems and software products that meet the established functional requirements;

establishing laboratories in higher education institutions with existing potential for developing information technologies and software products, including involving internationally recognized advanced IT companies;

creating favorable conditions for further development of the development of local information technologies and software products;

c) in the direction of creating a state data management system:

introducing a standardized approach to the formation and processing of data in the field of state administration;

introducing the "single source of data" principle according to which data is formed only in one state body or its subdivisions, with responsibility for data formation and updating distributed among state bodies;

gradual transition from a document-oriented system to a system based on data registry entries.

24. It is permitted to recruit staff responsible for introducing and developing the "digital economy", modern information technologies and communications in state bodies, departments, all enterprises and organizations without being guided by the minimum level of education and professional qualification ranks of the classifier of professions for workers in the main positions of servants.

The Ministry of Information Technologies and Communications of the Republic of Uzbekistan and the Ministry of Innovative Development, together with interested ministries and departments, shall submit proposals to the Cabinet of Ministers within two months on creating a system for supporting and encouraging persons with international certificates in the field of information technology.

In this regard, it is envisaged that the state shall cover expenses for persons who successfully pass exams to obtain international certificates in the field of information technology, and expand the opportunities for persons with international certificates in the field of information technology to study at republican higher education institutions.

25. The Ministry of Information Technologies and Communications of the Republic of Uzbekistan, the Ministry of Labor and Social Relations, the Ministry of Innovative Development, together with the Council of Ministers of the Karakalpakstan Republic, regional and Tashkent city khokimiyats, shall take measures to organize special courses for youth on learning digital technologies in "Digital Technologies Training Centers", "Welcome to Work" monocenters, and "Youth Technoparks" within the framework of financing the "Five Initiatives" project.

26. The proposal of the Ministry of Innovative Development and the Ministry of Information Technologies and Communications of the Republic of Uzbekistan, together with the Union of Young People of Uzbekistan, to hold the "International Youth Innovation Forum" in Tashkent city and organize a competition for "Best Projects" within the framework of the forum, with the aim of attracting the most advanced youth projects to the development of the digital economy, is approved. [ OKON:

02.00.00.00 Fundamentals of State Administration / 02.08.00.00 General issues of state administration in the field of economy, socio-cultural construction / 02.08.01.00 State programs, concepts and others; 2. 12.00.00.00 Information and informatization / 12.02.00.00 Management in the field of information and informatization. Electronic government / 12.02.01.00 Management bodies for informatization]

27. The Cabinet of Ministers shall, within one month, submit draft decrees and resolutions of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan, which shall include:

critical review of the organizational and institutional foundations of the digital economy and electronic government to improve state administration in this area;

in the direction of improving the "Electronic Government" system, developing interdepartmental electronic cooperation, improving the quality and expanding the list of electronic state services provided, and widely using forms of interaction without direct contact between the population and business entities;

in the direction of wide introduction of information systems and software products into the branches of the real sector of the economy, creating digital technologies and automated systems in financial and economic activities, administrative procedures, production, technological and management processes;

in the direction of developing telecommunications infrastructure, expanding the use of broadband Internet access, developing and modernizing mobile communication networks and other modern telecommunications services;

improving the financing system for the implementation of projects in the field of the digital economy.

28. Such a procedure shall be established according to which the formation, storage and processing of information in state bodies and organizations providing state services shall be carried out using the single identifiers of the "Electronic Government" system.

29. The proposal of the Ministry of Information Technologies and Communications of the Republic of Uzbekistan to introduce a single registry of interdepartmental information systems and software products of the Electronic Government (hereinafter referred to as the Single Registry), as well as single identifiers of the "Electronic Government" system mandatory for use in the information systems and resources of state bodies and organizations, and lists of reference books and classifiers (hereinafter referred to as lists) is approved.

30. It is established:

Interdepartmental integrated information systems and resources, as well as other software products developed for the interests of state bodies and other organizations, are included in the Single Registry;

state bodies and other organizations are required to implement and effectively use interdepartmental integrated information systems and resources included in the Single Registry, as well as other software products.

31. The Ministry of Information Technologies and Communications of the Republic of Uzbekistan, the State Inspection "Uzkomenadzor", and the Cybersecurity Center shall, within two months, submit to the Cabinet of Ministers for approval the draft regulation on the procedure for forming and maintaining the Single Registry and lists, indicating the state bodies and organizations responsible for submitting current versions of the registry and lists to the "Electronic Government" system. [ OKON:

02.00.00.00 Fundamentals of State Administration / 02.08.00.00 General issues of state administration in the field of economy, socio-cultural construction / 02.08.01.00 State programs, concepts and others; 2. 12.00.00.00 Information and informatization / 12.03.00.00 Information resources. Use of information resources / 12.03.05.00 Information with restricted use / 12.03.05.01 State secret]

32. The Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Uzbekistan shall, by September 1, 2020, review the list of information considered a state secret and take measures to subsequently declassify it, in order to prevent unjustified restrictions on the opportunity to obtain information necessary for the development of science and education, information technologies, labor relations and entrepreneurship, as well as taking into account international standards. [ OKON:

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. 02.00.00.00 Fundamentals of State Administration / 02.08.00.00 General issues of state administration in the field of economy, socio-cultural construction / 02.08.01.00 State programs, concepts and others]

33. It is accepted for information that the issue of organizing a United Nations Training Center for the Development of Parliamentarism within the structure of the Institute of Legislative Problems and Parliamentary Research under the Oliy Majlis of the Republic of Uzbekistan, in cooperation with the United Nations and the United Nations Development Programme offices in Uzbekistan, by the Chambers of the Oliy Majlis of the Republic of Uzbekistan and the Ministry of Justice, has been developed and is aimed at the following goals:

implementation of training programs to improve the skills, qualifications and potential of the deputy corps and senators, as well as specialists of state power and administration bodies, in cooperation with parliaments of foreign countries and other interested state bodies;

legislative creativity, parliamentary control, representation of citizens' interests and establishing open dialogue with the public, assessing the regulatory impact of legislation, and optimizing the regulatory burden;

create an "online" system including educational modules and programs for distance learning within and outside the Republic of Uzbekistan in relevant areas, integrated with the "Electronic Parliament" system.

It is established that the financing of the activities of the training center and the costs associated with the stay of students and experts from foreign countries in the country shall be carried out from the State Budget of the Republic of Uzbekistan, funds of international organizations and donors.

The Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Uzbekistan shall ensure the allocation of financial resources in the established order within the parameters of the 2020 State Budget for the implementation of the measures envisaged in this paragraph, and shall provide for the annual allocation of budget funds from 2021.

It is recommended that the Chambers of the Oliy Majlis of the Republic of Uzbekistan adopt a joint resolution on increasing the efficiency of its activities, taking into account the current stage of reform of this institute.

34. It is accepted for information that when considering and approving the candidate for the position of Prime Minister of the Republic of Uzbekistan in the Oliy Majlis of the Republic of Uzbekistan, the Action Program of the Cabinet of Ministers aimed at the short and long term has been submitted.

The Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Uzbekistan shall critically discuss at its meetings the status of implementation of the Action Program in the context of ministries, departments and regions in close linkage with the State Program for the relevant year on a quarterly basis. [ OKON: 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. 19.00.00.00 International Relations. International Law / 19.01.00.00 General Issues in Interstate Relations / 19.01.01.00 Basic Principles in Relations with States]

35. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, together with the Ministry of Investment, Industry and Trade and other interested departments, shall submit proposals within two weeks on specific measures aimed at activating cooperation with foreign countries in 2020 in the fields of trade and economic, investment, scientific and educational, cultural and humanitarian, and political spheres, as well as in the field of security, including simplification of procedures and provision of special favorable regimes for citizens and business entities of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

36. In order to create favorable conditions for attracting direct investments, advanced practices and modern technologies, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Uzbekistan, together with the Ministry of Investment, Industry and Trade and interested departments, shall ensure the preparation of specific proposals and practical measures to expand multilateral cooperation with world countries, deepening long-term partnership with the United Nations and its agencies, leading international institutions and financial structures, as well as regional associations, actively involving diplomatic missions of the Republic of Uzbekistan abroad. [ OKON:

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. 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]

37. Consent is given to the proposal of the "Yuksalish" All-National Movement and the "Strategy of Development" Center to organize the "International Debate Club" that will carry out the following:

conduct public discussions and widely cover them in mass media on important issues of implementing reforms, involving local and foreign experts;

conduct surveys and studies among the population and experts to establish a system for continuously evaluating the efficiency of the activities of state power and management bodies;

develop substantiated proposals taking into account public discussion of draft regulatory legal documents being submitted;

regularly organize public hearings to increase the accountability of state bodies and organizations to the population.

It is established that the "International Debate Club" is organized under the "Yuksalish" All-National Movement.

38. The Ministry of Economy and Industry of the Republic of Uzbekistan, together with the "Yuksalish" All-National Movement and the "Strategy of Development" Center, shall:

develop recommendations on systematic monitoring of the implementation of the State Program and taking additional measures for its quality and timely execution;

generalize information on the progress of the implementation of the State Program monthly and post its results on their websites reflecting clear indicators and positive changes achieved;

submit information on monitoring results monthly to the Administration of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan and the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Uzbekistan;

prepare information and analytical reviews on the results of the implementation of the State Program, ensure their publication in foreign languages and wide dissemination.

39. Control over the consistent and timely implementation of the provisions of the State Program shall be carried out in the following order:

The Supreme Assembly of the Republic of Karakalpakstan, regional, district and city Councils of People's Deputies shall develop a plan of measures for the implementation of the State Program in their territories within ten days and discuss it at their meetings monthly;

The Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Uzbekistan shall critically review the implementation of the State Program before the Deputy Prime Ministers and advisors monthly, discuss it at Government meetings quarterly, and take appropriate measures against the heads of responsible ministries and departments for measures not executed on time and in full;

The Chambers of the Oliy Majlis of the Republic of Uzbekistan shall listen to information from the Prime Minister and Government members on the implementation of the State Program quarterly and develop proposals aimed at increasing the efficiency of Government activities in this regard;

The Administration of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan, together with the Accounts Committee, shall monitor the implementation of the State Program monthly and ensure its timely and full execution.

40. The Information and Mass Communications Agency under the Administration of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan, the Uzbek National Information Agency, the Uzbek National Television and Radio Company, together with the International Press Club, the National Association of Electronic Mass Media, and the National Association of Non-Governmental Non-Commercial Organizations of Uzbekistan, shall:

ensure wide explanation of the goals and objectives of this Decree in mass media and the Internet;

ensure timely delivery of honest and complete information on the progress of the implementation of the State Program to the wide public.

41. The Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Uzbekistan, together with interested departments, shall submit proposals to the Cabinet of Ministers within two months regarding amendments and additions to legislative acts arising from this Decree.

42. Control over the execution of this Decree shall be entrusted to the Prime Minister of the Republic of Uzbekistan A.N. Aripov and the Head of the Administration of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Z.Sh. Nizomiddinov.

President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Sh. MIRZIYOYEV

Tashkent city,

March 2, 2020,

PF-5953

Decree of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan dated March 2, 2020 No. PF-5953 APPENDIX [ OKON: 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]

STATE PROGRAM on Implementing the Strategy of Actions on Five Priority Directions of Development of the Republic of Uzbekistan for 2017-2021 in the Year of Science, Education and Digital Economy Development

See previous edition.

No.

Measures to be implemented

Deadline for execution

Responsible for execution

Expenditures (million UZS)

Sources of financing

Document form, implementation mechanism, expected result

I. PRIORITY DIRECTIONS FOR IMPROVING THE SYSTEM OF STATE AND SOCIETY BUILDING

1.1. Further deepening of democratic reforms and strengthening the role of the Chambers of the Oliy Majlis and political parties in modernizing the country

Increasing the role of the Senate of the Oliy Majlis in lawmaking and parliamentary control.

June 1, 2020

Senate of the Oliy Majlis (by agreement), Councils of People's Deputies of regions, districts and cities, Mass Media, Institute of Legislative Problems and Parliamentary Research

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Draft regulatory legal documents.

In the drafts:

Establish a clear mechanism for organizing public discussion of laws received by the Senate in the regions;

Establish the practice of hearing reports from ambassadors of Uzbekistan in foreign countries;

Establish the practice of regularly discussing reports by the Senate on urgent socio-economic issues by heads of ministries and departments;

Establish the procedure for the official to whom the parliamentary or senatorial inquiry is sent to respond to the inquiry personally;

Introduce a system of forming inquiries taking into account the interests of regions and discussing information on their results in committees and plenary sessions;

Grant the Senate the authority to cancel decisions of local Councils that contradict laws;

Widen the practice of each committee of the Senate forming its activity plan taking into account regional problems;

Introduce a system of holding traveling meetings of the Senate Council and committees in the field with the participation of heads of ministries and departments to quickly solve problems worrying the population;

Monitor the achievement of approved indicators for fulfilling the UN Sustainable Development Goals;

The Senate is envisaged to take relevant measures on youth and education issues.

Further strengthening the cooperation of the Senate of the Oliy Majlis with local Councils.

June 1, 2020

Senate of the Oliy Majlis, Councils of People's Deputies of regions, districts and cities, Institute of Legislative Problems and Parliamentary Research, Ministry of Justice, Ministry of Information Technologies and Communications Development, MTRK

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Program of measures.

In the Program:

Assign senators working permanently in the Senate to local Councils;

Organize the activities of the Samarkand Regional Council of People's Deputies as a "model Council" this year;

Introduce the practice of senators hearing reports from local leaders to actively use executive bodies in the field, and bringing issues to be resolved at the republican level to the discussion of the Senate;

Introduce the practice of broadcasting Senate sessions live to the activities of local Councils;

It is envisaged to organize "Senator's Rooms" in local Councils.

Strengthening the activity of the Senate in controlling the formation and execution of the State Budget taking into account regional interests.

March 15, 2020

Senate of the Oliy Majlis (by agreement), Cabinet of Ministers, Ministry of Finance

280 million UZS

State Budget funds

Draft regulatory legal document.

In the draft:

Establish the mechanism for the Senate of the Oliy Majlis to control the execution of the State Budget;

Establish a separate structure in the Senate of the Oliy Majlis providing professional and unbiased information-analytical and expert services to senators on issues of state budget, economy, and monetary-credit policy;

Attract highly qualified personnel to this structure, and allocate funds for the current maintenance of the structure and payment of staff salaries in 2020.

Further increasing the efficiency of the activities of the Legislative Chamber of the Oliy Majlis.

May 1, 2020

Legislative Chamber of the Oliy Majlis (by agreement), Institute of Legislative Problems and Parliamentary Research

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Draft regulatory legal documents and program of measures.

In the drafts:

Establish relevant measures on improving the organizational structure of the Legislative Chamber, in particular its management system;

Introduce a system of hearing information from heads of state bodies and economic management bodies on issues related to their activities at sessions of the Legislative Chamber;

Regularly hear reports from Government members and sector heads on work being done to fulfill the UN Sustainable Development Goals and develop science, education and the digital economy;

Develop and approve "roadmaps" to ensure the implementation of recommendations of international organizations on protecting human rights;

Establish the practice of monitoring how each law adopted by the end of the year is evaluated by the people and its level of efficiency, and taking relevant measures to eliminate existing shortcomings;

It is envisaged to establish the practice of studying the compliance of draft laws with international treaties and recommendations for improving Uzbekistan's position in international ratings.

Expanding the practice of adopting directly acting laws, increasing the level of regulation of social relations by laws.

April 1, 2020

Chambers of the Oliy Majlis (by agreement), Institute of Legislative Problems and Parliamentary Research, Ministry of Justice

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Draft joint resolution of the Councils of the Chambers of the Oliy Majlis.

The draft envisages reviewing and approving the "roadmap" of the Chambers of the Oliy Majlis on reviewing legislative acts that need to be systematized and unified in directly acting laws based on current requirements.

Increasing the activity of factions in the Legislative Chamber of the Oliy Majlis.

May 1, 2020

Legislative Chamber of the Oliy Majlis (by agreement), Institute of Legislative Problems and Parliamentary Research

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Program of measures.

In the Program:

Develop clear programs and "roadmaps" for solving urgent issues raised by the population at pre-election meetings and fully implement them in cooperation with responsible departments;

Develop current and prospective programs for the lawmaking activities of factions;

It is envisaged to establish a system for discussing every proposed suggestion with voters.

Improving the legal basis for effective use of the parliamentary inspection institute.

April 1, 2020

Chambers of the Oliy Majlis (by agreement), Institute of Legislative Problems and Parliamentary Research

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Draft Law of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

The draft envisages granting the Legislative Chamber and the Senate the authority to conduct parliamentary inspections and form relevant commissions by their separate resolution.

Increasing the initiative and responsibility of subjects of the right of legislative initiative in the lawmaking process.

June 1, 2020

Legislative Chamber of the Oliy Majlis (by agreement), Ministry of Justice, Institute of Legislative Problems and Parliamentary Research, subjects of the right of legislative initiative

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Draft Law of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

In the draft:

Establish a clear procedure for exercising the right of legislative initiative;

Assign the task of presenting a report, as a rule, to the subject of the right of legislative initiative or its representative when draft laws are adopted at the first reading;

Establish the mechanism for implementing this rule, including the procedure for rejecting the consideration of a draft law if the initiating agency cannot substantiate the importance of the draft law to deputies.

Systematically organizing work to increase public awareness of the activities of the Chambers of the Oliy Majlis.

Throughout the year

Chambers of the Oliy Majlis (by agreement), MTRK

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Practical measures.

In this regard, it is envisaged to ensure systematic coverage of information about each event of the parliament on the official websites of the Chambers and other mass media.

Implementation of "Electronic Parliament" system projects.

May 1, 2020

Chambers of the Oliy Majlis (by agreement), Ministry of Information Technologies and Communications Development, Agency for the Development of State Services, Ministry of Finance

Based on calculations

Budget funds allocated to the Legislative Chamber and Senate of the Oliy Majlis, Information and Communication Technologies Development Fund

Program of measures.

In the Program, in the Legislative Chamber and Senate of the Oliy Majlis:

Create the opportunity to form parliamentary and deputy inquiries on the Internet network based on collective appeals;

Launch an electronic portal and mobile applications that connect deputies with their voters, including allowing direct communication with them, discussing ongoing work, documents under consideration, and problems troubling voters;

Establish the practice of assigning deputies to specific constituencies within the system, reporting on their activities within the constituency, and integrating this with the information systems of the Virtual and People's Reception Offices of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan and other interactive portals;

It is envisaged to improve the official website of the Senate, creating opportunities for citizens to send electronic appeals to senators and "feedback" with citizens.

Introducing an evaluation and rating system to increase the efficiency of the activities of deputies of the Legislative Chamber of the Oliy Majlis within the framework of the "Electronic Parliament" system.

August 1, 2020

Legislative Chamber of the Oliy Majlis (by agreement), Ministry of Information Technologies and Communications Development, Agency for the Development of State Services, Ministry of Finance

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Draft resolution of the Council of the Legislative Chamber of the Oliy Majlis.

The draft envisages developing an electronic system for evaluating the lawmaking and parliamentary control activities of deputies and introducing it into the "Electronic Parliament" system.

Fundamental improvement of the activities of the Institute of Legislative Problems and Parliamentary Research under the Oliy Majlis.

May 1, 2020

Chambers of the Oliy Majlis (by agreement), Institute of Legislative Problems and Parliamentary Research, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Information Technologies and Communications Development, Tashkent City Hall

Based on calculations

State Budget funds

Draft joint resolution of the Councils of the Chambers of the Oliy Majlis.

In the draft:

Review the organizational structure of the Institute;

Create necessary conditions to attract qualified specialists and scientists, including providing a separate building to strengthen the material and technical base of the Institute;

Widen the practice of obtaining the Institute's legal and scientific opinion on every draft law submitted to the Legislative Chamber;

Organize a platform for holding live discussions on draft laws passed the first reading among scientists, citizens and representatives of mass media;

Study the practical impact of adopted laws, including establishing the practice of conducting surveys among the public when studying legislation in a certain field;

It is envisaged to organize the periodic publication "Legislative Problems Bulletin".

Further strengthening the role of parliament in developing relations with foreign countries.

September 1, 2020

Chambers of the Oliy Majlis (by agreement), MFA, Institute of Strategic and Interregional Studies, Committee on Interethnic Relations and Friendship with Foreign Countries, Institute of Legislative Problems and Parliamentary Research

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Draft joint resolution of the Councils of the Chambers of the Oliy Majlis.

In the draft:

Approve the concept of Parliamentary Diplomacy;

Introduce the practice of adopting annual programs on cooperation issues with foreign countries and strictly controlling their execution;

It is envisaged to approve clear and long-term work plans for cooperation with the Parliamentary Assembly of the Commonwealth of Independent States, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, and the Parliamentary Assembly of the CIS.

Simplifying the procedure for applying to the Constitutional Court to study the conformity of legal norms with the Constitution, expanding the scope of its subjects.

July 1, 2020

Constitutional Court, Chambers of the Oliy Majlis (by agreement), Institute of Legislative Problems and Parliamentary Research

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Draft Law of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

In the draft:

Include citizens and legal entities in the list of subjects having the right to submit issues for consideration by the Constitutional Court on the conformity of laws with the Constitution;

Include the Ombudsman for the Protection of Rights and Legitimate Interests of Business Entities under the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan and the National Center for Human Rights of the Republic of Uzbekistan in the list of subjects having the right to submit issues for consideration by the Constitutional Court.

Strengthening the activities of Councils of People's Deputies and expanding their powers in the field of control.

July 1, 2020

Senate of the Oliy Majlis (by agreement), Councils of People's Deputies of regions, districts and cities, Ministry of Justice

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Draft regulatory legal document.

In the draft:

Introduce a system where regional and district governors report on their programs and their execution to the Councils of People's Deputies of regions;

Grant local Councils the authority to submit proposals to relevant ministries and departments regarding the suitability of heads of territorial divisions of ministries and departments for their positions;

Introduce the institute of Council inquiries in the activities of local representative bodies;

Establish permanent secretariats for local Councils;

Introduce the practice of discussing and defending socio-economic programs by governors of regions and districts in the respective Senate and local Councils;

Regularly provide information to mass media and the public by governors on the execution of indicators and target parameters in concepts, strategies and other decisions;

It is envisaged to take measures to ensure the openness of the activities of local Councils.

Developing the concept of raising the electoral culture of the population.

October 1, 2020

Ministry of Justice, Central Election Commission, Ministry of Information Technologies and Communications Development, Institute of Legislative Problems and Parliamentary Research, Center for the Development of Civil Society, Academy of Public Administration

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Program of measures.

In the Program:

Priority directions for increasing the political and legal culture aimed at ensuring the active participation of voters in the election process;

Measures aimed at limiting the practice of voting for many based on the principle of "one voter — one vote";

It is envisaged to establish measures for forming skills of using interactive state services for voters to check their information in the system of the Unified Electronic List of Voters and to clarify the polling station.

Taking measures to further improve the election system.

June 1, 2020

Central Election Commission, Chambers of the Oliy Majlis (by agreement), Ministry of Justice, Ministry of Finance

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Draft Regulatory Legal Document.

The project includes:

• establishing parliamentary commissions to study issues of expanding sources of election financing and eliminating existing shortcomings;
• holding forums on further improving the election system in cooperation with local and foreign experts and international organizations;
• studying issues of optimizing the three-tier system for holding elections to local Councils;
• developing and implementing proposals for improving the voting process abroad;
• increasing the role of district and city election commissions;
• thoroughly studying the proposals and recommendations of international organizations and observers and developing specific proposals for improving the election process;
• the widespread use of information and communication technologies in the election process is envisaged.

Improving the Unified Electronic Voters List and the Information System for Managing the Election Process.

2020

November 1

Ministry of Information Technologies and Communications, State Center for Personnel Certification, Agency for the Development of Public Services, Ministry of Internal Affairs, Committee for State Geodesy and Cadastre, Ministry of Justice, Central Election Commission,

ministries and departments

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Program of Measures.

The program includes:

• approval of the regulation on updating data in the Unified Electronic Voters List;
• full completion of integration with the databases of ministries and departments;
• ensuring the relevance of data in the Unified Electronic Voters List by establishing data exchange in real-time mode;
• development of modules for entering, aggregating, and storing information about members of regional and district (city) election commissions, deputies, as well as certified trainers;
• creation of opportunities to form and download various types of statistical data using the developed modules and to monitor elections for vacant deputy seats.

Improving the activities of the Public Fund for Supporting Non-Governmental Non-Commercial Organizations and Other Institutions of Civil Society under the Oliy Majlis.

2020

July 1

Chambers of the Oliy Majlis

(by agreement),

Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Justice

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Draft Joint Resolution of the Councils of the Chambers of the Oliy Majlis.

The project includes:

• reconsidering the organizational structure of the public fund;
• expanding partnership mechanisms in the fund's activities;
• improving the procedure for attracting grant projects by the public fund is envisaged.

Further improving the activities of the 'Mening fikrim' web portal.

2020

May 1

Chambers of the Oliy Majlis

(by agreement),

Institute of Legislative Problems and Parliamentary Research,

Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Information Technologies and Communications

Based on calculations

Funds of the Information Technologies Development Fund

Draft Joint Resolution of the Councils of the Chambers of the Oliy Majlis.

The project includes:

• approval of a new regulation on the procedure for electronic collective appeals and their consideration via the 'Mening fikrim' web portal, including ensuring transparency of the process of considering, accepting, and rejecting initiatives;
• improving the reporting and statistics module of the web portal;
• creating a mobile application for the web portal and simplifying the procedure for using the portal to create convenience for users;
• organizing broadcasts and radio programs for discussing incoming appeals to the web portal in the media with the participation of deputies, experts, and the general public is envisaged.

Further expanding the participation of youth in the law-making process.

2020

June 1

Chambers of the Oliy Majlis

(by agreement),

Institute of Legislative Problems and Parliamentary Research

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Draft Resolutions of the Councils of the Chambers of the Oliy Majlis.

The projects include:

• establishing the procedure for organizing Youth Parliaments under the Legislative Chamber and the Senate of the Oliy Majlis and forming their composition;
• establishing interaction between Youth Parliaments and committees of the Oliy Majlis chambers;
• ensuring the active participation of members of Youth Parliaments in the processes of legislative and parliamentary control is envisaged.

1.2. Reforming the State Management System

Developing additional measures for organizing the state civil service.

2020

April 1

Agency for the Development of Public Services,

Ministry of Labor,

Ministry of Finance,

Ministry of Justice

Based on calculations

State budget funds

Draft Decree of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

The project includes:

• approval of the list of state bodies and organizations where the state civil service will be introduced;
• approval of the state register of state civil service positions;
• establishing the structure (matrix) of the classifier of state civil service positions;
• introducing unified requirements for the naming of positions and structural subdivisions;
• unification of the naming, structure, and staff units of personnel subdivisions;
• introduction of a system for retraining and improving the qualifications of state civil servants;
• establishing the procedure for allocating grants from the Fund for Supporting the Development of Public Service for improving the qualifications of state civil servants;
• establishing the procedure for licensing non-state educational institutions providing services in the field of improving the qualifications of state civil servants;

as an experiment, in a number of ministries and departments:

• establishing the procedure for serving in the state civil service;
• introducing a selection system for filling vacant positions of state civil servants;
• introducing a unified system of labor payment for state civil servants is envisaged.

Fundamentally improving the system of organizing the training of specialists abroad and launching a new mechanism for developing the potential of state civil servants.

2020

April 1

Agency for the Development of Public Services, 'El-Yurt Umid' Foundation,

ministries and departments

Based on calculations

State budget,

Reconstruction and Development Fund funds

Draft Regulatory Legal Document.

The project includes:

• fundamentally optimizing the system of organizing the education of specialists abroad;
• regular and open selection of candidates for educational programs for all citizens of the Republic of Uzbekistan, regardless of their place of work and study in the republic;
• implementation of educational programs for improving qualifications based on direct orders from republic ministries, departments, and organizations for promising and high-demand specialties;
• starting from 2020, the introduction of a new educational program for intensive study of foreign languages by state servants for up to 6 months, using advanced foreign educational technologies in the field is envisaged.

Fundamentally improving the activities of the Academy of Public Administration under the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

2020

April 1

Agency for the Development of Public Services,

Academy of Public Administration, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Economy and Industry

Based on calculations

State budget funds

Draft Decree of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

The project includes:

• improving the main tasks and areas of activity of the Academy;
• establishing an organizational and methodological center for improving the qualifications of state civil servants;
• introducing international educational standards and modern teaching methods into the educational process at the Academy;
• allocating at least 30 percent of the total admission quotas for state grants to the Academy's master's degree and retraining courses for women annually;
• training and retraining of state civil servants at the Academy on a paid-contract basis through open competition outside the established quotas is envisaged.

Forming a reserve of patriotic young cadres by attracting youth to the state service.

2020

April 1

Agency for the Development of Public Services, Union of Youth,

Ministry of Higher and Secondary Special Education,

Ministry of Public Education,

Council of Ministers of the Karakalpakstan Republic, regional and Tashkent city hokimiyats

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Draft Decree of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

The project includes:

• increasing the interest of youth, especially senior high school students, lyceum, college, and higher education institution students, in the state service;
• increasing the attractiveness of the state service in the minds of youth, improving their practical skills and initial knowledge in this area;
• forming a layer of future patriotic young state servants by fostering loyalty to the homeland and a spirit of service among youth;
• creating opportunities for youth to complete a two-week voluntary internship in republican and regional state organizations to apply their theoretical knowledge in their field of interest in practice, by the heads of these organizations;
• organizing meetings based on mutual discussion and question-and-answer sessions and conducting tours of organizations through visits of youth directly to the heads of state organizations is envisaged.

Widespread introduction of 'feedback' tools for communication with the people in the activities of the Cabinet of Ministers.

2020

April 1

Cabinet of Ministers, Ministry of Justice, Ministry of Information Technologies and Communications,

ministries and departments

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Program of Measures.

The program includes:

• establishing the practice of studying public opinion in organizing the implementation of government resolutions;
• opening special pages on social networks to study public opinion on the implementation of Government resolutions;
• developing mechanisms for monitoring resolutions of hokims on entrepreneurship by the Government and taking appropriate measures based on the results is envisaged.

Introduction of a modern management system based on advanced foreign experience to effectively organize the activities of sector and regional heads.

2020

June 1

Cabinet of Ministers,

Agency for the Development of Public Services,

Ministry of Economy and Industry, Ministry of Innovative Development,

Ministry of Justice,

Ministry of Labor, Council of Ministers of the Karakalpakstan Republic, regional and Tashkent city hokimiyats

—

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Draft Regulatory Legal Document.

The project includes:

• developing specific plans and programs for the medium and long-term development of each sector;
• introducing a system for evaluating the effectiveness of the activities of executive bodies in each region and district together with the indicators of ministries and departments;
• creating a system for evaluating the effectiveness of the activities of hokims and heads of regional departments at meetings of the Cabinet of Ministers on important issues of economic and social development;
• harmonizing this system with international rating and index indicators is envisaged.

Taking measures to increase the efficiency of the activities of local executive authority bodies.

2020

July 1

Senate of the Oliy Majlis (by agreement), Cabinet of Ministers,

Ministry of Justice, Ministry of Economy and Industry, Ministry of Finance, State Statistics Committee, Council of Ministers of the Karakalpakstan Republic, regional and Tashkent city hokimiyats

—

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Draft Regulatory Legal Documents.

The projects include:

• reconsidering the powers of hokims and transferring functions not specific to them and repetitive functions to relevant bodies;
• approval of model Regulations on the functional tasks of hokims and their deputies, and structural subdivisions of the hokimiyat apparatus;
• developing specific criteria and target tasks for evaluating the activities of hokims;
• developing a Regional Development Index to create a system for comprehensive evaluation of the activities of local executive authority bodies;
• studying issues of determining regional policy, providing financial assistance to local budgets, and incentivizing heads based on this index is envisaged.

Improving the system of control over the implementation of legislative acts and approaches in this area, and introducing effective mechanisms for critical analysis of the effectiveness of tasks and assignments.

2020

April 1

Cabinet of Ministers,

Ministry of Justice, Chamber of Accounts

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Practical Measures Plan.

Here:

• mechanisms for evaluating the execution of each assignment based on the final result achieved;
• a system to ensure that reforms implemented through the correct organization of the implementation of legislative acts reach every district and village, including remote areas;
• strengthening discipline in executive bodies at all levels and introducing effective mechanisms for critical analysis of the effectiveness of established tasks and assignments is envisaged.

Ensuring the participation of local authorities in decision-making at the republican level.

2020

April 1

Cabinet of Ministers,

Ministry of Justice

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Draft Regulatory Legal Document.

The project envisages introducing a procedure for coordinating draft regulatory legal documents on the socio-economic development of territories and local programs with the Council of Ministers of the Karakalpakstan Republic, regional, and Tashkent city hokimiyats.

Reconsidering the work of ineffective interdepartmental collegial bodies.

2020

September 1

Ministry of Justice, ministries and departments

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Draft Regulatory Legal Documents.

The projects include:

• analyzing the effectiveness of commissions and working groups and preparing proposals for their future reduction and optimization based on the results;
• reduction of ineffective interdepartmental collegial bodies is envisaged.

Ensuring wide coverage of the activities of state bodies and ongoing reforms in the media.

2020

April 1

Agency for Information and Mass Communications,

Ministry of Information Technologies and Communications,

MTRK,

Uzbekistan Information Agency,

ministries and departments

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Program of Measures.

The program includes:

• explaining to the people in simple and clear language about reforms in the economic, social, and spiritual spheres by executive bodies, the content of adopted documents, and their implementation;
• wide use of mass media, social networks, websites, organizing press conferences, briefings, and media tours;
• establishing a system for the government, ministries and departments, and regional heads to take prompt measures and express a principled position on urgent issues raised in mass media and social networks;
• critically reviewing work on information openness and regularly posting and updating information on websites and social network pages;
• developing a media program for each department and strict control by the Government over their implementation to effectively organize work in this area is envisaged.

Material and technical improvement of the information system of the Prime Minister's virtual reception office for considering entrepreneurs' appeals — the 'business.gov.uz' Unified Interactive Portal.

2020

July 1

Cabinet of Ministers, Ministry of Information Technologies and Communications, Chamber of Commerce and Industry,

Agency for the Development of Small Business and Entrepreneurship, Ministry of Finance

Based on calculations

Budget funds, grants, and other funds

Program of Measures.

The program includes:

• developing technical requirements for the modernization of the portal;
• studying and analyzing the requirements of the system and mobile application;
• developing and implementing requirements based on the conducted studies is envisaged.

Establishing a system for promoting the activities, achievements, and life experience of the most respected and honored among those awarded state awards to the general public, especially youth.

2020 July 1

Republican Center for Spiritual Enlightenment and Education, Ministry of Culture, Ministry of Higher and Secondary Special Education,

Ministry of Public Education, Ministry of Information Technologies and Communications,

Ministry of Family Support, 'Uzbekkino' National Agency, Agency for Information and Mass Communications,

Union of Writers of Uzbekistan, Union of Journalists,

MTRK, Uzbekistan National Information Agency,

Union of Youth

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Draft Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers.

The project includes:

• holding targeted promotional events dedicated to the life and activities of holders of the title 'Hero of Uzbekistan' and high-ranking orders;
• preparing an album-book titled 'Heroes of Independent Uzbekistan';
• holding competitions among students of educational institutions and students dedicated to the life and activities of holders of the title 'Hero of Uzbekistan' and high-ranking orders;
• preparing television programs dedicated to the life and activities of today's heroes, conducting radio quizzes, creating documentaries, organizing photo exhibitions in museums of our country, and wide coverage of them at the republican level;
• creating websites dedicated to covering the activities of Heroes of Uzbekistan on social networks and implementing other events is envisaged.

1.3. Improving the System of Public Management

Further strengthening public control and establishing close mutual cooperation between the state and society.

2020

June 1

Advisory Council for the Development of Civil Society, Ministry of Justice, Chambers of the Oliy Majlis (by agreement), Center for the Development of Civil Society

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Draft Regulatory Legal Document.

The project includes:

• establishing the Public Chamber and defining its functional tasks;
• establishing the practice of holding consultations with the public and public hearings on decisions of particular importance concerning the socio-economic life of our country and issues of special interest to the public is envisaged.

Developing and approving a medium and long-term strategy for the development of civil society in Uzbekistan.

2020 May 1

Advisory Council for the Development of Civil Society,

Center for the Development of Civil Society,

'Yuksalish' All-National Movement,

Ministry of Justice

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Draft Decree of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

The draft decree approves a medium and long-term strategy for the development of civil society, which includes:

• theoretical, conceptual, and methodological foundations of the development of civil society;
• the national model for the development of civil society in the new stage of Uzbekistan's development;
• strategic directions for the development of civil society, and others.

Improving the effectiveness of the system of communication with the people and handling appeals in state bodies.

2020

August 1

Administration of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan, Chambers of the Oliy Majlis

(by agreement),

Cabinet of Ministers,

Ministry of Justice,

Council of Ministers of the Karakalpakstan Republic,

regional and Tashkent city hokimiyats

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Draft Regulatory Legal Document.

The project includes:

• establishing the procedure for regularly hearing reports from the heads of state management bodies and local state authority bodies on the handling of appeals in the parliament and local Councils;
• establishing the practice of each deputy establishing constant cooperation with People's Reception Offices and actively participating in solving the problems of the population living in their territory;
• developing a mechanism for evaluating the effectiveness of the system of communication with the people and handling appeals in state bodies;
• establishing a system for regularly hearing reports from the heads of state bodies and hokims on the handling of appeals in the parliament and councils of people's deputies;
• establishing separate subdivisions directly subordinate to the head in all state bodies for handling appeals within the existing staff units;
• conducting certification of employees of departments handling appeals once every three years;
• mandatory coordination with the Administration of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan, the Council of Ministers of the Karakalpakstan Republic, and the People's Reception Offices in regions and Tashkent city on issues of appointing and dismissing employees of the appeal handling departments of state bodies;
• posting information on the results of handling appeals by the end of each quarter on the official websites of state bodies is envisaged.

Further democratizing the election process of the Chairman (Aksoqal) of the Citizens' Assembly.

2020 June 1

Ministry of Family Support, Ministry of Justice, ministries and departments

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Draft Law of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

The project includes:

• extending the term of election of the Chairman of the Citizens' Assembly;
• improving and ensuring transparency of the election process of the Chairman of the Citizens' Assembly;
• introducing the procedure for electing the Chairman of the Citizens' Assembly during the day;
• expanding openness in the activities of commissions assisting in the organization and holding of elections for Chairmen of Citizens' Assemblies;
• increasing the minimum number of citizen representatives participating in the election of the Chairman of the Citizens' Assembly is envisaged.

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

2.1. Ensuring the real independence of the judiciary, increasing the prestige of the court, democratizing and improving the court system

Further strengthening guarantees aimed at fully ensuring the independence of judges and improving the legal basis of the status of judges.

2020

October 1

Supreme Court,

Higher Council of Judges,

Ministry of Justice

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Draft Law of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

The draft provides for the adoption of a new edition of the Law of the Republic of Uzbekistan 'On Courts'.

The project includes:

• reconsidering the role of court chairmen in evaluating the activities of judges and initiating disciplinary cases against them;
• improving the mechanism for appealing decisions on holding judges accountable for disciplinary offenses;
• adapting the grounds and procedures for suspending and terminating the powers of judges to international standards;
• improving the norms determining the status of judges and establishing the legal status of a retired judge;
• introducing a clear and transparent mechanism for rotating judges;
• systematizing legislative acts regulating the activities of courts;
• creating a system that allows judges to directly and promptly report any circumstances interfering with judicial independence;
• abolishing the procedure for regulating these issues by sub-legal acts is envisaged.

Forming the legal basis for the activities of bodies of the judges' community.

2020

October 1

Higher Council of Judges,

Supreme Court

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Draft Law of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

The project includes:

• the concept of the judges' community, the place of bodies of the judges' community in the judicial system;
• the tasks, functions, and powers of bodies of the judges' community;
• the procedure for forming bodies of the judges' community, including the procedure for nominating candidates to these bodies;
• the role of bodies of the judges' community in ensuring the independence of the judiciary is envisaged.

Democratically organizing the activities of qualification boards of judges and developing additional legal measures aimed at ensuring their impartiality and disinterestedness.

2020

October 1

Supreme Court,

Higher Council of Judges

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Draft Law of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

The project includes:

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transfer the authority to form the Higher Qualification Board of Judges to the body of the judge community;

form the composition of the qualification boards of judges based on current judges and members (former judges, veterans of the judicial bodies) operating on a public basis;

introduce a procedure for electing the chairmen, deputies, and members of the qualification boards of judges by secret ballot for a period not exceeding two consecutive terms;

in elections for the position of chairman of the Higher Qualification Board of Judges and local qualification boards of judges, it is envisaged not to nominate the candidates of the heads of these courts.

Improving the institution of re-examination of the legality, substantiation, and fairness of court decisions.

September 1, 2020

Supreme Court,

General Prosecutor's Office,

Ministry of Justice, Bar Association

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Draft Law of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

The draft provides for:

improving the procedure for re-examining the legality, substantiation, and fairness of court decisions based on advanced foreign experience;

reform of the appellate and cassation instances and abolition of the supervisory review institution to expand opportunities for citizens to access justice.

Improving the material and technical conditions of courts and strengthening social guarantees for judges' activities.

May 1, 2020

Supreme Court,

Ministry of Finance

Based on calculations

State budget funds

Draft regulatory legal acts.

The draft provides for:

taking measures to fully finance the salaries and payments equivalent to them for judges and court staff from the State budget starting from 2021, allocating a separate line in the budget for this;

increasing the salaries of judges and court staff, re-examining the norms of payment for their labor, and adapting them to international standards;

approving a program for designing, constructing, capital repair, and reconstruction of court buildings planned for new construction based on advanced international experience;

including judges in the list of managers entitled to receive service housing built according to model projects in rural areas;

targeted measures aimed at financing court activities and improving the material and technical base are envisaged.

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

Reforming the propiska (permanent registration) system.

April 1, 2020

Palates of the Oliy Majlis

(by agreement), Cabinet of Ministers, Ministry of Internal Affairs, Ministry of Internal Affairs, Ministry of Economy and Industry,

Ministry of Justice, ministries and departments

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Draft regulatory legal acts.

The drafts provide for:

abolishing the requirement for permanent propiska for citizens of the Republic of Uzbekistan to own real estate in the city of Tashkent and Tashkent region starting from April 1, 2020;

abolishing a separate rate of state duty collected from citizens of the Republic of Uzbekistan who are permanent residents of the Republic of Uzbekistan and have permanent propiska in other regions of the republic for certifying contracts for the purchase and sale of newly built real estate in the city of Tashkent and Tashkent region;

reform of the propiska system is envisaged from the point of view of eliminating the difference between areas where the main workforce lives and jobs are being created, and facilitating internal migration, studying advanced foreign experience.

2.3. Improving administrative and criminal legislation

Introducing the "preliminary hearing" institution at the stage of assigning a criminal case for trial in court.

December 1, 2020

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

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Draft Law of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

The draft provides for:

establishing a procedure for making decisions on the case with the participation of parties in accordance with the principle of adversarial proceedings at the stage of assigning a criminal case for trial in court;

establishing a procedure for promptly identifying and eliminating factors hindering the consideration of a criminal case in the general order.

Improving the simplified procedure for carrying out procedural actions in investigation, preliminary investigation, and court hearings in criminal proceedings.

October 1, 2020

General Prosecutor's Office,

Supreme Court,

Ministry of Internal Affairs, State Security Service,

Ministry of Justice

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Draft Law of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

The draft provides for:

introducing a simplified procedure for proceedings in cases where the suspect, accused, and convicted person fully confess to their guilt and there is sufficient evidence for prosecution;

establishing the mandatory nature of applying for a simplified procedure with the participation of a defender and the procedure for assigning a lighter punishment.

Further improving the procedure for collecting and strengthening evidence during investigation and preliminary investigation based on advanced foreign experience.

November 1, 2020

General Prosecutor's Office,

Supreme Court,

Ministry of Internal Affairs, State Security Service,

Ministry of Justice

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Draft Law of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

The draft provides for:

clarifying the grounds for using statements as evidence in the future, based on the legal status of the person, including critically re-examining norms that allow questioning a person as a witness when there are mandatory and sufficient grounds to involve them as an accused in a criminal case;

expanding the scope of investigative actions conducted to collect evidence related to the crime;

further improving the institution of lay assessors based on advanced foreign experience and establishing modern mechanisms for recording investigative actions via video.

Re-examining the grounds for liability for crimes in the business sector, decriminalizing certain types of crimes.

April 1, 2020

Supreme Court,

General Prosecutor's Office, State Customs Committee, State Security Service,

Ministry of Justice, Business Ombudsman, Chamber of Commerce and Industry

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Draft Law of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

The draft provides for:

introducing a procedure for releasing persons who have committed a crime violating customs legislation for the first time, voluntarily paid for the goods, and carried out customs formalization from criminal liability (except for crimes related to goods with restricted and prohibited passage through the customs border);

introducing mechanisms prohibiting the recognition of legal entities that are business entities as organized groups and criminal organizations solely based on their organizational and legal form;

decriminalization of certain types of crimes with low social danger in the business sector (fake entrepreneurship, discrediting a competitor, etc.) is envisaged.

Strengthening measures of liability for violations in the environmental sector and for cruel treatment of animals.

September 1, 2020

General Prosecutor's Office,

Supreme Court,

Ministry of Internal Affairs,

Ministry of Justice, State Ecology Committee

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Draft regulatory legal acts.

The drafts provide for:

establishing criminal liability for cruel treatment of animals;

establishing new types of offenses involving liability for damage to the plant and animal world, atmosphere, and water resources, and strengthening existing liability measures;

establishing mechanisms for the effective activity of bodies responsible for detecting these offenses and holding offenders accountable.

Transferring cases of administrative offenses to the jurisdiction of courts for criminal cases and introducing mechanisms to encourage voluntary payment of administrative fines.

October 1, 2020

Supreme Court, Higher Council of Judges, Ministry of Finance

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Draft Law of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

The draft provides for:

transferring cases of administrative offenses to the jurisdiction of courts for criminal cases;

re-examining the staff units of courts based on workload;

encouraging the voluntary payment of fines provided for in the sanction of the relevant article of the Code of Administrative Responsibility by the offender before the case is considered by the courts and authorized bodies.

Introducing a simplified procedure for conducting administrative cases.

October 1, 2020

Supreme Court,

Higher Council of Judges, ministries and departments

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Draft Law of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

The draft provides for:

determining the scope of administrative cases to be considered under the simplified procedure;

establishing the specific features of considering an administrative case under the simplified procedure, including the status of persons participating in the case, conducting the court hearing, keeping the record of the court session, and issuing a ruling.

Improving the participation of the prosecutor in court activities.

April 1, 2020

Supreme Court,

General Prosecutor's Office,

Ministry of Internal Affairs, Ministry of Justice

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Draft Law of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

The draft provides for:

aligning the activities of the state prosecutor with international standards and advanced foreign experience;

establishing the legal grounds and procedural procedure for the prosecutor's withdrawal from the accusation;

re-examining and adapting to advanced foreign experience the grounds and procedure for the prosecutor to protest court decisions;

establishing a procedure for the prosecutor to request the court to review cases based on legally effective judgments, rulings, decrees, or decisions, only upon application by the parties (other than the prosecutor);

excluding the prosecutor's participation on their own initiative in the consideration of civil and economic cases initiated by other persons in courts, except in cases provided by law;

establishing clear boundaries for the participation of persons who are not members of the judicial system in the sessions of the Plenum of the Supreme Court, including abolishing the procedure for the mandatory participation of the Prosecutor General.

2.4. Improving the system of combating crime and preventing offenses

Establishing a separate state body for combating corruption.

May 1, 2020

General Prosecutor's Office, Palates of the Oliy Majlis (by agreement),

Ministry of Internal Affairs, State Security Service, Ministry of Justice, Ministry of Finance

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Draft Decree of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

The draft provides for:

establishing a separate state body for combating corruption and defining the legal basis for its activities;

defining the tasks and functions, rights and obligations of the separate state body for combating corruption;

establishing the accountability of the separate state body for combating corruption to the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan and the Oliy Majlis.

Elevating the quality of the activities of internal affairs bodies in the field of ensuring public safety to a new level.

May 1, 2020

Ministry of Internal Affairs, National Guard, Emergency Situations Committee,

General Prosecutor's Office,

ministries and departments

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Draft regulatory legal act.

The draft provides for:

further improving the activities of subdivisions for ensuring public safety and combating crime within the system of internal affairs bodies based on international standards;

establishing specific criteria for activities related to maintaining public order, combating crimes, and providing state services in the system;

introducing a modern system for the targeted training and professional development of the heads of internal affairs bodies.

Simplifying the registration and examination procedures in the field of road traffic safety.

October 1, 2020

Ministry of Internal Affairs,

Ministry of Justice,

State Testing Center,

ministries and departments

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Draft regulatory legal acts.

The drafts provide for:

introducing automated electronic systems for the state registration of motor vehicles, issuing state license plates, training, retraining, and improving the qualifications of drivers, and taking examinations from driver candidates;

ensuring the provision of these services to individuals and legal entities through the Single Interactive State Services Portal, and expanding automated systems for monitoring road traffic;

creating an automated system for taking theoretical examinations for obtaining national driver's licenses in cooperation with the State Testing Center and excluding the human factor in implementing these measures;

introducing a system for conducting practical examinations for driving motor vehicles using automated special motor vehicles and a modern driving range.

Introducing a simplified procedure for documenting road traffic accidents based on the principles of the "Europrotocol".

December 1, 2020

Ministry of Internal Affairs,

Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Transport

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Draft regulatory legal acts.

The drafts provide for:

the procedure for documenting road traffic accidents without the participation of employees of the State Road Traffic Safety Service and the conditions for compensating for the damage caused;

the reflection of information (including by photographing or video recording) in a notification form by the participants of the accident and its submission to insurance organizations without drawing up an administrative protocol;

the inspection of vehicles involved in a road traffic accident at the request of insurers or submission for independent technical expertise;

establishing a limited amount of insurance compensation payable for documenting a road traffic accident without the participation of employees of the internal affairs bodies.

2.5. Further strengthening legality in the judicial-legal system, improving the system of legal aid and legal services

Improving legal science and education, developing the system for training, retraining, and professional development of legal personnel.

March 20, 2020

Ministry of Justice, Supreme Court, General Prosecutor's Office, Ministry of Internal Affairs, Ministry of Higher and Secondary Special Education

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Draft Decree of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

The draft provides for:

opening law faculties in higher education institutions with the appropriate capacity in regions;

creating an effective system for continuous improvement and retraining of law-pedagogical personnel;

widely introducing innovative forms and methods of teaching, new pedagogical technologies, interactive, and situational lessons.

Regulating relations in the field of genomic registration.

March 20, 2020

Ministry of Internal Affairs,

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

Ministry of Health

Preliminary calculations: 37,379

State budget funds, credits of foreign states, funds of international financial institutions, and other sources

Draft Law of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

The draft provides for:

creating a single database of genomic information;

establishing the main requirements for the collection, processing, and protection of genomic information;

introducing the procedure for genomic registration;

establishing the procedure for obtaining, recording, storing, using, and disposing of biological materials and genomic information.

Holding the second international legal forum "Tashkent Law Spring".

October 1, 2020

Ministry of Justice, Supreme Court,

General Prosecutor's Office, ministries and departments

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Event plan.

The plan provides for:

resolving organizational issues related to holding the forum;

creating the most favorable conditions for the activities of mass media;

demonstrating reforms aimed at increasing the transparency of state bodies' activities to the broad public.

Improving the system of working with legal statistics.

October 1, 2020

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

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Draft regulatory legal act.

The draft provides for:

creating a single and open statistical database of information on committed administrative offenses and crimes, studying advanced foreign experience;

continuously summarizing, analyzing, and publishing legal statistical data and ensuring the opportunity for free use of this information.

III. PRIORITY DIRECTIONS FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

3.1. Strengthening macroeconomic stability and ensuring price stability and keeping the inflation level within forecast indicators

Implementing measures to transition to an inflation targeting system within the framework of improving state monetary policy.

March 20, 2020

Central Bank,

Ministry of Economy and Industry,

Ministry of Finance

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Program of measures.

The program provides for:

full transition to using market economy tools of monetary policy, continuously improving the operational mechanism by defining operational parameters and goals;

conducting an adaptive interest rate policy and regularly reviewing the key rate to prevent and eliminate risks of price instability and deviation of inflation from the target level;

creating a single platform for conducting operations with state securities in the money market and placing the Treasury's free funds in commercial banks;

improving the forecasting of the liquidity of the banking system and the factors shaping it;

objectively, clearly, and simply conveying information to the public about the essence and goals of the inflation targeting regime, the conditions for its implementation, positive effects, and timelines for achieving it;

ensuring a balance between economic growth and inflation, and systematically assessing external risks, the interdependence of monetary and macroeconomic indicators through the wide use of econometric modeling tools and the full implementation of the macroeconomic analysis and forecasting system (FPAS).

Ensuring price stability of consumer goods in the domestic market and implementing systematic measures to keep the inflation level within the target indicators set for 2020.

Throughout the year

Cabinet of Ministers,

Central Bank,

Ministry of Finance,

Ministry of Economy and Industry,

Ministry of Investment and Foreign Trade,

State Tax Committee,

Committee for Antimonopoly Policy,

Ministry of Transport,

Ministry of Agriculture,

Cabinet of Ministers of the Karakalpakstan Republic, regional and Tashkent city hokimiyats,

ministries and departments

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Practical measures.

In this regard:

implementation of the program of measures adopted for ensuring price stability;

practical measures to increase the volume of production of fruits, vegetables, livestock, and other food products, and to encourage the creation of a continuous delivery chain "from field to store";

early detection of potential shortages of consumer goods and establishing measures;

preventing the impact of monetary and non-monetary factors on the stability of domestic prices;

conducting coordinated monetary-fiscal and antimonopoly policy;

ensuring that state budget expenditures and the general fiscal balance remain within the parameters established by law.

Increasing the effectiveness of fiscal policy.

September 1, 2020

Ministry of Finance,

Ministry of Economy and Industry,

Ministry of Investment and Foreign Trade,

Central Bank,

State Tax Committee,

State Customs Committee

—

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Program of measures.

The program provides for:

developing fiscal policy rules that provide sufficient flexible conditions for managing losses arising from temporary external "shocks" and the results of reforms;

introducing clear accounting of the consolidated budget and practice of the Recovery and Development Fund for financing state programs within the general fiscal balance;

developing a guide for identifying, disclosing, and managing fiscal risks.

Forming Uzbekistan's voluntary national report on achieving the National Sustainable Development Goals by 2030.

July 1, 2020

Ministry of Economy and Industry, Ministry of Investment and Foreign Trade, Ministry of Finance, State Statistics Committee,

Ministry of Health, Ministry of Labor, State Ecology Committee, General Prosecutor's Office

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Information-analytical data.

In this regard, forming an annual national report of Uzbekistan on achieving the National Sustainable Development Goals by 2030, submitting it to the Parliament and the Economic and Social Council of the UN, and discussing it.

3.2. Reforming the financial system, further improving the system of efficient use of budget funds, reducing the budget deficit through additional opportunities and sources

Increasing the effectiveness of centralized investments directed at socio-economic goals, introducing the Public Investment Management Assessment (PIMA) system.

August 1, 2020

Ministry of Economy and Industry,

Ministry of Investment and Foreign Trade,

Ministry of Finance

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Draft Decree of the Cabinet of Ministers.

The draft provides for:

introducing the Public Investment Management Assessment (PIMA) system to analyze problems related to the selection and implementation of investment projects;

establishing the procedure for setting norms and importance for selecting investment projects in social sector branches, transport infrastructure, and other sectors;

creating a single database updated annually with information on projects implemented and proposed from centralized investments and funds of international financial institutions;

gradually reducing the share of the State budget by implementing regional projects within the framework of the Investment Program using local resources and off-budget funds of ministries and departments.

Developing the draft Law "On State Debt".

December 1, 2020

Ministry of Finance,

Central Bank,

Ministry of Investment and Foreign Trade,

Ministry of Economy and Industry

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Draft Law of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

The draft provides for:

managing state debt based on international standards, increasing the role of Parliament in this process, and mechanisms for keeping it at a safe level for macroeconomic stability;

ensuring timely guaranteed service of state internal and external debt;

diversifying state debt and reducing the risk of rising costs for servicing it;

improving the mechanism of providing state guarantees.

Developing and approving the strategy for the development of the insurance market.

August 1, 2020

Ministry of Finance,

Ministry of Economy and Industry,

Agency for the Development of the Capital Market,

Ministry of Health,

Ministry of Agriculture

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Draft regulatory legal act.

The draft provides for the development of mechanisms for mandatory medical insurance and insurance in the agricultural sector.

3.3. Effective implementation of tax reforms, establishing transparent tax administration, reducing and simplifying the tax burden, thereby expanding production and the taxable base

Improving tax administration through the modernization of information and communication technologies.

March 20, 2020

State Tax Committee,

"Tax Service" CJSC,

New Technologies Scientific Information Center,

Ministry of Investment and Foreign Trade,

Ministry of Finance,

Ministry of Information Technologies and Communications

15 million USD

Funds of international financial institutions,

funds of economic entities providing services on an outsourcing basis

Draft regulatory legal act.

The draft provides for: developing the Strategy for the Development of Information and Communication Technologies of the State Tax Committee;

Development of business processes and their automation for tax authorities regarding the introduction of the new edition of the Tax Code into practice;

Creation of the "Risk-Analysis" software product, which involves segmenting taxpayers and implementing tax control that completely eliminates human factors based on risk levels;

Automation of the process of processing online control cash machines, virtual cash registers, and electronic invoice data, and implementing tax administration based on them;

Implementation of "Business Intelligence" analytical models for data processing based on "Big Data" architecture, and increasing the capacity of the State Committee for Tax Affairs' Data Processing Center for storing and processing large volumes of data;

Renewal of the information and communication technology park;

Expansion of services provided to taxpayers through personal cabinets;

Introduction of scoring services that aggregate information about taxpayers through commercial banks and other organizations within the framework of the "Trusted Partner" project;

Widespread introduction of the "site" system to increase the collectibility of local taxes to increase revenues of local budgets;

Automation of services and an increase in their number are envisaged.

Improvement of tax reporting.

April 1, 2020

State Committee for Tax Affairs, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Investment and Foreign Trade, ministries and departments

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Draft normative legal act.

The draft provides for:

improvement of tax reporting forms based on the experience of developed countries;

creation of a simplified "Your Electronic Accountant" software product and service to assist taxpayers in calculating taxes and submitting reports by introducing a system for declaring income and expenses and tax turnovers.

Implementation of measures to reduce the share of the "shadow economy".

March 20, 2020

Cabinet of Ministers, Ministry of Economy and Industry, State Committee for Tax Affairs, Ministry of Finance, Central Bank, State Customs Committee, Accounts Chamber, General Prosecutor's Office, Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Ministry of Transport, Ministry of Information Technologies and Communications

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Draft normative legal acts.

The drafts provide for:

approval of a program to analyze the factors contributing to the emergence of the "shadow economy" and combat it with the participation of foreign experts;

timely and full control over the implementation of the "digital marking and online cash register" project;

development of mechanisms to reduce illegal activities of individual entrepreneurs;

improvement of the procedure for identifying entities in the online trade (e-commerce) sector, and development of a taxation mechanism taking into account the calculation and payment of value-added tax;

development and implementation of the "E-warehouse" electronic system for recording goods, and ensuring the preparation of reports in electronic form for imported goods;

phased introduction of mandatory marking for imported food products, mineral and carbonated waters, and other non-alcoholic beverages;

creation of an electronic database for recording goods subject to mandatory marking in tax authorities;

implementation of an electronic ticket system for tour and concert activities;

further improvement of the regulation of activities of self-employed citizens, simplifying the procedure for taxing them, counting work experience, and conducting activities;

improvement of the mechanism for identifying subjects of the "sweet economy", including the introduction of public control mechanisms and incentivizing persons implementing them;

deep analysis of the state of the shadow economy in foreign trade and development of practical proposals and measures to effectively reduce it;

integration of various software products used by entities in trade, public catering, and services into the Data Processing Center of the State Committee for Tax Affairs;

creation of the opportunity to transfer cash funds through ATMs to bank plastic cards or bank account numbers;

introduction of a procedure for providing bonuses to owners of such cards and accounts for a certain amount of the value of operations performed.

Establishment of the Fiscal Institute under the State Committee for Tax Affairs.

April 1, 2020

State Committee for Tax Affairs, Ministry of Higher and Secondary Special Education, Ministry of Finance, ministries and departments

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Draft normative legal act.

The draft provides for:

establishment of the Fiscal Institute under the State Committee for Tax Affairs;

involvement of prestigious foreign experts in this process;

establishment of the procedure for training qualified personnel for the tax authority system.

Review of the resource tax calculation mechanism based on advanced international experience.

May 1, 2020

Ministry of Finance, State Committee for Tax Affairs, Ministry of Agriculture, Ministry of Water Resources, Committee for Geodesy and Cartography "Davergeodezkadastr", Ministry of Investment and Foreign Trade, ministries and departments

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Draft normative legal acts.

The drafts provide for:

procedure for determining the normative value of land based on the category and score-bonitet of agricultural lands;

development of market mechanisms for taxing used water resources;

accounting of used water volumes, introducing modern information and communication technologies into the sector;

development of modern methods for determining the volume of water consumption when water resources are used without installing metering devices.

3.4. Further diversification of the economic structure and increasing its competitiveness, primarily by introducing advanced technologies for deep processing of local mineral raw materials to master high value-added products, reduce production costs and energy consumption

Formation and full implementation of the program for the development and replenishment of the republic's mineral raw material base.

March 20, 2020

State Committee for Geology and Mineral Resources, Ministry of Investment and Foreign Trade, Ministry of Economy and Industry, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Energy

Based on calculations

State budget funds, special purpose account funds of the State Committee for Geology and Mineral Resources at the Treasury of the Ministry of Finance

Program of measures.

The program provides for:

increasing the share of new promising areas of useful minerals in search works to 35 percent in 2020;

adaptation of existing methodological guides to international standards to increase the efficiency of geological exploration works, including phased introduction of reporting on reserves in accordance with the JORC code (Australia);

increase in the reserves of raw materials for important sectors of the economy, including the chemical, oil and gas, energy, electrical engineering, building materials, and jewelry industries;

formation of at least 20 sets of ready-made projects to attract potential investors;

implementation of an international system for accounting, classification, and management of hydrocarbons and their reserves;

organization of a digital information bank for archival materials in the State Geological Fund;

widespread introduction of digitalization of existing geological and other data;

ensuring the training and internship of talented young specialists at foreign training courses.

Attracting investors to low-debit oil and gas fields based on risk-service contracts.

September 1, 2020

Uzbekneftegaz JSC, Ministry of Energy, Ministry of Investment and Foreign Trade, Agency for Management of State Assets, State Committee for Antimonopoly Policy

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Draft resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers.

The draft provides for the creation of opportunities to attract investments for the development of the sector, and the development of a program to attract investors to low-debit oil and gas fields based on risk-service contracts.

3.5. Production of competitive products through localization of production

Organization of republican and regional industrial fairs involving regional and large-scale sectoral industrial enterprises to expand cooperation links in regions.

Based on the schedule

Ministry of Economy and Industry, Ministry of Investment and Foreign Trade, Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Council of Ministers of the Karakalpakstan Republic, regional and Tashkent city hokimiyats

—

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Draft normative legal act and practical measures.

In this regard:

formation of a list of local manufacturers and their products in each region;

placement of local manufacturers' products on the electronic exchange portal and their constant updating;

monitoring the effective and timely implementation of localization projects and achievement of established parameters is envisaged.

3.6. Comprehensive development of regions, creation of stable and modern production and engineering-communication infrastructure

Development of production and engineering-communication infrastructure in regions, directing half of the above-forecast revenues of republican and local budgets to this purpose.

Throughout the year

Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Investment and Foreign Trade, Council of Ministers of the Karakalpakstan Republic, regional and Tashkent city hokimiyats, ministries and organizations, Legislative Chamber of the Oliy Majlis (by agreement), Accounts Chamber

Based on calculations

Above-forecast revenues of republican and local budgets

Practical measures.

In this regard:

directing half of the above-forecast revenues of republican and local budgets to the development of infrastructure objects;

ensuring the development of a targeted list of infrastructure objects to be implemented with these funds and their approval by local councils;

construction and modernization of 1042.1 km of drinking water networks, 86 km of general-use automobile roads, 2833.3 linear meters of bridges and crossings, 279.5 km of irrigation systems, and 515 km of meliorative collector-drainage networks in 2020 within the framework of the Program for the Development of Social and Production Infrastructure of the Republic of Uzbekistan for 2020-2022;

construction of 3 new hydropower plants with a total capacity of 164 MW producing an average of 685 million kWh of electricity per year, and modernization of 4 hydropower plants;

allocation of 2.8 trillion sum for road construction, 2.7 trillion sum for water networks, 18.2 trillion sum for electrical networks, and 1.2 trillion sum for natural gas supply in 2020-2022 from centralized sources;

introduction of a system for studying the targeted and effective use of these funds on the ground with the participation of the Legislative Chamber of the Oliy Majlis and the Accounts Chamber is envisaged.

Introduction of a system for partial state reimbursement of infrastructure creation costs incurred by entrepreneurs.

April 1, 2020

Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Investment and Foreign Trade, Ministry of Transport, Ministry of Energy, Ministry of Housing and Communal Services, ministries and departments

Based on calculations

State budget funds

Draft normative legal act.

The draft provides for the introduction of a system for partial state reimbursement of infrastructure creation costs incurred by entrepreneurs to support investors.

Development and approval of a development program for 2020-2025 by granting the status of "satellite cities" to 12 populated areas adjacent to Andijan, Namangan, Fergana, Samarkand, Bukhara, Qarshi, and Nukus cities.

July 1, 2020

Agency for Urbanization, Ministry of Investment and Foreign Trade, Council of Ministers of the Karakalpakstan Republic, regional and Tashkent city hokimiyats

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Draft resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers.

The draft provides for:

reduction of demographic load on the main city (core city) as a result of the development of satellite cities;

ensuring freedom of movement of the local population within cities by strengthening social, economic, spiritual, and educational attention to satellite cities;

development of industrial and social infrastructure in satellite cities;

improvement of the population's standard of living by creating new jobs is envisaged.

3.7. Improvement of the accounting and statistics system

Development of the National Strategy for the Development of Statistics to further develop the statistics sector.

June 1, 2020

State Committee for Statistics, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Economy and Industry, Ministry of Investment and Foreign Trade, Central Bank, ministries and departments

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Draft Decree of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

The draft provides for:

defining strategic goals and priority directions for the development of the national statistics system;

improvement of the legal basis and organizational infrastructure of the statistics system;

improvement of statistical classifiers, registers, and methodology;

implementation of a unified policy for data distribution, establishment of interdepartmental information integration;

modernization of the material and technical base of statistical bodies and widespread introduction of modern information and communication technologies;

establishment of an effective training system to improve the personnel potential of ministries and departments that are national statistics producers is envisaged.

Development of the draft law "On Official Statistics".

August 1, 2020

State Committee for Statistics, Ministry of Finance, Central Bank, Ministry of Economy and Industry, Ministry of Investment and Foreign Trade, Ministry of Justice, ministries and departments

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Draft law of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

The draft provides for:

definition of the concept of official statistics and its main principles;

organization of the national statistics system;

establishment of requirements for the production, use, and publication of statistical data;

definition of the duties, rights, and obligations of ministries and departments producing statistical data;

identification of the coordinating body for the official statistics system and strengthening its legal status;

establishment of the procedure for developing and approving multi-year and annual statistics programs;

definition of financial sources for the production and publication of statistical information is envisaged.

Conducting a general census of all types of farms operating in the agricultural sector.

December 1, 2020

State Committee for Statistics, Ministry of Agriculture, Ministry of Economy and Industry, Ministry of Finance, State Committee for Veterinary and Livestock Development, Committee for Geodesy and Cartography "Davergeodezkadastr", ministries and departments

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Draft normative legal act.

The draft provides for the approval of the Concept of Agricultural Census, which includes:

goals and objectives of the agricultural census;

organizational and legal basis for the agricultural census;

stages of preparation and implementation of the agricultural census;

duties and obligations of organizations participating in the preparation and implementation of the agricultural census;

duties of employees involved in the agricultural census work;

time of the agricultural census and mechanisms for its implementation;

measures for financing the preparation and implementation of the agricultural census are envisaged.

3.8. Creation of a business environment that ensures further development of small business and private entrepreneurship

Development of the draft law "On Small and Medium Business".

September 1, 2020

Cabinet of Ministers, Ministry of Economy and Industry, Ministry of Investment and Foreign Trade, Ministry of Justice, Business Ombudsman, Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Agency for Development of Small Business and Entrepreneurship, State Committee for Tax Affairs, State Customs Committee, ministries and departments

—

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Draft law of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

The draft provides for:

definition of updated criteria for the category of small business entities;

introduction of the category of medium business entities and definition of relevant criteria;

improvement of mechanisms for implementing the rights and legitimate interests of small and medium business entities;

mechanisms aimed at encouraging the consolidation of small and medium business entities to create competitive companies are envisaged.

Improving the competitive environment for business entities.

March 20, 2020

Antimonopoly Committee, Agency for Management of State Assets, Ministry of Economy and Industry, Ministry of Investment and Foreign Trade, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Justice

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Draft Decree of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

The draft provides for:

increasing the accountability of the Antimonopoly Committee to the Oliy Majlis and introducing the practice of hearing the Committee's report at least twice a year;

review of the practice of providing subsidies, preferences, and preferential loans, and introducing the practice of introducing normative legal acts only after obtaining the conclusion of the Antimonopoly Committee;

preparation of programs for 2020-2024 in each region for attracting the private sector to certain sectors where state bodies perform economic management functions, primarily the gradual attraction of the private sector to markets for certification, testing, technical supervision in construction, and development of cadastral documents;

introduction of rules that do not allow the state to perform services provided by the private sector in the process of making decisions on the establishment of enterprises with state participation;

reduction in the number of state enterprises, large joint-stock companies with state participation, and affiliated enterprises that are subjects of natural monopolies established by state bodies;

creation of competitive conditions in markets related to natural monopoly sectors;

development of market mechanisms by increasing transparency in state procurement, tendering, and resource allocation, including:

prohibition on affiliated economic entities with the state customer from participating in the selection of purchase procedures and best offers for fulfilling state orders;

introduction of a procedure for mandatory disclosure of beneficiaries by participants in state procurement;

complete prohibition of the practice of direct allocation of state procurement, state assets, and resources is envisaged.

Improvement of the system for open and fair delivery of information on land plots to entrepreneurs.

June 1, 2020

Cabinet of Ministers, Committee for Geodesy and Cartography "Davergeodezkadastr", Ministry of Investment and Foreign Trade, Agency for Management of State Assets, Ministry of Information Technologies and Communications

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Draft normative legal act.

The draft provides for:

removal of restrictions on the use of geospatial information;

taking measures to ensure populated areas with urban planning documents;

creation of an Information Program and special portal based on the databases of the "E-ijro auksion" and "Yer-elektron" electronic systems;

the Information Program provides for information on the unique number and location of the land plot, its category, area, the designated purpose and types of adjacent land plots, distance to general-use automobile roads, and a list of types of objects for which construction is permitted or prohibited on this land.

Development of women and youth entrepreneurship in regions.

May 20, 2020

Agency for Development of Small Business and Entrepreneurship, Union of Young People of Uzbekistan, Association "Entrepreneur Woman", Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Central Bank, Halk Bank, Microcreditbank, Agrobank

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Practical measures.

In this regard:

approval of a practical program for the development of women and youth entrepreneurship in regions;

allocation of microfinance services and financial resources for relevant projects;

expansion of opportunities to participate in the state procurement system;

expansion of the allocation of financial resources within the framework of grant funds and targeted programs of international financial institutions and donor countries is envisaged.

Reduction of licensing and permitting procedures for engaging in certain types of activities.

March 20, 2020 June 1, 2020

Ministry of Justice, Business Ombudsman, Antimonopoly Committee, Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Economy and Industry, Ministry of Investment and Foreign Trade

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Information and analytical information.

Licensing and permitting procedures for engaging in certain types of activities in some sectors are studied, and main approaches and proposals are developed.

Draft normative legal act.

The draft provides for:

introduction of the notification procedure and other alternative institutions;

reduction of licensing and permitting procedures based on the risk level of the activities performed, including the declaration of separate licenses and replacement of liability with mandatory insurance.

Amendments and additions to the Law of the Republic of Uzbekistan "On Protection of Consumer Rights".

June 1, 2020

Cabinet of Ministers, Antimonopoly Committee, Agency for Protection of Consumer Rights

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Draft law of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

The draft provides for the establishment of norms related to strengthening the protection of consumer rights recognized internationally.

Sharp reduction of the administrative and regulatory burden consisting of normative legal acts and technical regulation documents affecting business activities, investment and competitive environment, and removal of unjustified barriers.

September 1, 2020

Ministry of Justice, Ministry of Investment and Foreign Trade, Business Ombudsman, Antimonopoly Committee, Agency for Development of Small Business and Entrepreneurship, Chamber of Commerce and Industry

Based on calculations

World Bank funds allocated to support economic reforms

Draft Decree of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

The draft provides for:

carrying out a general census of more than 6,000 laws and more than 40,000 technical regulation documents affecting business activities and the competitive environment, and reducing their number by at least 25 percent;

focusing mainly on reducing prices and improving quality by ensuring healthy competition;

abolition of existing normative legal acts that increase investors' expenses while introducing a new normative legal act envisaging the regulation of investment and business activities;

introduction of a full system for assessing the impact of laws on the regulation of investment and business activities is envisaged.

Census of normative legal acts regulating the trade sector and development of the draft law "On Trade".

September 1, 2020

Ministry of Economy and Industry, Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Ministry of Investment and Foreign Trade, State Committee for Tax Affairs

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Draft law of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

The draft provides for:

definition of a clear procedure for the types and formation of trade, such as wholesale, retail, mobile trade, electronic trade, trade with delivery conditions, public catering, and sectoral marketing, as well as the development of modern types of trade;

identification of marketable product types, finding markets for them, and organizing the activities of private "trading" companies in sales in domestic and foreign markets;

developing a package of draft laws regulating the activities of trading companies, domestic and foreign trade;

regulating mechanisms for conducting trade based on commission, agency, and dealer contracts;

improving payment forms in trade;

eliminating outdated and excessive restrictions and barriers in the trade sector;

assigning a specific state body responsible for the development of the trade sector and strengthening public control in the sector is envisaged.

3.9. Continuing the reform of the banking system, improving the quality of banking services provided to the population and economic entities, supporting entrepreneurial initiatives, and expanding the range of modern banking services

Approval of the long-term development strategy of the banking system

April 1, 2020

Ministry of Finance,

Central Bank,

commercial banks

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Draft regulatory legal act.

The draft includes:

approval and implementation of "roadmaps" for the transformation of banks with state participation;

developing a schedule for the sale of state shares to strategic investors;

defining specific measures aimed at increasing the bank's capital, resource base, and revenues;

aligning legislation and banking practice with the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision's core principles for effective banking supervision;

optimizing business processes using modern information and communication technologies;

improving the quality of banking services provided to the population and economic entities, and increasing the variety of modern retail banking services;

establishing 200 banking service offices in the current year;

attracting and effectively utilizing foreign credit lines in the amount of $2.4 billion;

attracting an additional 15 trillion sum in deposits from legal and physical persons;

developing measures to diagnose and modernize information and communication technologies in the banking system to meet contemporary requirements;

fully launching the "credit history" information system;

the development of corporate governance in commercial banks is envisaged.

Introduction of the "projects factory" activity in the banking system.

August 1, 2020

Central Bank,

National Bank for Foreign Economic Activities,

Ministry of Investments and Foreign Trade,

Ministry of Finance

—

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Plan of measures.

The plan envisages:

widespread use of digital technologies with minimal human factor in the banking system and introduction of new banking products;

formation of a database of business projects by direction for the launch of the "projects factory" activity at the National Bank for Foreign Economic Activities.

Placement of corporate bonds ("eurobonds") in the international capital market by the National Bank for Foreign Economic Activities of the Republic of Uzbekistan and the Mortgage Bank.

Throughout 2020

Ministry of Finance,

Rescue and Development Fund of the Republic of Uzbekistan,

ministries and departments

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Resolutions of the Supervisory Boards of Banks.

The resolutions envisage measures for the placement of corporate bonds ("eurobonds") in the international capital market.

Development of the Banking and Finance Academy's activities, training qualified specialists in modern banking practice, management, and services.

December 1, 2020

Ministry of Finance,

Central Bank,

Banking and Finance Academy,

ministries and departments

—

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Draft regulatory legal acts.

The drafts include:

approval of a program for training qualified specialists in modern banking practice, management, and services, and attracting them to commercial banks;

development and approval of the concept for the development of the Banking and Finance Academy;

procedure for inviting qualified specialists from leading foreign financial institutions to managerial positions to introduce modern banking practice, management, and services to commercial banks;

the attraction of at least 4-5 specialists who have worked in prestigious foreign banks to the management of commercial banks with state participation is envisaged.

Development of the Strategy for Increasing the Accessibility of Financial Services.

July 1, 2020

Central Bank,

Cabinet of Ministers,

Ministry of Finance,

Committee for Antimonopoly Policy,

Agency for Protection of Consumer Rights,

Ministry of Higher and Secondary Special Education

—

—

Draft regulatory legal act.

The draft includes:

approval of the Strategy for Increasing the Accessibility of Financial Services;

ensuring the quality and speed of using financial services;

increasing the financial literacy of the population and entrepreneurs, and protecting the rights of consumers using financial services is envisaged.

3.10. Improving the quality of work in the field of transport infrastructure development, introducing modern information and communication technologies in transport flow management, and reviewing outdated standards in the design, construction, and operation of transport infrastructure objects

Development of the draft Strategy for the Development of the Transport System of the Republic of Uzbekistan until 2030.

April 10, 2020

Ministry of Transport,

Ministry of Economy and Industry,

Ministry of Investments and Foreign Trade,

Ministry of Finance,

Ministry of Justice,

ministries and departments

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Draft Resolution of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

The draft includes:

improving standards and quality of transport services and raising them to world requirements;

ensuring the safety, accessibility, reliability, and sustainability of transport services;

increasing the country's transit potential from 7 million tons to 16 million tons by improving infrastructure, applying flexible tariffs, and forming new promising directions;

increasing the competitiveness of the transport logistics market;

digitalization of the transport system, including the introduction of the "digital transport" platform in all types of transport;

fully meeting the population's demand for transport services;

formation of a single national transport space and its integration into regional and world transport systems;

development of measures in 6 directions related to logistics to include the Republic of Uzbekistan in the list of the world's top 50 countries in terms of logistics efficiency by 2030 is envisaged.

Development of the Strategy for the Development of Road Networks of the Republic of Uzbekistan until 2030.

September 1, 2020

Ministry of Transport,

Ministry of Investments and Foreign Trade,

Ministry of Innovation,

Ministry of Internal Affairs,

Ministry of Economy and Industry,

Ministry of Finance

—

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Draft Resolution of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

The draft includes:

development of a modern road network, improvement of road infrastructure in accordance with international standards;

application of international methodology for selecting, evaluating, and forecasting the effectiveness of implementing priority projects in road construction;

monitoring the condition of roads, collecting and maintaining necessary statistical data, and developing new technologies and programs for road asset management;

application of modern systems for managing traffic flows to effectively use existing road infrastructure is envisaged.

Development of the railway sector.

September 1, 2020

Ministry of Transport,

Ministry of Investments and Foreign Trade,

Ministry of Finance,

Ministry of Economy and Industry,

Committee for Antimonopoly Policy,

Agency for Management of State Assets,

"Uzbekistan Railways" JSC

—

—

Plan of measures.

In this regard, it is envisaged to prepare proposals for reviewing non-core directions of "Uzbekistan Railways" JSC with the involvement of international financial institutions, creating a competitive environment in the railway sector, separating passenger and freight transport, operation, and service, and developing directions where the private sector can be involved.

Taking measures to develop road-transport infrastructure to create further convenience for the population and improve the quality of services provided.

Throughout the year

Ministry of Transport,

"Uzbekistan Railways" JSC,

"Uzbekistan Airways" JSC,

Ministry of Finance,

Ministry of Investments and Foreign Trade

170.9 billion sum

723.2 billion sum

381.2 billion sum

1.42 trillion sum

Average annual and state budget funds

commercial bank loans

Executors' funds

Practical measures.

In this regard:

completion of construction works on the Sergeli line of the Tashkent Metro;

continuation of construction works on the above-ground metro ring road;

improvement of the condition of 5,500 km of automobile roads through quality organization of construction and repair works in accordance with approved programs is envisaged.

Further development of automobile transport services to meet the needs of the republic's economy and population.

Throughout the year

Ministry of Transport,

commercial banks,

"Uzavtosanoat" JSC,

"Uzavtosanoat-leasing" LLC,

Cabinet of Ministers of the Karakalpakstan Republic and regional hokimiyats

Based on calculations

Transport and Logistics Development Fund, commercial banks and leasing companies, local budgets, and other funds

Practical measures.

In this regard, within the framework of improving the system of providing automobile transport services to the population throughout the republic:

opening of 10 international and 114 local new bus routes;

construction and reconstruction of 26 auto stations;

construction of 296 intermediate stops;

purchase of 600 new buses is envisaged.

Introduction of modeling for comprehensive planning of the transport systems of Tashkent and Samarkand cities.

December 1, 2020

Tashkent City Hokimiyat,

Samarkand Region Hokimiyat,

Ministry of Transport,

MIA,

Ministry of Finance,

ministries and departments

6.5 billion sum

Transport and Logistics Development Fund

Program of measures.

The program envisages:

improving the updating digital database of relevant indicators of the transport system with the involvement of foreign companies and specialists;

development of mathematical models of the transport system;

introduction of a mechanism for short- and medium-term planning of the city transport system is envisaged.

Development of the railway and automobile transport-logistics network.

Throughout the year

Ministry of Transport,

"Uzbekistan Railways" JSC,

Committee for Automobile Roads,

Ministry of Investments and Foreign Trade

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—

Practical measures.

In this regard:

carrying out transportation via block trains in the "China — Kyrgyzstan — Uzbekistan — Turkmenistan — Azerbaijan — Georgia" multimodal direction;

development of transport corridors in the Uzbekistan — Turkmenistan — Iran — Oman direction;

obtaining and using tariff discounts in the amount of 30-50 percent of the current tariff rates of railway administrations for the transportation of transit cargo of the Republic of Uzbekistan through the territories of CIS countries, Iran, and Baltic states is envisaged.

Increasing the competitiveness of the aviation sector.

April 1, 2020

Ministry of Transport,

"Uzbekistan Airways" JSC,

"Uzbekistan airports" JSC,

ministries and departments

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Program of measures.

The program includes:

ensuring their competitiveness by reducing established tariffs and rates for aviation fuel and aircraft services at international airports (aviation fuel, airport, catering, navigation, and meteorological services) by 30-50 percent;

offering the "5 freedoms of the air" regime at Andijan and Bukhara international airports based on mutual interest;

optimization of tariffs and rates;

increasing the volume of air transport exports and creating favorable conditions for passenger and cargo transportation is envisaged.

Improving the regulatory framework for ensuring flight safety in the civil aviation sector.

October 1, 2020

Ministry of Transport,

"Uzaviatsiya" Agency

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Draft regulatory legal act.

The draft envisages the development of a regulatory framework to ensure the safety of flights of general aviation and helicopters, and flights conducted over populated areas.

3.11. Further improving the investment climate, supporting and legally protecting foreign investors in attracting direct foreign investment

Expanding the attraction of direct foreign investment and loans to introduce modern technologies into economic sectors, produce competitive finished products with high added value, develop the service sector, and create new jobs in localities.

Throughout the year

Ministry of Investments and Foreign Trade,

initiating agencies (ministries, departments, and economic management bodies, Cabinet of Ministers of the Karakalpakstan Republic, regional and Tashkent city hokimiyats)

$7.1 billion

Foreign investor funds

Practical measures.

In this regard:

approval of sectoral schedules of projects, development and examination of project estimates, and timely and quality implementation of construction and installation works within the framework of the Investment Program for 2020-2022;

utilization of investments in the amount of $23 billion from all sources and commissioning of 206 new large capacities;

construction of synthetic liquid fuel production capacities at the Shurtan Gas-Chemical Complex, and ammonia and carbamide production capacities at the Navoiyazot JSC.

Expanding and increasing the effectiveness of implementing other social and infrastructure projects aimed at improving the living standards of the population and creating more favorable conditions for them, based on long-term preferential loans from international financial institutions and foreign government financial organizations.

Throughout the year

Ministry of Investments and Foreign Trade,

initiators (ministries, departments, and economic management bodies, Cabinet of Ministers of the Karakalpakstan Republic, regional and Tashkent city hokimiyats)

$2.7 billion

Funds of international financial institutions and foreign government financial organizations

Practical measures.

In this regard, within the framework of the Investment Program for 2020-2022, it is envisaged to approve sectoral schedules of projects (excluding projects in healthcare, education, road-transport, water management, and utility services), develop project documents, conduct examinations, and ensure timely and quality implementation of construction and installation works.

Holding the International Investment Forum in Tashkent City.

December 1, 2020

Ministry of Investments and Foreign Trade,

ministries and departments

1.2 billion sum

State budget funds, extra-budgetary funds of the Ministry of Investments and Foreign Trade

Practical measures.

In this regard, it is envisaged to carry out organizational work related to holding the international investment forum.

Adapting norms for the development of strategic mineral deposits to international practice standards to actively attract foreign investment to the mining and geology sector and create a favorable investment climate.

May 1, 2020

State Committee for Geology and Mineral Resources,

Ministry of Investments and Foreign Trade,

Ministry of Finance,

Ministry of Economy and Industry,

State Tax Committee

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Draft Resolution of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

The draft includes:

introduction of international practice regarding the form and terms of cooperation based on license agreements for the management and implementation of investment projects in the mining and geology sector;

granting foreign investors the right to independently implement investment projects when full financing is ensured;

review of preferential bonus rates for the right to search for and identify mineral deposits;

adjustment of tax rates for the use of subsoil for strategic hard mineral deposits to international norms;

terms of payment of all types of taxes and mandatory payments by investors;

ensuring the guarantee of unchanged tax legislation throughout the entire period of project implementation is envisaged.

3.12. Further increasing the export potential of regions and economic sectors by expanding measures and mechanisms to support exporter companies in mastering new markets, increasing product competitiveness, and introducing international quality management systems

Thorough discussion of the issue of cooperation with the Eurasian Economic Union and preparation of reasoned conclusions.

According to the schedule

Palaces of the Oliy Majlis (on the basis of agreement),

Cabinet of Ministers, Ministry of Investments and Foreign Trade,

Ministry of Economy and Industry, ministries and departments

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Information and analytical information.

In this regard:

the impact of cooperation with the Eurasian Economic Union on the national economy;

analysis of its alignment with priority directions of national economic development in the short, medium, and long term;

evaluation by the impact on each economic sector;

clear indication of main positive and negative impact directions;

analysis of its interconnection with prospects of cooperation with other international organizations and foreign countries is envisaged.

Approval and implementation of the "roadmap" for 2020 aimed at intensifying dialogue with the World Trade Organization.

April 1, 2020

Ministry of Investments and Foreign Trade, Ministry of Economy and Industry, ministries and departments

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Draft regulatory legal act.

The draft includes:

finishing and submitting the memorandum on the external trade regime to the World Trade Organization, with specific deadlines and measures;

finishing and submitting the market access offer to the World Trade Organization, with specific deadlines and measures;

finishing and submitting the services market access offer to the World Trade Organization, with specific deadlines and measures;

taking specific measures to prepare for the fourth meeting of the Working Group on accession to the World Trade Organization is envisaged.

Development of the foreign trade and integration cooperation strategy of the Republic of Uzbekistan, taking into account cooperation issues with the World Trade Organization, Eurasian Economic Union, European Union under the Enhanced Partnership and Cooperation Agreement, and the Free Trade Area agreement within the CIS.

July 1, 2020

Ministry of Investments and Foreign Trade,

Ministry of Economy and Industry,

MIT,

ministries and departments

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Draft Resolution of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

The draft includes:

a "roadmap" aimed at mutually coordinated, export-oriented development and smooth integration into the global economy, based on the interests of the national economy and the long-term development concept of sectors;

defining priority directions of medium and long-term foreign trade policy;

taking measures to prevent negative impact on existing foreign trade relations with partners in the establishment of regional and global economic cooperation;

assigning the Task of deeply analyzing foreign markets, new export opportunities, and global trends in technological development to the Center for Development of Investment Projects, and forming project proposals aimed at creating production oriented towards export based on this is envisaged.

Introduction of a unified system for financial support of exporters.

April 1, 2020

Ministry of Investments and Foreign Trade,

Ministry of Finance,

Central Bank,

Ministry of Justice,

commercial banks

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Draft Resolution of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

The draft includes:

establishment of an Export-Credit Agency aimed at pre-financing exports;

entrusting the Export Support Fund with the obligation to provide guarantees for exporters to obtain loans and cover part of the credit costs;

introduction and practical application of modern insurance services in export is envisaged.

Introduction of a mechanism for the state to partially cover transportation costs by automobile and air transport when local exporting companies export products.

April 1, 2020

Ministry of Investments and Foreign Trade,

Ministry of Transport,

Ministry of Finance

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Draft regulatory legal act.

The draft includes:

application of the mechanism for partial reimbursement of transportation costs to transportation by automobile and air transport;

establishing the use of local carrier services as a mandatory condition for partial reimbursement of transportation costs;

adding to the list of goods for which transportation costs are reimbursed and taking into account neighboring countries is envisaged.

Taking measures to sharply increase the volume of production and export of fruit and vegetable products in the republic.

Throughout the year

Ministry of Investments and Foreign Trade,

Ministry of Agriculture,

Ministry of Economy and Industry,

Cabinet of Ministers of the Karakalpakstan Republic, regional and Tashkent city hokimiyats,

"Uzstandart" Agency,

State Plant Quarantine Inspectorate,

State Customs Committee,

ministries and departments

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Practical measures.

In this regard:

sharply increasing the production of fruit and vegetable products for export, amounting to $2 billion in the current year, and 3-4 times more in the next 5-7 years;

gradual specialization of districts based on soil-climatic conditions and market conjuncture;

selection of high-income exportable products based on analysis of demand in international markets;

allocation of land for product production based on the existing opportunities of districts;

systematic provision with high-quality seed material and other types of material and technical resources, and taking measures to develop the service sector;

establishing a "green corridor" system with foreign quarantine services to increase the export of fruit and vegetable products to countries such as the European Union, China, Korea, and Japan is envisaged.

Development and implementation of the Concept on Regulating Foreign Economic Activity to further increase export volume, reduce imports, and simplify trade procedures.

June 1, 2020

Ministry of Investments and Foreign Trade,

Ministry of Economy and Industry,

MIT,

State Customs Committee,

Ministry of Health,

State Plant Quarantine Inspectorate,

State Committee for Veterinary and Livestock Development,

"Uzstandart" Agency,

ministries and departments

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Draft regulatory legal acts.

In this regard:

taking measures to develop cross-border trade with neighboring countries;

holding negotiations on the organization of special trade zones in border areas with Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan, and Tajikistan;

creating favorable conditions for the entry of local products into foreign markets;

conducting negotiations on signing agreements on preferential trade with India, China, Turkey, Japan, and other countries;

conducting negotiations on signing free trade agreements with Korea, Mongolia, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, and other countries;

preventing the import of products that may have a negative impact on human health and the environment;

studying the requirements of World Trade Organization agreements and developing proposals;

studying the requirements of World Trade Organization agreements, World Customs Organization, and United Nations recommendations is envisaged.

Organization of free trade zones in Andijan, Termez, and Konigrot districts.

March 20, 2020

Ministry of Investments and Foreign Trade,

Ministry of Economy and Industry,

MIT, ministries and departments

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Draft Regulatory Legal Act.

The draft envisages the organization of free trade zones and the launch of their activities in the districts of Andijan, Termez, and Konig'rot.

Harmonization of the national technical regulation system with international standards in the process of international economic integration.

November 20, 2020

"Uzstandart" Agency, Ministry of Investment and Foreign Trade, Ministry of Economy and Industry

Ministry of Health, State Plant Quarantine Inspectorate, State Committee for Veterinary and Livestock Development, State Committee for Ecology

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Plan of Measures.

The Plan includes:

Reviewing normative legal acts in the field of technical regulation establishing product safety requirements in the Republic of Uzbekistan, taking into account international practice;

Phased implementation of the requirements of normative legal acts in the field of technical regulation applicable in member states of international integration organizations;

Reviewing the functions, tasks, and working principles of authorized bodies in the field of technical regulation based on international requirements;

Reviewing the material and technical base used by authorized bodies in product assessment;

Developing a program for 2020–2023 aimed at retraining and improving the qualifications of personnel in the fields of technical regulation, standardization, certification, and metrology;

It is envisaged to establish a service for standard information on physical constants and substances and materials within the system of the "Uzbek National Metrology Institute" state enterprise, as well as an uninterrupted testing service.

Institutional improvement of standardization, metrology, and conformity assessment systems.

December 1, 2020

"Uzstandart" Agency, Ministry of Investment and Foreign Trade, ministries and departments

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Information-analytical report and "Roadmap".

Herein:

Improving the activities of the "Uzstandart" Agency and its organizations based on international experience;

Broadly involving private business in the sector on the basis of the public-private partnership principle;

Reducing the "human factor" by introducing IT technologies in providing services in the fields of standardization, metrology, and conformity assessment;

Accelerating the process of international economic integration of the Republic of Uzbekistan and harmonizing national standards with international norms;

Developing a concept for the development of the standardization sector for 2020–2025;

Broadly involving economic sectors in the standardization process and ensuring their participation in the activities of international technical committees;

Reviewing and re-equipping the material and technical base of testing and calibration laboratories operating in product assessment;

Measures are envisaged to bring the number of State Standards of the Republic of Uzbekistan to 21 items.

Achieving international recognition of comparison results conducted in the Republic.

Throughout the year

"Uzstandart" Agency, Ministry of Investment and Foreign Trade, Ministry of Justice, MFA

Based on calculations

Technical assistance and other funds

Practical measures.

Herein:

Simplifying the certification process and improving the quality national infrastructure;

Adopting nearly 3,000 standards, bringing their total number to 10,000, and achieving a degree of alignment with international standards of 40 percent;

Participating in 11 comparisons within the framework of regional metrological organizations;

Establishing a dosimetric laboratory for secondary ionizing radiation standards in the Republic of Uzbekistan;

Accrediting 4 testing laboratories internationally for testing food, textile, and cable products and assessing electromagnetic compatibility of technical means;

Accrediting 1 laboratory internationally for calibrating measuring instruments of mass, pressure, and temperature quantities;

Ensuring mutual recognition of test results with Indonesia, the UAE, Pakistan, India, and Saudi Arabia is envisaged.

Amendments and additions to the Laws "On Standardization," "On Certification of Products and Services," and "On Conformity Assessment."

November 1, 2020

"Uzstandart" Agency, Ministry of Justice, Ministry of Investment and Foreign Trade, ministries and departments

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Draft Law of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

The draft provides for:

Conducting an analysis of norms and rules in existing laws based on international requirements;

Introducing amendments and additions to the laws aimed at improving certification processes and creating a legal basis for the recognition of the national accreditation system by international organizations.

Increasing the efficiency of customs administration.

June 1, 2020

State Customs Committee, Ministry of Investment and Foreign Trade, ministries and departments

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Draft Decree of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

The draft provides for:

Unifying customs legislation with international standards and principles;

Increasing and coordinating the efficiency of customs, veterinary, phytosanitary, and sanitary-quarantine authorities at customs posts;

Creating opportunities for direct export of goods through customs border crossing points by organizing logistics centers and multimodal complexes at the border;

Introducing the customs audit institution;

Efficient use of the "single window" customs information system, further expanding its activities, and broadening the list of provided permits;

Introducing a procedure for submitting electronic applications for preliminary decisions on the classification of goods according to the nomenclature of foreign economic activity goods;

Establishing a section that allows calculating customs payments for goods in "online" mode and determining expenses for permit documents;

Placing interactive services of all state control bodies related to foreign economic activity is envisaged.

3.13. Reforming the agricultural sector in areas such as increasing the efficiency of agricultural production, widespread introduction of intensive technologies and innovative developments, ensuring the country's food security, developing the cluster system and deep processing of agricultural products in all directions

Strengthening the legal basis of cluster and cooperative relations in agriculture.

November 1, 2020

Legislative Chamber of the Oliy Majlis (on the basis of agreement), Ministry of Agriculture, Ministry of Economy and Industry, Ministry of Justice, Ministry of Finance, Federation of Farmers, Peasant Farms, and Household Landowners of Uzbekistan

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Draft Law of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

The draft provides for:

Consolidating all norms related to cluster and cooperative relations in the agricultural sector into a single legal act and unifying documents;

Creating legal foundations for introducing mutual cooperative relations in the fields of production, storage, processing, and service of agricultural products by farmers, peasant farms, and household landowners.

Completely abandoning old methods of work such as issuing instructions, resource allocation, and planning by the Ministry of Agriculture.

May 1, 2020

Ministry of Agriculture, Ministry of Justice, ministries and departments

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Draft Regulatory Legal Act.

The draft provides for:

Reviewing the powers and activity directions of the structure of the Ministry of Agriculture based on international functional evaluation (Management Functional Assessment Model — MFAM) criteria;

Transforming the ministry into a service organization, i.e., assigning it broad service functions ranging from determining soil conditions, selecting crop types and seeds, efficient irrigation, pest control, financial assistance, to finding markets for products;

Gradually reducing the role of state services in agriculture and transferring them to the private sector;

Improving the vertical and horizontal management system in the agrarian sector is envisaged.

Reforming the State Fund for Support of Agriculture and launching credit allocation to other branches of the agrarian sector.

August 1, 2020

Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Agriculture, Central Bank, Federation of Farmers, Peasant Farms, and Household Landowners of Uzbekistan

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Draft Regulatory Legal Act.

The draft provides for:

Fundamental reform of the State Fund for Support of Agriculture;

Improving mechanisms for financial support of product producers;

Subsidizing interest rates on commercial credits allocated for the production of agricultural products;

Measures to increase the financial literacy of product producers are envisaged.

Continuing work on the gradual transition of cotton and grain cultivation to the cluster form, along with supporting the farmer movement in the agrarian sector.

Throughout the year

Ministry of Agriculture, State Committee for Veterinary and Livestock Development, Federation of Farmers, Peasant Farms, and Household Landowners of Uzbekistan, "Uzpachtasanoat" JSC, "Uzdonmahsulot" AK, "Uztokimachilik-sanoat" Association, "Uzbekpaksanoat" Association, Cabinet of Ministers of the Karakalpakstan Republic, regional hokimiyats

Based on calculations

Own funds of initiators, commercial bank loans

Practical measures.

Herein:

Abandoning state approval of cotton and grain production volumes starting from 2020;

Abandoning the practice of setting purchase prices for cotton and grain by the state;

Providing comprehensive assistance in selecting capable initiators and launching their activities;

Improving mutual relations between clusters and product producers is envisaged.

Establishment of fruit and vegetable clusters.

Throughout the year

Ministry of Agriculture, Federation of Farmers, Peasant Farms, and Household Landowners of Uzbekistan, Cabinet of Ministers of the Karakalpakstan Republic, regional hokimiyats

Based on calculations

Own funds of initiators, commercial bank loans

Practical measures.

Herein, measures are envisaged to establish fruit and vegetable clusters.

Increasing competitiveness in the production of agricultural machinery and provision of service services.

March 20, 2020

"Uzagrotehsanoat-holding" JSC, "Uzagroservis" JSC, Ministry of Agriculture, Ministry of Information Technologies and Communications

Based on calculations

Own funds of initiators, commercial bank loans, and other sources

Plan of Measures.

The Plan includes:

Increasing the competitiveness of produced machinery in domestic and foreign markets;

Equipping agricultural machinery with GPS navigation devices;

Implementing document exchange electronically between the customer and the service provider;

Creating a system for monitoring performed mechanization and service services in online mode is envisaged.

Development of fruit and vegetable growing, viticulture, seed breeding, livestock, and agro-logistics, widespread introduction of water-saving technologies, and directing funds to scientific research and preparation of qualified personnel for the sector.

Throughout the year

Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Agriculture, Ministry of Economy and Industry, Ministry of Water Resources, Ministry of Innovation, Ministry of Higher and Secondary Special Education

15 billion soums

State budget funds

Practical measures.

Herein:

Directing funds in the parameters of the state budget in the target and full volume;

Prioritizing financing of advanced scientific developments and innovative projects;

Allocating funds for the purpose of preparing and retraining qualified personnel in the sector;

Measures are envisaged to allocate subsidies for the introduction of water-saving technologies.

Developing a new edition draft of the Law of the Republic of Uzbekistan "On Quality and Safety of Food Products."

March 1, 2021

Sanitary-Epidemiological Service, Ministry of Justice, Ministry of Investment and Foreign Trade, General Prosecutor's Office, State Committee for Veterinary and Livestock Development, Committee for Antimonopoly Policy, State Plant Quarantine Inspectorate, "Uzstandart" Agency

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Draft Law of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

The draft provides for:

Clearly defining the rights and obligations of producers, sellers, consumers, and state control bodies of food products;

Creating legal mechanisms for conducting control purchases in the trade sector;

Including norms regarding administrative liability measures for compliance with sanitary rules, norms, and hygiene standards by legal and physical persons.

Ensuring food security of the population.

May 1, 2020

Ministry of Agriculture, MFA, Ministry of Investment and Foreign Trade, State Plant Quarantine Inspectorate, Federation of Farmers, Peasant Farms, and Household Landowners of Uzbekistan

Based on calculations

Funds of international financial institutions

Program of Measures.

Herein:

Further increasing the production of legume grain products;

Fundamentally improving work on testing local varieties, imported varieties and hybrids, and entering them into the state registry;

Introducing an agroecology system in agriculture;

Further developing and widely introducing organic agriculture;

Developing legal foundations for the production, adaptation testing, and storage of seeds of vegetables, melons, and potatoes;

Further developing the viticulture and winemaking sector in the republic, including the establishment of small wineries aimed at providing tourism services;

Holding a regional conference on ensuring food security in cooperation with the FAO Representative Office for Europe and Central Asia is envisaged.

Development of the system of science, education, information, and advisory services in agriculture.

April 1, 2020

Ministry of Agriculture, Ministry of Higher and Secondary Special Education, Ministry of Innovation

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Draft Regulatory Legal Act.

The draft provides for:

Developing a program for 2020–2025 aimed at further increasing the scientific potential of agriculture;

Developing main directions of fundamental and applied research and innovative activities;

Conducting scientific research on creating modern forms of agricultural production;

Implementing joint projects with foreign scientific centers and training highly qualified scientific personnel in narrow specialties in modern "smart," resource-saving, and innovative technologies is envisaged.

Fundamentally improving the activities of the "Davergeodezkadrast" Committee and introducing the institution of determining the cadastral value of non-agricultural land plots and buildings close to market prices.

May 1, 2020

Throughout the year

"Davergeodezkadrast" Committee, Ministry of Justice, Ministry of Finance, State Tax Committee, Ministry of Investment and Foreign Trade, General Prosecutor's Office, Tashkent City Hokimiyat

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Draft Regulatory Legal Act and practical measures.

The draft provides for:

Improving the activities of the "Davergeodezkadrast" Committee;

Introducing an automated digital information system;

Developing the material and technical base of the committee;

Developing methodology for mass formation and valuation of real estate;

Forming an initial collection of electronic cartographic data on mass formation of real estate;

Systematizing data in a single database on organizing mass valuation works of real estate;

Transitioning the cadastral value of real estate objects to a new electronic system while introducing a transparent mechanism;

Introducing a procedure for placing orders via the Internet network to determine the cadastral value of real estate is envisaged.

In practical measures:

Creating spatial information geoportals of the state cadastre system to ensure data exchange of state cadastres and update cadastre information;

Launching information exchange between open spatial data by ministries maintaining state cadastres and the state cadastre system;

Creating interactive cadastral maps and a metadata system on the internet network for users is envisaged.

Developing the draft Concept for the Development of Water Management for 2020–2030.

April 1, 2020

Ministry of Water Resources, Ministry of Agriculture, Ministry of Investment and Foreign Trade, State Committee for Geology and Mineral Resources, State Committee for Ecology, ministries and departments

400 thousand USD

Grant funds of the Asian Development Bank

Draft Decree of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

The draft provides for:

Indicators of results to be achieved by 2030 through the fulfillment of tasks set in the Concept;

Increasing the coefficient of useful action in irrigation networks from 0.64 to 0.70 by constructing and reconstructing irrigation networks;

Improving the meliorative condition of irrigated lands and returning 298 thousand hectares of land taken out of use back to use;

Reducing electricity consumption from the current 7.6 billion kWh to 7 billion kWh by modernizing pump stations and implementing energy-saving measures;

Widely introducing water-saving technologies, bringing the area where water-saving technologies are applied to 1 million hectares by 2025, and introducing drip irrigation systems on an area exceeding 300 thousand hectares;

Automating the processes of managing water management facilities, water control, and accounting systems;

Bringing the number of objects equipped with "Smart Water" devices to 400 by 2025 and exceeding 1,000 by 2030;

Transitioning the electricity consumption of all pump stations to an "online" monitoring system;

Improving the material and technical base of project organizations and their capacity, and improving the quality of project documents;

Improving interstate relations and addressing transboundary water issues are envisaged.

Improving the meliorative condition of irrigated lands, ensuring safe and stable operation of irrigation and melioration facilities, and rational and economical use of water resources.

Throughout the year

Ministry of Water Resources, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Investment and Foreign Trade, Ministry of Economy and Industry, Cabinet of Ministers of the Karakalpakstan Republic, regional hokimiyats

1 trillion soums

186 million USD

State budget funds, funds of international financial institutions

Practical measures.

Herein:

Construction and reconstruction of 421 km of main, inter-district, and farm collector systems, 94 km of closed trench drains, 214 km of channels, 66 km of trough networks, and 24 hydraulic structures;

Improving the irrigation system of 326.5 thousand hectares and the meliorative condition of 198.2 thousand hectares is envisaged.

Implementation of water-saving technologies on 44 thousand hectares in 2020, or approximately four times more area than the previous year.

Throughout the year

Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Water Resources, Ministry of Agriculture, Cabinet of Ministers of the Karakalpakstan Republic, regional hokimiyats

300 billion soums

State budget funds, commercial bank loans

Practical measures.

Herein:

Saving 135 million cubic meters of water and other resources; measures to provide reliable water supply to 20 thousand hectares of double-crop areas;

Widespread implementation of water-saving technologies on a total of 48,525 hectares in 2020 is envisaged.

Establishing a unified system for recording and reporting on all water resources in the Republic.

September 1, 2020

Ministry of Housing and Communal Services, Ministry of Water Resources, Ministry of Agriculture, State Committee for Geology and Mineral Resources, "Uzhgidromet" Center, State Committee for Ecology

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Draft Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers.

The draft provides for:

Effective use of water based on strict limitation limits;

Developing a balance sheet of water resources;

Maintaining the state water cadastre and water accounting;

Creating and developing a single database of information on water resources for all sources is envisaged.

Further strengthening the fodder base of livestock.

March 20, 2020

State Committee for Veterinary and Livestock Development, Ministry of Agriculture, "Davergeodezkadrast" Committee, Cabinet of Ministers of the Karakalpakstan Republic and regional hokimiyats

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Program of Measures.

The Program includes:

Supplying high-yield seeds for growing feed crops;

Sowing feed crops on land plots allocated to livestock farms;

Launching seed breeding of desert-pasture feed crops;

Ensuring livestock farms with bran, husk, and mixed feed products through stock exchange trading;

Measures are envisaged to widely introduce innovative developments in livestock.

3.14. Rapid development of the "Digital Economy", widespread introduction of digital technologies into all spheres of human activity, including healthcare and education, automation of production and management systems in the real sector of the economy, ensuring the integrity and stable operation of the information system, and information security

Developing the "Digital Uzbekistan - 2030" program.

April 1, 2020

Cabinet of Ministers, Ministry of Information Technologies and Communications, National Agency for Project Management, Ministry of Investment and Foreign Trade, Ministry of Economy and Industry, Ministry of Justice, Ministry of Finance, ministries and departments

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Draft Decree of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

The draft provides for:

Widespread introduction of digital technologies in the telecommunications sector, provision of state services, branches of the real sector of the economy, healthcare, state cadastre, and other sectors, and approving the "Digital Uzbekistan - 2030" program in this regard;

Introducing the position of Deputy Prime Minister on digital technologies and e-government issues into the structure of the Cabinet of Ministers;

Introducing the position of deputy head on digital technologies and e-government issues in ministries and departments, and local state authority bodies;

Improving the technical infrastructure of the e-government;

Improving the system for developing human capital and preparing personnel and improving their qualifications;

Transforming state services into digital format and developing the information ecosystem;

Ensuring openness and transparency of the activities of state bodies and organizations, and increasing the level of electronic participation of the population;

Ensuring information security, protection of information resources and systems;

Designating a single authorized body in the field of digital economy and e-government is envisaged.

Creating a unified state system for data management by integrating all types of reports and databases in state organizations.

June 1, 2020

Ministry of Information Technologies and Communications, National Agency for Project Management, State Statistics Committee, Ministry of Finance, ministries and departments

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Draft Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers.

Herein:

Studying the possibilities of integrating electronic systems and databases of ministries and departments with statistical electronic systems and developing the corresponding "roadmap";

determine the sources of financing and implementation deadlines for the creation of a state information management system involving the integration of all types of reports and databases;

it is planned to request information of one type from business entities only once.

Implementation and modernization of control and data collection systems (SCADA), energy management systems (EMS), and other types of information technology in organizations within the Ministry of Energy system.

Throughout the year

Ministry of Energy, Ministry of Investments and Foreign Trade, "Teploelektrstanatsiyalar" JSC, "Uzbekiston Milliy Elektr Tarmoqlari" JSC, "Hududiy Elektr Tarmoqlari" JSC, "Uzbekgidroenergo" JSC

2 trillion soums

World Bank loans and own funds

Practical measures. In this regard:

implementation of modern and innovative technologies in the management and control of production processes at enterprises of the electric power industry;

monitoring of key technical and economic indicators and optimization of modes in the processes of electricity generation, transmission, and distribution to ensure energy security is envisaged.

Widespread implementation of digital technologies in agriculture.

Throughout the year

Ministry of Agriculture, Ministry of Investments and Foreign Trade, "Davergeodezkadestr" Committee, Ministry of Information Technologies and Communications

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Practical measures. In this regard:

creation of a single integration platform for "Digital Agriculture" (e-agriculture.uz);

creation of a single information database for "online harvest" based on the first and second crop types of agricultural lands and yield levels;

establishment of cooperation with advanced foreign companies in accounting for land intended for agriculture;

establishment of a structural unit within the established staff units of the Ministry of Agriculture for the implementation of digital technologies;

widespread implementation of "Smart Agriculture" technology is envisaged.

Expansion of the territory of the Software Products and Information Technology Technological Park (IT Park) and construction of new infrastructure facilities.

June 1, 2020

Ministry of Information Technologies and Communications, Ministry of Construction, Ministry of Investments and Foreign Trade, Ministry of Economy and Industry, Mayor's Office of Tashkent City, relevant local state authority bodies

Based on calculations

Executors' funds, local budget funds, and commercial bank loans

Practical measures. In this regard, joint resolutions are to be adopted with the Supreme Council of the Karakalpakstan Republic and the Khokimiyats of Samarkand, Bukhara, Khorezm, and Namangan regions, providing for:

organization of technoparks in the cities of Nukus, Bukhara, Namangan, Samarkand, Guliston, and Urgench;

maintenance of the technopark's regional branches and organization of necessary infrastructure at the expense of additional sources of the local budget and on the basis of public-private partnership;

transfer of objects to be established to the technopark on the basis of the right of operational management.

Further development of the software products and information technology technological park by expanding the scope of activity, organizing comprehensive support for "startup projects," including venture financing, and creating favorable conditions for IT companies.

September 1, 2020

Ministry of Information Technologies and Communications, Ministry of Innovation, Ministry of Investments and Foreign Trade

Based on calculations

Funds of the Fund for the Development of Information and Communication Technologies, credits, grants, and other funds

Draft normative legal acts and practical measures. In this regard:

organization of the activity of an internal fund for the purpose of financing startup projects that have passed the acceleration and incubation program in the technological park;

support for promising "startup projects" and assistance to small and medium-sized enterprises in the field of information technology;

development of the market for information technology and software products, financing at least 15 promising "startup projects" annually;

creation of opportunities for the placement of a large number of company-residents and project initiators in the technopark through the construction of additional buildings and facilities and reconstruction of existing ones is envisaged.

Improving digital skills among the population, especially youth, and implementing the "One Million Programmers" project.

Throughout the year

Council of Ministers, Ministry of Information Technologies and Communications, Ministry of Public Education, Ministry of Innovation, Ministry of Investments and Foreign Trade, ministries and departments, Council of Ministers of the Karakalpakstan Republic, Khokimiyats of regions and Tashkent City

Based on calculations

Executors' funds and commercial bank loans

Practical measures. In this regard:

teaching modern information technologies that fully meet international standards at all stages of the education system;

formation of infrastructure for the implementation of projects such as "Smart School," "Electronic Library," and others;

holding seminars and other events in educational institutions to attract broad layers of the population to master information technologies;

increasing the number of digital technology training centers to 80;

gradual implementation of the "One Million Programmers" project in digital technology training centers and informatics clubs in schools together with foreign partners;

selection and awarding of competition winners and placement of graduates in jobs is envisaged.

Development of intellectual property activity and improvement of the organization of expertise of intellectual property objects using modern IT solutions, outsourcing methods, and "artificial intelligence."

August 1, 2020

Ministry of Justice, Agency for Intellectual Property, Ministry of Innovation, Academy of Sciences, Ministry of Higher and Secondary Special Education, Ministry of Agriculture, Ministry of Investments and Foreign Trade

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Draft Decree of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

The draft provides for:

creation of conditions for effective market valuation of intellectual property;

simplification of the turnover of intangible assets;

development of intellectual property activities organized at the expense of budget funds;

improvement of the system for examining intellectual property objects;

implementation of mechanisms for using modern IT solutions, outsourcing methods, and "artificial intelligence" in the process of examining intellectual property objects is envisaged.

Implementation of the automated information system "Risk Management" at automobile border customs posts, and submission of electronic information in real-time to the customs authority regarding legal entities, wagons, containers, movement areas, or railway stations where goods are transported by rail.

June 1, 2020

State Customs Committee, Ministry of Transport, "Uzbekiston Temir Yollari" JSC, ministries and departments

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Plan of measures.

The plan provides for:

effective customs control of goods and motor vehicles upon the implementation of the information system at border customs posts;

reduction of processing time;

increasing the throughput of customs posts;

control over the timely arrival of foreign trade cargo at destination customs posts;

prevention of crimes such as swapping cargo in unknown areas before it reaches the designated destination customs post or railway station, and falsification of accompanying cargo documents for goods transported by rail;

online monitoring in real-time of the movement of wagons and containers within railway stations and railway compositions of international cargo transported by rail through the existing information system of the State Customs Committee is envisaged.

For this, railway organizations are to provide information on the movement of wagons within the republic to customs authorities free of charge through a single technological information cooperation system.

Further development of telecommunications infrastructure.

April 1, 2020

Throughout the year

Ministry of Information Technologies and Communications, Ministry of Investments and Foreign Trade, "Uzbektelecom" JSC

Based on calculations

World Bank, China Development Bank credits, equipment suppliers' credits

Practical measures. In this regard:

development of broadband connection networks;

provision of high-speed Internet to all rural areas and mahallas within the next 2 years;

installation of 800,000 broadband connection subscriber ports;

expansion of the data storage and processing center;

installation of 40 server units and 5 sets of data storage systems;

expansion and modernization of mobile communication networks;

construction and modernization of over 2,000 base stations to expand mobile communication networks in remote populated areas;

construction of optical fiber communication line networks;

construction of 12,000 km of optical fiber communication lines through FTTx technology;

expansion of quality broadband telecommunications services for the population as a result of project implementation is envisaged.

Implementation of a system for issuing identification ID cards instead of the 2011 model biometric passport of a citizen of the Republic of Uzbekistan, based on the infrastructure of the Republic's biometric passport system.

April 1, 2020

Throughout the year

State Personalization Center, Ministry of Information Technologies and Communications, Ministry of Internal Affairs, Ministry of Justice, Ministry of Health, Ministry of Finance, State Tax Committee

Based on calculations

Executors' funds

Draft normative legal acts and practical measures. In this regard:

conducting a pre-project study taking into account foreign experience in the implementation of similar systems and their integration into the "Electronic Government" system;

preparation of technical and design and regulatory documents, including standards, for the purpose of starting project implementation;

development and approval of a program for the gradual development of the technological infrastructure of state bodies, including data transmission networks, hardware and software systems, and others;

gradual implementation of the project;

assignment of the Individual Identification Number (IIN) to all newborns and persons under 16 years of age, provision of electronic state services to all natural persons, and linking them to parents' information for identification purposes is envisaged.

3.15. Acceleration of the use of modern methods of state management, expansion of the scope of public-private partnership mechanisms, and efficient use of vacant land areas, buildings, and facilities

Unification of the norms of the Laws of the Republic of Uzbekistan "On Natural Monopolies" and "On Competition."

November 1, 2020

Antimonopoly Committee, Agency for Management of State Assets, Ministry of Economy and Industry, Ministry of Justice, ministries and departments

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Draft Law of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

The draft envisages opening up to the private sector in monopoly areas where a free competitive environment can be introduced, based on the study of international experience, and forming a competitive environment.

Development of a strategy for ownership of enterprises with state participation.

April 1, 2020

Council of Ministers, Agency for Management of State Assets, Antimonopoly Committee, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Economy and Industry, Ministry of Investments and Foreign Trade, Ministry of Energy, Chamber of Commerce and Industry

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Draft Decree of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan:

The draft provides for:

determination of criteria for keeping enterprises in state ownership (possession);

creation of equal conditions for enterprises with state participation and private enterprises;

ensuring openness and transparency in the activities of enterprises with state participation;

clear definition of functions and goals for enterprises with state participation, and establishment of the basis for ownership of enterprises with state participation;

separation of the state's control and property functions regarding enterprises;

direct linking of material incentives for members of the executive body and supervisory board of enterprises with state participation to the results of key performance indicators and the level of implementation of corporate governance principles;

strengthening the responsibility and accountability of the management and control bodies of enterprises with state participation, and improving their activities;

implementation of a system for evaluating the efficiency of the activities of joint-stock companies and other business entities with state share;

privatization of enterprises with state participation;

reduction of the number of enterprises with state participation that have a dominant position in goods and financial markets;

implementation of a mechanism for obtaining prior consent of the antimonopoly authority for the establishment of enterprises with state participation;

reform of basic and infrastructure enterprises with state participation, introduction of international standards for financial reporting, international auditing, and obtaining international ratings;

capitalization of large, high-income enterprises such as the Navoi and Almalyk Mining and Metallurgical Combines, retaining state control while putting part of the shares up for sale;

completion of work on financial reporting based on international standards, recalculation of reserves, and implementation of corporate disclosure in 2020;

involvement of foreign experts in the management of state enterprises in the oil and gas sector to increase their efficiency and optimize expenses, and to reduce debt amounts;

sale of shares of at least 20 joint-stock companies through primary and secondary public offerings (IPO/SPO) in 2020;

reconsideration of the system for evaluating the efficiency of the activities of joint-stock companies and other business entities with state share from the point of view of reducing their number is envisaged.

Reduction of existing exclusive rights of enterprises with state participation that negatively affect the competitive environment.

October 1, 2020

Antimonopoly Committee, Agency for Management of State Assets, Ministry of Investments and Foreign Trade, Ministry of Economy and Industry

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Draft normative legal act.

The draft provides for:

full inventory of exclusive rights of enterprises with state participation that negatively affect the competitive environment;

introduction of amendments to relevant legislative acts on the reduction of exclusive rights is envisaged.

Increasing the efficiency of state asset management.

May 1, 2020

Agency for Management of State Assets, Ministry of Economy and Industry, Ministry of Investments and Foreign Trade, Ministry of Finance, Agency for the Development of the Capital Market

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Draft normative legal acts.

The drafts provide for:

improvement of the system for leasing state real estate, regulation of leasing real estate of economic societies where the state share is 50 percent and above;

introduction of practice for selling real estate of legal entities owned by legal entities on the balance sheet of state institutions and enterprises, and legal entities whose charter capital includes a state share of 50 percent and above, through electronic auctions at appraised value;

extension of the powers of the executive body of joint-stock companies from one to three years;

establishment of the Association of Independent Members of Supervisory Boards of Uzbekistan for the purpose of gradually reducing the number of state servants in the composition of the supervisory boards of economic societies is envisaged.

Improvement of appraisal activity.

Throughout the year

Agency for Management of State Assets, Association of Appraisal Organizations, Uzbek Society of Appraisers, Ministry of Investments and Foreign Trade

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Practical measures. In this regard:

harmonization of national appraisal standards with the principles of international appraisal standards;

implementation of a service quality management system in accordance with international quality standards in the activities of at least 10 appraisal organizations;

elevation to the international level through the accession of public organizations in the field of appraisal activity to international appraisal organizations and their active participation in their work;

assistance to appraisers in obtaining internationally recognized professional certificates;

implementation of a single standard of appraisal based on the most advanced foreign experience in determining the real market value of property;

involvement of local appraisers and appraisal organizations in public organizations in the field of appraisal activity;

implementation of international standards for the quality management of work and services provided by appraisal organizations is envisaged.

Improvement of realtor activity.

July 1, 2020

Third Quarter of 2020

Agency for Management of State Assets, Ministry of Justice, Agency for Public Services, Ministry of Information Technologies and Communications, Association of Realtors

Agency for Management of State Assets, Ministry of Information Technologies and Communications

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Draft normative legal acts and practical measures. In this regard:

gradual transfer of the licensing function of realtor activity from state management to professional public organizations of realtors in 2020;

transition to electronic format of regulatory processes such as licensing and certification of realtors through local centers for public services in the draft Government Decree "On Approval of the Administrative Regulation for Licensing Realtor Activity";

creation of a single electronic platform for the real estate market in the draft Government Decree "On Creation of a Single Multilisting System of the Republic of Uzbekistan," which allows obtaining reliable information in real-time about all real estate objects for sale and transparent formation of their market prices;

integration of the multilisting system with databases of information provided on the basis of exclusive contracts for real estate objects, and the membership of participants in the real estate market (realtors) in the system is envisaged as a necessary condition for working in the market.

Improvement of insolvency procedures.

July 1, 2020

Agency for Management of State Assets, Supreme Court, State Tax Committee

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Draft Law of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

The draft provides for:

encouraging the widespread application of procedures for rehabilitating economically weak enterprises through rehabilitation;

introduction of norms regulating bankruptcy procedures for natural persons;

establishment of the procedure for granting tax benefits to enterprises subject to insolvency procedures is envisaged.

Application of public-private partnership mechanisms on a large scale in sectors requiring large capital investments to attract investments.

Throughout the year

Council of Ministers, Ministry of Investments and Foreign Trade, Agency for the Development of Public-Private Partnership, Ministry of Transport, Ministry of Energy, Ministry of Health, Ministry of Higher and Secondary Special Education, Ministry of Public Education, Ministry of Preschool Education, Ministry of Housing and Communal Services, Ministry of Finance, ministries and departments

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Practical measures. In this regard:

measures aimed at using effective tools for attracting investment;

widespread application of public-private partnership mechanisms in sectors such as transport, energy, roads, utilities, medicine, and education;

annual required volume of capital investments by sector, the share to be financed through public-private partnership mechanisms, and deadlines;

implementation of mechanisms for guaranteeing state obligations for projects implemented on the basis of public-private partnership;

target indicators, practical measures, and sectoral schedules for the formation of public-private partnership projects;

regular monitoring of the implementation of public-private partnership projects;

measures aimed at evaluating the efficiency and practical effectiveness of public-private partnership projects are envisaged.

IV. PRIORITY AREAS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE SOCIAL SECTOR

4.1. Development of the education and science sector

Implementation of measures aimed at increasing preschool education coverage to 60 percent.

Throughout the year

Ministry of Preschool Education, Ministry of Economy and Industry, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Investments and Foreign Trade, Ministry of Construction, Council of Ministers of the Karakalpakstan Republic, Khokimiyats of regions and Tashkent City

1.8 trillion soums

State budget funds

Sectoral schedules and practical measures of projects included in the Investment Program for 2020-2022.

In this regard:

construction and reconstruction of 418 preschool education institutions and further improvement of the system for providing education to children;

establishment of 420 non-state preschool education organizations with a capacity of over 46,000 places and 2,000 family-type non-state preschool education organizations with a capacity of 50,000 places on the basis of public-private partnership;

inclusion of 1,920 children in alternative forms of preschool education;

inclusion of at least 75 percent of 6-year-old children in alternative forms of preschool education and mandatory preparatory groups at preschool education institutions;

recovery of buildings of former preschool education institutions on the balance sheet of other ministries and departments is envisaged.

Implementation of modern educational programs and technologies in the educational and upbringing processes in the preschool education system.

Throughout the year

Ministry of Preschool Education, Agency for Information and Mass Communications, Ministry of Finance

Based on calculations

Within the framework of funds allocated from the state budget, extra-budgetary funds

Practical measures. In this regard:

based on the "Ilk Qadam" educational program:

for children aged 3-5 — printing of didactic game sets in 10,000 copies;

for children aged 6-7 — printing of didactic game sets in 10,000 copies;

for 6-year-old children — printing of writing albums in 40,000 copies;

printing of didactic distribution sets in 12,000 copies;

printing of didactic poster sets in 10,000 copies;

development of the "Ilm Yo'li" program for mandatory free preparatory groups for school;

development of educational programs adapted for multi-profile specialized preschool education organizations and combined-type preschool education organizations is envisaged.

Development of the National Curriculum for General Secondary Education.

June 1, 2020

Ministry of Public Education, State Inspection for Quality Control of Education

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Departmental draft document.

The draft provides for:

improvement of school curricula based on advanced foreign experience;

revision of study loads and subjects, adapting them to international standards;

improvement the quality of textbooks and literature;

development of variable study plans for general secondary education institutions;

optimization of teachers' pedagogical load, freeing them from other reports and excessive paperwork outside the main load, and creating conditions for them to devote more time to the content of pedagogy;

10-11th grade students are to be enrolled in experimental classes based on their chosen elective curricula.

Introduction of a system for paying higher wages to teachers who possess pedagogical skill and qualification levels and have achieved clear results in their work.

2020

June 1

Ministry of Public Education, Ministry of Finance

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Draft regulatory legal act.

The draft provides for:

introduction of a professional certification system for confirming pedagogical skill and qualification level;

implementation of the practice of gradually increasing the monthly wages of teachers with first and highest qualification categories compared to teachers without such categories, and expanding the differences in monthly wages.

Connecting general education schools to broadband Internet networks.

Throughout the year

Ministry of Information Technologies and Communications, Ministry of Public Education, "Uzbektelecom" JSC

Based on calculations

Budget funds, "Uzbektelecom" JSC funds, and other funds

Practical measures.

This involves connecting 70 percent of general education schools to broadband Internet networks.

Creation of a single electronic software complex for managing institutions in the public education system.

Throughout the year

Ministry of Public Education, Ministry of Information Technologies and Communications, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Justice, State Inspection for Quality Control of Education

Based on calculations

Off-budget funds of the Ministry of Public Education

Practical measures.

This involves forming a database of information on the passport of a general education institution, student contingent, staff units, including occupied ones, number of employees, their positions, and salary amounts, as well as integrating this information with the databases of other ministries and departments.

Creating necessary conditions for teachers of general education schools to prepare for the 2021 international assessment process.

Throughout the year

State Inspection for Quality Control of Education, Ministry of Public Education, Ministry of Finance

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Practical measures.

This involves designating 340 support schools across the republic and improving the qualifications of over 6,000 teachers to prepare for the 2021 international assessment process.

Construction of new general education schools, reconstruction of existing ones, and increasing the number of private schools.

Throughout the year

Council of Ministers of the Karakalpakstan Republic, Khokimiyats of regions and Tashkent city, Ministry of Construction, Ministry of Public Education, Ministry of Economy and Industry, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Investment and Foreign Trade

1.7 trillion UZS 26.6 million USD State budget funds Funds of international financial institutions Sectoral schedules and practical measures of projects included in the Investment Program for 2020-2022.

This involves:

commissioning 36 new general education schools, reconstructing 160 schools, and capital repairing 114 of them; commissioning 80,925 study places and 54 sports halls;

establishing 55 private schools, bringing their total number to 141;

further improvement of information and communication technologies in the general education system.

Further improvement of the higher education system.

2020

June 1

Ministry of Higher and Secondary Special Education, State Inspection for Quality Control of Education, ministries and departments having higher education institutions under their jurisdiction

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Draft regulatory legal act and practical measures.

This involves:

improving higher education standards based on foreign experience;

reviewing educational directions and taught subjects;

reducing the number of subjects unrelated to the specialty by half;

developing procedures for introducing the credit-module system;

introducing modern mechanisms for assessing student knowledge;

improving study plans and subject programs;

aligning the activities of professors and teachers with the new system;

ensuring the financial independence of higher education institutions that have transitioned to self-financing by clarifying their legal status and difference from budget organizations, including reviewing the procedure for spending funds from the higher education institution development fund and disposing of property on their balance sheet;

reviewing the application of restrictions established for budget organizations to higher education institutions that have transitioned to self-financing;

clearly defining the boundary of relations between the Ministry of Higher and Secondary Special Education and higher education institutions;

it is envisaged that the Ministry will act as a regulator in the sector, implementing a uniform policy for all higher education institutions, setting general requirements without interfering in their activities regarding the content of education.

Transformation of higher education institutions in collaboration with prestigious foreign higher education institutions.

2020

July 1

Ministry of Higher and Secondary Special Education, ministries and departments having higher education institutions under their jurisdiction, Ministry of Economy and Industry, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Investment and Foreign Trade

Based on calculations

State budget funds and funds of international financial institutions

Draft regulatory legal act.

The draft provides for:

selecting at least five higher education institutions on a competitive basis and beginning their transformation in collaboration with prestigious foreign higher education institutions;

attracting state budget funds, as well as grants from foreign financial institutions, to this process.

Consolidation of educational directions and master's specialties, and expansion of profile specialization areas.

2020

June 1

Ministry of Higher and Secondary Special Education, State Inspection for Quality Control of Education, Ministry of Economy and Industry, Ministry of Finance, ministries and departments having higher education institutions under their jurisdiction

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Draft regulatory legal act.

The draft provides for:

combining educational directions that are close in content and expanding profile specialization areas;

consolidating master's specialties and organizing scientific activities in narrow fields;

consolidating admission parameters for educational directions and master's specialties.

Expanding coverage of youth with higher education.

2020

April 1

Ministry of Economy and Industry, Ministry of Higher and Secondary Special Education, Ministry of Family Support, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Labor, ministries and departments having higher education institutions under their jurisdiction

154 billion UZS State budget funds Draft decree of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

The draft provides for:

setting the parameters of the state order for admission for the 2020/2021 academic year to achieve a higher education coverage level of 25 percent;

gradually doubling the parameters of the state order based on state grants compared to the 2019/2020 academic year;

allocating separate grants for women.

Increasing the level of coverage of women with higher education.

April 1, 2020

Ministry of Family Support, Ministry of Higher and Secondary Special Education, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Labor, ministries and departments having higher education institutions under their jurisdiction

Based on calculations State budget funds Draft resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers.

The draft provides for approving the criteria for selecting and screening candidates participating in the competition for separate grants aimed at increasing the level of coverage of women with higher education.

Formation of an electronic platform for scientific achievements, a database of local and foreign scientific developments, and strengthening cooperation of each higher education and research institution with prestigious foreign universities and scientific centers.

Throughout the year

Ministry of Innovation, Ministry of Higher and Secondary Special Education, Ministry of Economy and Industry, Ministry of Finance, ministries and departments having higher education institutions under their jurisdiction

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Practical measures.

This involves:

forming an electronic platform for scientific achievements and a database of local and foreign scientific developments;

increasing the number of scientific research and development projects conducted in collaboration with prestigious foreign universities.

Establishment of new professional education institutions, admission of students to them, and creation of conditions for study, teaching, and living.

2020

April 1

Ministry of Higher and Secondary Special Education, Ministry of Economy and Industry, Ministry of Finance, ministries and departments having professional education institutions under their jurisdiction, Council of Ministers of the Karakalpakstan Republic, Khokimiyats of regions and Tashkent city

Based on calculations State budget funds Action plan.

The plan provides for:

gradually establishing 340 vocational schools, 147 colleges, and 143 technical schools;

studying the opportunities for admitting students to professional education institutions and the demand for personnel in the labor market;

forming admission parameters for students based on the state order for professional education institutions, professions, and specialties.

Development of a program for 2021-2025 to increase the level of coverage of students in residential facilities in republican higher education institutions.

2020

September 1

Ministry of Higher and Secondary Special Education, ministries and departments having higher education institutions under their jurisdiction, Ministry of Economy and Industry, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Construction, Council of Ministers of the Karakalpakstan Republic, Khokimiyats of regions and Tashkent city

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Draft decree of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

The draft provides for approving a five-year program for the construction, reconstruction, capital repair, and equipping of student dormitories for higher education institutions, including on the basis of public-private partnership, based on justified proposals from the Ministry of Higher and Secondary Special Education and ministries and departments having higher education institutions under their jurisdiction.

Further development of the material and technical base of higher education, improvement of education quality, including measures to construct, reconstruct, and capital repair higher education institution facilities and equip them.

Throughout the year

Ministry of Higher and Secondary Special Education, Ministry of Economy and Industry, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Investment and Foreign Trade, Ministry of Construction, Council of Ministers of the Karakalpakstan Republic, Khokimiyats of regions and Tashkent city

731.2 billion UZS 45 million USD State budget funds Funds of international financial institutions Sectoral schedules and practical measures of projects included in the Investment Program for 2020-2022.

This involves:

constructing, reconstructing 57 higher education facilities, and commissioning 9,945 study places and 3,053 dormitory places;

measures to strengthen the material and technical base of higher education institutions are envisaged.

Improving the procedure for forming state scientific programs.

2020

April 1

Ministry of Innovation, Ministry of Finance, Academy of Sciences, Ministry of Higher and Secondary Special Education, Ministry of Health, Ministry of Agriculture

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Draft regulatory legal acts.

The drafts provide for:

organizing and conducting competitions for scientific projects;

monitoring the implementation of scientific projects included in state scientific programs;

planning, financing, and accounting for expenses on scientific projects.

Development of the "Proofreading service" aimed at sharply increasing the number of local scientists' publications in foreign journals.

May 20, 2020

Ministry of Innovation, Academy of Sciences, Ministry of Higher and Secondary Special Education

Based on calculations Funds of the Fund for Supporting Innovative Development and Innovative Ideas

Action program.

The program provides for:

identifying organizations providing "Proofreading service";

measures aimed at identifying sources of financing for costs related to preparing scientific publications for publication in international journals.

Ensuring transparency and increasing the efficiency of processes in the post-graduate education institute.

2020

July 20

Ministry of Innovation, Ministry of Higher and Secondary Special Education, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Justice

Based on calculations State budget funds, off-budget funds Draft resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers.

The draft provides for:

introducing a single electronic system for determining quotas in the post-graduate education system;

electronic receipt of applicants' documents;

establishing procedures for online monitoring of doctoral students' activities.

Creation of a national testing system for assessing knowledge in native language and literature.

2020

October 1

State Testing Center, Ministry of Higher and Secondary Special Education, Ministry of Public Education, ministries and departments having higher education institutions under their jurisdiction

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Draft resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers.

The draft provides for creating the opportunity to check applicants' knowledge in native language and literature (speech competence and skills related to language and literature).

Development of the Concept for the Development of the Science and Innovation Sector until 2030.

2020

July 1

Ministry of Innovation, Academy of Sciences, Ministry of Higher and Secondary Special Education, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Economy and Industry

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Draft decree of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

The draft provides for:

defining the foundations for the scientific, technological, and innovative development of the country in the medium and long term;

fundamentally reviewing the mechanism for allocating targeted grant funds for fundamental, applied, and innovative research in the science and innovation sector;

it is envisaged to double the amount of grants and expand the scope of research directions.

Development of mathematics as a science.

2020

May 1

Ministry of Innovation, Academy of Sciences, Ministry of Public Education, Ministry of Higher and Secondary Special Education

Based on calculations State budget funds, funds of international financial institutions and other funds Draft regulatory legal act.

The draft provides for:

granting full independent powers to the council awarding scientific degrees at the Institute of Mathematics of the Academy of Sciences;

forming an integrated system uniting close cooperation between schools, higher education institutions, and scientific institutions;

creating popular textbooks and study guides on mathematics written in simple and understandable language for school students;

establishing schools specialized in mathematics in each district center and introducing additional payments for teachers;

sending 100 scientists annually to scientific events and internships abroad.

Development of science and innovation directions in the field of biotechnology.

2020

April 1

Ministry of Innovation, Academy of Sciences

Based on calculations State budget funds, off-budget funds, funds of international financial institutions and other funds Draft regulatory legal act.

The draft provides for comprehensive development measures in the directions of agro, biotechnology, food, including food-mix, bio-medicine, and pharmaceutical biotechnology.

Development of geology science and education.

2020

April 1

State Committee for Geology and Mineral Resources, Ministry of Higher and Secondary Special Education, Ministry of Innovation, Ministry of Finance

Based on calculations State budget funds, off-budget funds, funds of international financial institutions and other funds Draft decree of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

The draft provides for:

establishing a university in the field of geology on the basis of a single educational and scientific cluster equipped with the most modern equipment, by combining the material and technical base and scientific personnel potential of four scientific research institutes in the geology sector within the system of the State Committee for Geology and Mineral Resources;

inviting a highly qualified specialist to one of the leadership positions of the newly established university;

launching an educational program in collaboration with the Saint Petersburg Mining University.

Sending over 700 scientists and professors abroad for scientific research and qualification improvement by the "El-yurt umidi" Foundation.

June 1, 2020

"El-yurt umidi" Foundation, Ministry of Higher and Secondary Special Education, Academy of Sciences, MFA, ministries and departments having higher education institutions under their jurisdiction

Based on calculations State budget funds, off-budget funds, funds of international financial institutions and other funds Action plan.

The plan provides for approving the schedule and action program for sending republican scientists and professors abroad to scientific research centers and higher education institutions for scientific research and qualification improvement by the decision of the Board of Trustees of the "El-yurt umidi" Foundation.

4.2. Improvement of state youth policy

Development of the draft "Uzbekistan Youth - 2025" Concept to bring the work being carried out in the field of state youth policy in the Republic of Uzbekistan to a new stage.

August 1, 2020

Union of Young People of Uzbekistan, interested ministries and departments

Based on calculations State budget funds, off-budget funds, Youth Union, partners' funds Draft regulatory legal act.

The draft provides for creating new mechanisms for implementing state youth policy in the Republic of Uzbekistan that correspond to international standards.

Development and implementation of a comprehensive propaganda program aimed at widely promoting massive construction and reforms among the broad public under the slogan "From National Revival to National Ascension!", mobilizing intellectuals, representatives of science, culture and art, and literature for this purpose.

January - March 2020

Republican Council for Spiritual Enlightenment, ministries and departments

Based on calculations State budget funds, executors' funds Cooperation action plan.

The plan provides for widely promoting massive construction and reforms among the population, especially among young people.

Production and broadcast of a series of programs revealing the scientific heritage and life path of past scholars who made a huge contribution to the development of world civilization to the current generation of youth.

March 20, 2020

Uzbekistan National Television and Radio Company, Academy of Sciences, Republican Center for Spiritual Enlightenment, Ministry of Public Education

Based on calculations State budget funds, executors' funds Action plan.

The plan provides for enriching the knowledge and thinking of our people about our cultural and educational wealth by telling about the scientific heritage and life path of past scholars who made a huge contribution to the development of science, literature, culture, and art in the world and our country.

Holding a scientific-practical conference and preparing films dedicated to the life, work, and progressive ideas of our great ancestors, including representatives of 20th-century Jadid literature, under the slogan "Fighting Ignorance with Enlightenment".

September 15, 2020

Republican Center for Spiritual Enlightenment, "Uzbekkino" National Agency, Committee for Religious Affairs, Center for Islamic Civilization of Uzbekistan, Ministry of Culture, Union of Writers, Ministry of Higher and Secondary Special Education

Based on calculations State budget funds, executors' funds Draft joint resolution of partner organizations.

The draft provides for enriching society with the spiritual and educational heritage of our great ancestors, including patriotism, nationalism, and progressive virtues and knowledge through Jadid literature, via conferences and films.

Adoption of the "National Program for the Development and Support of Reading Culture" for 2020-2025.

2020

October 1

Union of Young People of Uzbekistan, Republican Center for Spiritual Enlightenment, Agency for Information and Mass Communications, Union of Writers of Uzbekistan

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Draft resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers.

The draft provides for:

gradually implementing measures to raise a spiritually mature personality and develop reading culture in 2020-2025;

promoting reading in the country by establishing "Book Day" and organizing mass social events across the republic on that day.

4.3. Consistent increase in population employment and real incomes

Development of the state program for ensuring population employment and organizing new jobs for 2020.

2020

March 20

Ministry of Labor, Ministry of Economy and Industry, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Investment and Foreign Trade, Council of Ministers of the Karakalpakstan Republic, Khokimiyats of regions and Tashkent city

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Draft regulatory legal acts.

The drafts provide for:

creating at least 500,000 permanent jobs through the comprehensive development of regions and sectors investment program, and the organization and expansion of new large and small projects in industry, agriculture, services, and other directions;

placing 264,000 unemployed individuals in vacant jobs;

retraining and improving the qualifications of 40,000 individuals based on the real needs of the labor market;

providing 50,000 self-employed individuals with temporary labor certificates;

allocating subsidies and grants from the State Fund for Employment Assistance to ensure employment for 30,000 unemployed residents.

Development of the Poverty Reduction Program in collaboration with the World Bank, the United Nations Development Programme, and other international organizations.

2020

October 1

Ministry for Economic Development and Poverty Reduction, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Labor, Ministry of Investment and Foreign Trade, Council of Ministers of the Karakalpakstan Republic, Khokimiyats of regions and Tashkent city

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Draft regulatory legal act.

The draft provides for:

developing a methodology covering the concept of poverty, criteria for its determination based on territorial characteristics, and evaluation methods;

complex measures for forming modern skills of entrepreneurship and business among the population, especially youth and women;

effective mechanisms for supporting entrepreneurial initiatives, primarily those helping to solve social problems at the local level;

creating conditions for the wide use of financial resources, including microfinance services, by entrepreneurial entities, as well as their participation in state procurement;

implementation of large-scale programs for retraining the unemployed population and training unemployed citizens in necessary professions;

gradual implementation across all regions of the positive experience begun in 22 rural districts of the Fergana Valley for forming modern business and entrepreneurship skills among the population.

Legal regulation of relations regarding social entrepreneurship.

2020

April 1

Ministry of Justice, Ministry of Economy and Industry, Ministry of Labor, Ministry of Finance, Chamber of Commerce and Industry

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Draft law of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

The draft provides for:

the basics of social entrepreneurship based on advanced foreign experience;

the procedure and criteria for identifying subjects of social entrepreneurship;

The rights and obligations of subjects of social entrepreneurship and measures to encourage them are envisaged.

Increasing the effectiveness of measures to ensure employment and improving the quality of services provided by Employment Assistance Centers.

2020 November 1 Ministry of Labor, Ministry of Finance, MIA, Council of Ministers of the Karakalpakstan Republic, regional and Tashkent city hokimliks, ministries and departments 3 billion sum Funds of the State Employment Fund Draft regulatory legal acts. The drafts provide for: improving the procedure for organizing paid public works; inclusion of citizens who do not permanently reside in districts where public works are organized; organizing the activities of innovative temporary and one-time employment bureaus based on state-private partnership; approving a plan of measures to enhance professional knowledge and experience of labor authority employees in cooperation with the World Bank and the International Labour Organization; extending the types of services provided by labor authorities and increasing their effectiveness in reducing unemployment; Establishment of a Unified Situational Monitoring Center under the Ministry of Labor is envisaged.

Sharply improving the quality of vocational training for the unemployed population, especially youth and women, and widely implementing World Skills standards into this system.

2020 October 1 Ministry of Labor, Ministry of Economy and Industry, Ministry of Higher and Secondary Special Education, Academy of Sciences, Ministry of Justice, ministries and departments — — Draft regulatory legal act. The draft approves the Concept on Increasing the Level of Human Capital and Competitiveness of the National Workforce in the Country. The Concept provides for: synchronizing the principle of "Lifelong Learning" and World Skills standards, based on advanced foreign experience, with measures aimed at increasing the efficiency of labor relations in the country; accelerating investment flows aimed at enhancing the competitiveness of human capital based on basic and private factors; developing a motivation mechanism to promote the improvement of professional skills of employees in economic sector and social sphere enterprises.

Improving legislation on labor relations and labor protection, and developing the labor market infrastructure.

2020 September 1 Ministry of Labor, Ministry of Economy and Industry, Ministry of Justice, Uzstandart Agency, ministries and departments — — Draft regulatory legal acts. The drafts provide for: ensuring the right to work in safe working conditions; organizing a simplified accreditation system for professional participants in the labor protection services market; protecting the rights and legitimate interests of professional participants; conducting seminars and trainings for all labor authority employees and HR specialists of enterprises and organizations on working in the "Unified National Labor System"; placing backup server equipment in Samarkand city to ensure stable operation of the "Unified National Labor System" throughout the country; improving the activities of the State Labor Inspectorate based on recommendations of the International Labour Organization; strengthening efforts to formalize informal labor relations, resolve complaints and disputes in the labor field, ensure labor protection, and combat forced labor; establishing specialized stationary and mobile "Labor M" centers for reviewing applications and complaints of workers in the field of labor relations in cooperation with the UAE Ministry of Human Resources, including launching the first center in Tashkent city as a pilot project.

4.4. Improving the system of social protection of the population and healthcare, increasing the socio-political activity of women

Developing the concept of social protection of the population.

2020 October 1 Cabinet of Ministers, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Labor, Ministry of Health, Ministry of Public Education, Ministry of Higher and Secondary Special Education, Ministry of Public Support for Neighborhoods and Families, Federation of Trade Unions, ministries and departments — — Draft regulatory legal act. The draft provides for: establishing a comprehensive system of social pension payments, including expanding the coverage of assistance to low-income families; ensuring targeted spending of budget funds; defining criteria for identifying low-income and low-income population segments; reviewing criteria for assigning pensions and creating an open and fair system for determining them; improving the system of paying subsidies from the State Budget to cover part of the initial payment and/or interest for mortgage credits allocated on market principles to persons needing improvement of housing conditions; creating a system where, upon applying to one agency for social pensions, that same agency prepares all documents in one day; fundamentally improving the system of providing medical and social services in stationary conditions in "Muruvvat" and "Saxovat" houses for single elderly people and persons with disabilities requiring care of others; reviewing the amount of social payments being distributed; coordinating social security and social services provided by the state, which are divided among ministries and departments, for citizens; transitioning social security and social services to a single information communication system through the establishment of a single registry; developing a separate program for the social adaptation of young people raised in "Mercy Houses," specifically ensuring them with jobs and housing.

Further improving the social insurance system.

2023 January 1 Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Labor, Ministry of Health, Extra-budgetary Pension Fund, Federation of Trade Unions, ministries and departments — — Draft Law of the Republic of Uzbekistan. The draft provides for: the concept of social insurance, its types and conditions for implementation; the procedure for making payments such as pensions for disability, funeral expenses, loss of breadwinner, and compensation for injury at work, and determining their amounts.

Further developing private medicine and broadly involving foreign investments in this process.

2020 September 1 Year-round Ministry of Health, National Chamber of Innovative Healthcare, Ministry of Investments and Foreign Trade, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Economy and Industry, Council of Ministers of the Karakalpakstan Republic, regional and Tashkent city hokimliks — — Draft regulatory legal act. The draft provides for introducing a procedure for voluntary accreditation of state and non-state medical organizations. Practical measures. In this regard: developing private medicine based on state-private partnership; establishing 150 private medical institutions across the republic, including 5 with foreign investment participation; attracting foreign investors to 17 specialized scientific-practical medical institutions and introducing modern management in their administration; launching outsourcing services in state medical institutions is envisaged.

Improving the quality of medical services, improving the level of provision of state medical organizations and the population with medicines and medical products, and strengthening the role and status of doctors in society.

Year-round Ministry of Health, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Economy and Industry, Ministry of Investments and Foreign Trade, Council of Ministers of the Karakalpakstan Republic, regional and Tashkent city hokimlik 1.5 trillion sum 26.5 billion sum State budget funds Practical measures. In this regard: increasing the provision of state medical organizations and the population with medicines and medical products by 1.3 times compared to the previous year; strengthening the role and status of doctors in society, creating decent working conditions for them and increasing their income; improving the quality of virological assistance and fundamentally reforming medical services for patients with difficult-to-treat diseases in this area; introducing electronic medical records in specialized centers and their branches, as well as in medical institutions in Tashkent city; providing necessary medical products through centralized purchases by the Ministry of Health for operations using cochlear implants in children with neural sensory deafness or impaired hearing is envisaged.

Strengthening the material and technical base of medical institutions.

Year-round Ministry of Health, Ministry of Economy and Industry, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Investments and Foreign Trade, Ministry of Construction, Council of Ministers of the Karakalpakstan Republic, regional and Tashkent city hokimliks 1.1 trillion sum 83.9 million USD State budget funds International financial institution funds Sector schedules and practical measures of projects included in the Investment Program for 2020-2022. In this regard: carrying out construction and repair works in 228 medical institutions, including 9 republican subordination, 43 regional institutions, 47 district and city medical associations, 29 rural and urban family polyclinics, rural doctor's posts, and 100 other medical institutions; handing over the Multi-profile Children's Medical Center in Tashkent city for operation; measures to equip medical institutions with necessary medical equipment are envisaged.

Improving the system of training, retraining, and upgrading the qualifications of medical personnel.

Year-round Ministry of Health, Ministry of Higher and Secondary Special Education, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Economy and Industry, MCI — — Practical measures. In this regard: implementing measures to establish joint faculties with medical universities of Russia, Korea, and Germany in republican higher medical education institutions; introducing a mechanism for targeted formation of admission quotas for educational directions "Therapeutic Affairs", "Pediatric Affairs", and "Medical Pedagogy" in higher education institutions on a per-district (city) basis; granting the right to certify specialists who have undergone qualification improvement to higher medical education institutions, republican specialized scientific-practical centers, their branches, and research institutes that have implemented a continuous professional education system; introducing a qualification improvement system in non-state medical organizations with study simulation centers and specialists with academic degrees, and granting the right to certify specialists who have passed it is envisaged.

Ensuring the adaptation and integration of these groups into society by providing targeted medical and social services to 100,000 elderly people, persons with disabilities, and other needy segments of the population supported by the state.

Year-round Ministry of Health, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Public Support for Neighborhoods and Families, Council of Ministers of the Karakalpakstan Republic, regional and Tashkent city hokimliks 235 billion sum State budget funds Practical measures. In this regard: providing 40,000 prosthetic-orthopedic items and rehabilitation technical devices to needy persons; providing medical and social services in stationary conditions to 8,500 single elderly people and persons with disabilities requiring care of others; covering 16,500 single elderly people and persons with disabilities requiring care of others with home-based social services; providing free sanatorium-health treatment to 43,000 war and labor veterans, pensioners, and persons with disabilities; providing medical, social, and professional rehabilitation measures in rehabilitation and prosthetics centers to 21,000 persons with disabilities is envisaged.

Developing an electronic data platform for granting the status of person with disability to citizens with limited capabilities and implementing digital technologies to optimize this process.

2020 July 1 Ministry of Innovation, Ministry of Health, National Chamber of Innovative Healthcare, Ministry of Finance, State Statistics Committee Based on calculations Funds allocated by the UN Development Programme Plan of measures. The plan provides for: forming a registry of persons with disabilities during the large-scale census of the population; creating a general database of statistical data; creating and piloting the implementation of the data platform is envisaged.

Implementing measures for early detection and effective prevention of risk factors for non-communicable diseases (heart attack, stroke, diabetes mellitus, chronic respiratory diseases).

Year-round Ministry of Health, Council of Ministers of the Karakalpakstan Republic, regions and Tashkent city hokimliks Based on calculations State budget funds Practical measures. In this regard: conducting screening measures for early detection of risk factors causing non-communicable diseases among citizens over 40 years old based on special examinations and questionnaires in primary medical-preventive care institutions; training medical staff based on a special program is envisaged.

Completing all preparatory work related to the pilot project of introducing a compulsory state medical insurance system in Sirdarya region starting from 2021.

Year-round Ministry of Health, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Economy and Industry, Ministry of Information Technologies and Communications, Sirdarya Region Hokimlik Based on calculations State budget funds Draft regulatory legal acts and practical measures. In this regard: establishing a special fund implementing a unified state policy in the field of introducing the compulsory state medical insurance system; developing unified per capita standards for financing the sector and introducing a system of financing payments based on "treated case" and "per capita norm"; defining types and volumes of medical services guaranteed by the state; implementing measures to create a unified information system, database, and other information resources of the compulsory state medical insurance is envisaged.

Providing 1,576 women with disabilities living in difficult living conditions in regions with affordable housing.

2020 April 1 Ministry of Public Support for Neighborhoods and Families, Council of Ministers of the Karakalpakstan Republic, regional and Tashkent city hokimliks Based on calculations Funds of the Public Fund for Support of Women and Family Plan of measures. The plan provides for: forming a registry of women with disabilities in need of affordable housing living in difficult living conditions in regions; transferring the initial payment for housing to construction companies from the funds of the Public Fund for Support of Women and Family is envisaged.

Providing preferential loans to 5,500 women for small business projects.

Year-round Ministry of Public Support for Neighborhoods and Families, "Halk Bank", "Agrobank", "Microcreditbank" 100 billion sum Funds of the Public Fund for Support of Women and Family, commercial banks Practical measures. In this regard: distributing preferential loans from the funds of the Public Fund for Support of Women and Family; increasing the employment level by attracting women to entrepreneurial activities and supporting them is envisaged.

4.5. Building affordable housing, ensuring improvement of living conditions of the population by developing and modernizing road transport, engineering-communication, and social infrastructure

Developing the draft law of the Republic of Uzbekistan "On Water Supply and Sewerage Services".

2020 December 1 Ministry of Housing and Communal Services, Ministry of Justice, Ministry of Economy and Industry, Ministry of Finance — — Draft Law of the Republic of Uzbekistan. The draft provides for: regulating relations in drinking water supply and sewage systems; supplying consumers with drinking water; establishing state guarantees for sewage services is envisaged.

Developing the concept for the development of drinking water supply and sewerage systems until 2030.

2020 September 1 Ministry of Housing and Communal Services, Ministry of Economy and Industry, Ministry of Finance, State Committee for Geology and Mineral Resources, Ministry of Investments and Foreign Trade, Uzstandart Agency — — Draft Decree of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan. The draft provides for: approving the concept for the development of drinking and sewage systems and rational use of natural resources; ensuring the quality and safety of drinking water delivery, using guaranteed sources, and implementing modern techniques and technologies; achieving a drinking water supply level of 98% for urban population and 85% for rural settlements by 2030; developing measures for the construction, reconstruction, and modernization of sewage facilities; achieving a sewage service provision level of 31% in city centers by 2030; specific measures aimed at rational use of existing underground and surface water sources and high-quality cleaning of sewage waters are envisaged.

Taking measures to conduct practical pilot tests in regions to ensure the implementation of the Law of the Republic of Uzbekistan "On Management of Apartment Buildings".

2020 By May 1 Ministry of Housing and Communal Services, Fergana and Jizzakh Regions and Tashkent city hokimliks, ministries and departments — — Practical measures. In this regard: improving the efficiency of managing common property in multi-apartment buildings and increasing the responsibility of non-residential property owners in managing multi-apartment buildings; ensuring compliance of housing owners with the rules of living in multi-apartment buildings; creating a database of information through passportization of multi-story housing reflecting adjacent territories is envisaged.

Taking measures to ensure the population with clean drinking water, increase heat supply levels, and improve the quality of sewerage services.

Year-round Ministry of Housing and Communal Services, Ministry of Economy and Industry, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Investments and Foreign Trade, Ministry of Construction, Council of Ministers of the Karakalpakstan Republic, regional hokimliks 1.3 trillion sum 144.6 million USD State budget funds International financial institution funds Sector schedules and practical measures of projects included in the Investment Program for 2020-2022. In this regard: constructing and reconstructing 3,400 km of drinking water and sewerage networks, achieving a drinking water supply level of 70.8% and a sewerage network provision level of 15.9%; measures for the reconstruction and modernization of 8 objects and 40 km of the heat supply system are envisaged.

Consistently continuing the affordable housing construction program, taking measures to use modern and cheap building materials in construction.

Year-round Ministry of Construction, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Economy and Industry, QishloqQurilishiInvest IC LLC, UzSheharQurilishiInvest IC LLC, Council of Ministers of the Karakalpakstan Republic, regional and Tashkent city hokimliks 2.7 trillion sum (1.9 trillion sum from budget) State budget funds, international financial institution funds Practical measures. In this regard: consistently continuing the affordable housing construction program by building affordable housing in a total of 12,256 villages and cities; changing housing construction materials to optimal, cheap, and quality construction materials, and using modern and energy-efficient building materials is envisaged.

Developing the new edition draft of the Housing Code of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

2020 December 1 Ministry of Housing and Communal Services, Ministry of Justice, Ministry of Economy and Industry, "Davergeodezkadastr" Committee, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Construction, Council of Ministers of the Karakalpakstan Republic, regional hokimliks — — Draft Law of the Republic of Uzbekistan. The draft provides for: reviewing state governance in the housing sector; introducing effective mechanisms for regulating housing policy; further improving the procedure for carrying out construction, reconstruction, and demolition works based on state and public needs; increasing the responsibility of physical and legal persons for compliance with legislation and normative acts in the use of housing; mechanisms encouraging the broad involvement of business entities in the construction of housing objects are envisaged.

Systematizing the legislative base in the field of environmental protection and developing the draft Ecology Code.

2020 October 1 Oliy Majlis Legislative Chamber (by agreement), State Ecology Committee, Ministry of Justice, ministries and departments — — Draft Law of the Republic of Uzbekistan. The draft provides for: systematizing the legislative base related to ecology; exercising parliamentary and public control over the activities of the authorized state body for environmental protection; rights and obligations of citizens and public associations in environmental protection; types of ecological control and monitoring and the procedure for their implementation; procedure for conducting ecological expertise; requirements for the use of flora and fauna are envisaged.

Implementing measures aimed at eliminating the consequences of the Aral Sea disaster.

Year-round State Forestry Committee, State Ecology Committee, Academy of Sciences, Ministry of Water Economy, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Economy and Industry, "Davergeodezkadastr" Committee, Council of Ministers of the Karakalpakstan Republic, Khorezm Region Hokimlik Based on calculations State budget, Trust Fund for the Aral Sea Region, international financial institution funds Practical measures. In this regard: establishing forest plantations with green cover on an area of 742 thousand hectares on the dried bottom of the Aral Sea on the Uzbek side; establishing "green belts" consisting of local tree-shrub species around the cities of Nukus, Urgench, and Khiva is envisaged.

Implementing projects aimed at the development of the Aral Sea region, including landscaping of areas, improving drinking water supply, sewerage, and other internal engineering-communication systems in the regions.

Year-round Council of Ministers of the Karakalpakstan Republic, Khorezm Region Hokimlik, Ministry of Economy and Industry, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Investments and Foreign Trade, Ministry of Housing and Communal Services 303.4 billion sum State budget funds Practical measures. In this regard: approving sector schedules of projects; developing design and estimate documentation; conducting expertise, and timely and high-quality execution of construction and installation works is envisaged.

Strengthening attention to environmental protection and improving the ecological situation.

2020 July 1 Ministry of Economy and Industry, State Ecology Committee,

Council of Ministers of the Republic of Karakalpakstan, Khokimiyats of regions, districts, and cities

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Program of Measures.

The Program provides for:

developing a comprehensive program of measures aimed at preventing the impact of industrial development on the environment by 2025;

improving the system of ecological control of the production process;

developing and ensuring the implementation of programs for improving ecology and waste management for each territory and enterprise.

Improving the system of ecological control of the production process, reviewing the procedure for conducting ecological audits, and revitalizing private auditing activities.

2020

October 1

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

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Draft regulatory legal act.

The draft provides for mechanisms for regulating ecological control of production and conducting ecological audits, taking into account international experience.

Developing a strategy for the development of the construction sector by 2025.

2020

April 1

Ministry of Construction, Ministry of Economy and Industry, Ministry of Finance, Association "Uzsanoyatqurilishmateriallari"

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Draft Decree of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

The draft provides for:

harmonizing construction norms with international standards, implementing modern construction technologies and materials, and fundamentally reforming the system for training personnel for the sector;

further development of the industry through deep processing of local raw materials and diversification of product manufacturing;

wide introduction of the "digital economy" in the construction sector;

developing clear criteria for conducting tenders;

developing the architecture-urban planning and project-contracting works markets, and increasing personnel potential;

modernization and rapid innovative development of the construction sector by diversifying the construction industry, regulating the activities of customers and state control bodies, and ensuring transparency.

4.6. Further development of culture, sports, and tourism

Taking measures to fundamentally improve the culture sector.

2020

April 1

Ministry of Culture, Uzbekistan Academy of Arts, Republican Center for Spiritual Education and Enlightenment, Union of Writers of Uzbekistan, Union of Composers and Songwriters of Uzbekistan

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Draft regulatory legal act.

The draft provides for:

reviewing the duties and functions of the organizational structure and territorial structures of the Ministry of Culture;

bringing the work being carried out in the cultural and educational sphere to a new stage;

involving artists in such events on a contractual basis.

Strengthening the material and technical base of cultural and art institutions and creating modern conditions in them.

Throughout the year

Ministry of Culture, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Investments and Foreign Trade, Ministry of Economy and Industry, Ministry of Construction

Based on calculations

State budget and patronage funds

Practical measures.

In this regard, within the framework of the Investment Program for 2021-2023, it is planned to build the Uzbek National Maqom Center and new buildings for libraries for the blind in the Republic of Karakalpakstan, Khorezm, and Syrdarya regions.

Developing the draft law of the Republic of Uzbekistan "On the Protection of Cultural Heritage."

2020

October 1

Ministry of Culture, Academy of Sciences, Ministry of Justice, Ministry of Construction, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Economy and Industry, National Commission for UNESCO

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Draft law of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

The draft provides for:

critically reviewing laws such as "On the Protection and Use of Cultural Heritage Objects," "On the Protection and Use of Archaeological Heritage Objects," and sub-legal acts in the field, and developing a single draft law that acts directly;

deep implementation of the rules of the Convention on the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict, the Convention on the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage, and the Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage;

improving the system for the protection and use of cultural heritage objects;

systematizing the existing legislative base in the field of cultural heritage protection in this law.

Strengthening the protection of material cultural heritage objects and areas included in the UNESCO World Heritage List.

May 1, 2020

Ministry of Culture, National Commission for UNESCO, ministries and departments

Based on calculations

Cultural Heritage Department, Cultural Heritage Fund, funds of state museum reserves, international grants

Draft Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers.

The draft provides for:

determining the boundaries of the state museum-reserves "Bukhara," "Samarkand," "Ichan Kala," "Sarmishsoy," "Shakhrisabz," "Termez," and "Khiva," including areas included in the World Heritage List and their protected perimeters;

establishing bonuses for employees based on their total work experience, scientific degree, and title;

improving the material and technical base and equipping with modern equipment and machinery to ensure state control functions;

sending employees abroad to improve their qualifications according to their specialty;

establishing a system for improving the qualifications of restorer masters and issuing them qualification certificates.

Actively introducing the state-private partnership mechanism in the field of culture and art into practice.

Throughout the year

Ministry of Culture, Agency for the Development of Public-Private Partnership, State Committee for Industrial Safety

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Practical measures.

In this regard:

launching the activities of 20 cultural centers and recreation parks on the basis of state-private partnership;

fundamentally reviewing the appearance of recreation parks, creating a system for regularly holding folk festivals, and ensuring the technical safety of attractions and amusement devices.

Preparing proposals for including the country's cultural heritage, which has made a worthy contribution to world culture, in the UNESCO World Cultural Heritage List, the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity, and the Memory of the World Register, and expanding cooperation with international organizations in this regard.

Throughout the year

National Commission for UNESCO, Ministry of Culture, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, State Committee for Tourism Development, Academy of Arts, Academy of Sciences, "Uzarxiv" Agency, Ministry of Finance

Based on calculations

State budget funds, performers' funds, international grants

Practical measures.

In this regard:

developing a targeted list up to 2030 for objects that may be recommended for inclusion in the UNESCO World Cultural Heritage List, the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity, and the Memory of the World Register, and determining clear financing sources and other organizational measures for its implementation;

carrying out negotiations with UNESCO and ICOMOS experts;

involving international experts to prepare and recommend candidates for inclusion in UNESCO lists according to international criteria for the objects being proposed.

Holding the II International Maqom Art Conference in the city of Shakhrisabz.

September 20, 2020

Ministry of Culture, Union of Composers and Songwriters of Uzbekistan, State Committee for Tourism Development, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Khokimiyat of Kashkadarya Region

Based on calculations

State budget funds, funds of the Fund for the Development of Culture and Art, local budget funds

Program of measures.

In this regard:

organizing the promotion of the II International Maqom Art Conference at the republican and world levels;

organizing a competition, scientific-practical conference, creative meetings, and master classes within the framework of the II International Maqom Art Conference with the participation of renowned maqom scholars and experienced maqom performers;

forming a list of foreign and local musicologists and maqom scholars, renowned artists, outstanding specialists, and distinguished guests participating in the II International Maqom Art Conference;

building necessary cultural infrastructure facilities and social objects in the city of Shakhrisabz for holding the II International Maqom Art Conference.

Widely celebrating the 145th anniversary of the birth of the great scholar and public figure Mahmudkhodja Behbudiy.

October 20, 2020

Union of Writers, Ministry of Culture, Republican Center for Spiritual Education and Enlightenment, "Uzbekkino" National Agency, Uzbekistan National Television and Radio Company

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Draft regulatory legal act.

The draft provides for:

immortalizing the name of Mahmudkhodja Behbudiy, creating a documentary film dedicated to his life and creativity, and staging modern theater repertoires based on his works;

deep study and promotion of the legacy of other Jadid movement figures and enlightened ancestors.

Widely celebrating the 100th anniversary of the birth of the great writers of the Uzbek people — Hero of Uzbekistan, People's Writer of Uzbekistan Said Ahmad; the 100th anniversary of the birth of People's Writer of Uzbekistan Askad Mukhtar; the 80th anniversary of the birth of People's Writer of Uzbekistan Shukur Kholmirzaev; and the 70th anniversary of the birth of the renowned poet Shavkat Rahmon.

Throughout the year

Union of Writers, Ministry of Culture, Ministry of Higher and Secondary Special Education, Ministry of Public Education, Agency for the Development of Presidential, Creative and Specialized Schools, Republican Center for Spiritual Education and Enlightenment, "Uzbekkino" National Agency, Khokimiyats of Tashkent City, Fergana Region, Surkhandarya Region, "Sharq" National Media Association

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The draft provides for:

immortalizing the names of the great writers of the Uzbek people Said Ahmad, Askad Mukhtar, Shukur Kholmirzaev, and Shavkat Rahmon, and staging modern theater repertoires based on works dedicated to their lives and creativity;

printing selected works and books from the series "In the Memories of Contemporaries" about them.

Developing the Concept for the Development of the Cinema Sector in the Republic of Uzbekistan by 2030.

July 1, 2020

"Uzbekkino" National Agency, Ministry of Economy and Industry, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Investments and Foreign Trade, Council of Ministers of the Republic of Karakalpakstan, Khokimiyats of regions and Tashkent City

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Draft Decree of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

The draft provides for the approval of the Concept for the Development of the Cinema Sector in the country by 2030. The Concept provides for:

improving the procedure for financing the production of film products based on state orders;

supporting the activities of organizations in the cinema sector, including non-state film organizations creating cinema and national series;

reviewing the activities, structure, and activities of state unitary enterprises within the "Uzbekkino" National Agency;

determining additional sources of financing for the Fund for the Development of National Cinema;

launching the activities of an educational institution specialized in training, retraining, and improving the qualifications of personnel in the sector within the "Uzbekkino" National Agency system;

creating modern cinema infrastructure and material and technical base in the republic;

storage, restoration, and repatriation of national film products stored abroad.

Ensuring the creation of artistic and documentary films reflecting the worthy contribution of Uzbekistan to the victory achieved in the Second World War, and their screening on foreign and local television channels.

Throughout the year

"Uzbekkino" National Agency, Ministry of Finance, Uzbekistan National Television and Radio Company, interested ministries and departments

Based on calculations

State budget funds

Program of measures.

The Program provides for:

producing artistic films reflecting the worthy contribution of Uzbekistan to the victory achieved in the Second World War;

digitizing, restoring, and repatriating films about the Second World War stored in foreign country archives;

ensuring the screening of produced and repatriated films on foreign and local television channels.

Developing the draft law of the Republic of Uzbekistan "On Cinema."

December 1, 2020

"Uzbekkino" National Agency, Ministry of Culture, Ministry of Justice, Ministry of Economy and Industry, Ministry of Finance, ministries and departments

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Draft law of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

The draft provides for: defining the main directions of state policy in the field of national cinema;

providing for directions, stages, and prospects for the development of the sector;

supporting the production of national film products by the state;

determining sources of financing for the Fund for the Development of National Cinema.

Attracting foreign film companies and studios to the country and creating favorable conditions for them.

April 20, 2020

"Uzbekkino" National Agency, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Justice, Ministry of Economy and Industry, State Committee for Tourism Development

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The plan provides for:

carrying out promotional work among foreign film companies and studios by representatives of the diplomatic corps of the republic in foreign states;

creating additional conditions for foreign film companies and studios to produce their products on the territory of Uzbekistan.

Establishing the training of highly qualified coaches and other specialists in the field of physical education and sports.

May 1, 2020

Ministry of Physical Education and Sports, Ministry of Higher and Secondary Special Education, Ministry of Health, Ministry of Economy and Industry, Ministry of Innovation

Based on calculations

State budget funds

Draft regulatory legal act.

The draft provides for:

establishing the Fergana branch and the scientific research institute of the Uzbek State University of Physical Education and Sports;

starting from the 2020/2021 academic year, training personnel in specialties such as sports medicine, pharmacology, rehabilitation, psychology, and dietology at Tashkent Medical Academy, Tashkent Pharmaceutical Institute, and other higher education institutions, and in "Dietology" and "Nutriciology (Science of Nutrition)" at the master's level at Tashkent Medical Academy and Andijan, Bukhara, and Samarkand Medical Institutes;

establishing cooperation with foreign higher education institutions for the training of qualified specialists in the field and for improving the qualifications of professors and teachers.

Preparing for the holding of the Summer Asian Games for Youth in Uzbekistan in 2025.

May 1, 2020

Ministry of Physical Education and Sports, National Olympic Committee, Ministry of Finance, ministries and departments

Based on calculations

State budget funds, funds of patrons

Draft Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers.

The draft provides for organizational measures for preparing for the holding of the Summer Asian Games for Youth in Uzbekistan in 2025.

Continuing construction work on sports facilities for the development of mass sports.

Throughout the year

Ministry of Physical Education and Sports, Ministry of Investments and Foreign Trade, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Construction, "Milliy Bank" JSC, Council of Ministers of the Republic of Karakalpakstan, regions

500 billion soums

Funds of international financial institutions

Practical measures.

In this regard, preferential loans will be allocated to entrepreneurs for the construction of 269 football, volleyball, basketball, and badminton courts, 178 boxing, wrestling, fitness, and gymnastics sports halls, and 32 tennis courts.

Improving the cooperation mechanism with federations (associations) by sport and organizations responsible for the development of sports.

November 20, 2020

Ministry of Physical Education and Sports, Ministry of Public Education, Ministry of Higher and Secondary Special Education, Ministry of Health, Council of Ministers of the Republic of Karakalpakstan, Khokimiyats of regions and Tashkent City, Federation of Trade Unions, National Olympic Committee

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Draft regulatory legal act.

The draft provides for:

improving the cooperation mechanism between the Ministry of Physical Education and Sports, other state organizations, and federations (associations) by sport, based on the experience of developed countries;

addressing the activities and responsibilities of organizations responsible for the development of physical education and sports in the development of mass sports and the formation of a healthy lifestyle among the population.

Improving the air transport system to achieve the goal of reaching 7.5 million tourists arriving in the country.

April 1, 2020

State Committee for Tourism Development, Ministry of Transport, ministries and departments

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Program of measures.

The Program provides for:

establishing at least 5 new resident airlines operating civil air transportation in the country;

increasing the number of existing air routes by an additional 2.8 thousand by opening new air routes and increasing the frequency of flights;

launching 10 new international air routes in each international airport of the country implementing the "Open Sky" regime by the beginning of the IATA (International Air Transport Association) "Summer-2021" summer season;

carrying out rapid marketing campaigns in target countries to increase the number of air routes.

Development of tourism infrastructure along the routes.

April 1, 2020

State Committee for Tourism Development, ministries and departments, Council of Ministers of the Republic of Karakalpakstan, Khokimiyats of regions

Based on calculations

Performers' funds

Program of measures.

The plan provides for:

studying the state of roadside infrastructure on the ground;

preparing a master plan for the location of tourism object complexes organized along the country's highways;

preparing model projects for tourism object complexes and developing an online map of these complexes;

supporting entrepreneurial entities implementing roadside infrastructure facilities;

developing the "Uzbekistan Tourism Magistral" tourism transport corridor, connecting the city of Khonabad in the Andijan region to the city of Termez in the Surkhandarya region, up to the Moynaq district of the Republic of Karakalpakstan.

Comprehensive development of medical and pilgrimage tourism in the country.

June 1, 2020

State Committee for Tourism Development, Ministry of Health, Administration of Muslims of Uzbekistan

Based on calculations

Performers' funds

Program of measures.

The Program provides for developing directions for the development of medical and pilgrimage tourism in the Republic of Uzbekistan and defining specific measures.

Increasing the number of cultural heritage and architectural objects in directions where pilgrimage and traditional tourism can be developed to 800, thereby improving their condition.

May 1, 2020

State Committee for Tourism Development, Ministry of Culture, Council of Ministers of the Republic of Karakalpakstan, Khokimiyats of regions

Based on calculations

Performers' funds

Program of measures.

The plan provides for:

forming a list of objects that can be included in the tourism direction from existing cultural heritage and architectural objects in each territory;

preparing cultural heritage objects with high tourism potential for receiving tourists;

assisting in including objects in tourist routes in cooperation with subjects of tourism activity;

widely promoting these objects among citizens of Uzbekistan and foreign countries.

Improving the quality of tourism services by increasing the role of public organizations in the tourism sector and introducing mechanisms to support their activities.

August 1, 2020

State Committee for Tourism Development, Ministry of Justice, Association of Private Tourist Organizations, Guides Association, Hoteliers Association, Gastronomic Tourism Association

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Program of measures.

The plan provides for: defining the participation of public organizations in this sector in the process of evaluating and improving the quality of tourism services and increasing their status;

creating a system for interns from higher education institutions and vocational colleges in the tourism field to undergo practical training through public organizations in the sector;

implementing the practice of training and certifying all employees serving in restaurants and cafes in special training courses.

V. PRIORITY DIRECTIONS IN THE FIELD OF ENSURING SECURITY, ETHNIC HARMONY AND RELIGIOUS TOLERANCE, AND IMPLEMENTING A THOUGHTFUL, MUTUALLY BENEFICIAL, AND PRACTICAL FOREIGN POLICY

5.1. Priority directions in the field of ensuring security, religious tolerance, and ethnic harmony

Further improvement of the state military organization and the country's defense system.

Throughout the year

Ministry of Defense, National Guard, State Security Service, Ministry of Internal Affairs, State Committee for Civil Defense, Committee for State Defense Industry, ministries and departments

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Practical measures.

In this regard:

improving the regulatory and legal basis in the field of military security, as well as developing a Comprehensive Program for the Development of the Armed Forces for 2020-2025;

creating an automated information system of the National Center for Management of National Defense and organizing its activities;

establishing a Coordinating Council under the General Staff of the Armed Forces to consider combat readiness issues at the strategic level;

intensifying and improving the quality of troop readiness, including conducting various exercises on combat and operational readiness and carrying out other measures;

improving the condition of training and combat readiness facilities based on international requirements;

creating a system for automatic accounting of combat readiness;

ensuring the high-quality implementation of the comprehensive program adopted for 2018-2021 for equipping, modernizing, and repairing troops with modern samples of weapons and military equipment, with the aim of equipping the Armed Forces with modern weapons, equipment, military-technical, and special tools.

Development of the activities of enterprises of the defense industry complex and the introduction of modern technologies into the production system.

May 1, 2020

Committee for State Defense Industry, Ministry of Defense, Ministry of Economy and Industry, Ministry of Investments and Foreign Trade, Ministry of Finance, ministries and departments

Based on calculations

State budget and investor funds

Draft Decree of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

The draft provides for a comprehensive program aimed at organizing the production of competitive, import-substituting, and export-oriented products for military and dual-use purposes in cooperation with enterprises of other sectors of the economy, including:

organizing the production of unmanned aerial vehicles;

launching the production of new types of ammunition;

organizing a cluster for the production of machinery products;

organizing a cluster for the repair and service of machinery products;

organizing the production of optical devices and night vision devices;

organizing a scientific research and experimental design work cluster of the defense industry complex.

Developing the national strategy on cybersecurity for 2020-2023.

September 1, 2020

State Security Service, State Inspection for Control in the Field of Informatization and Telecommunications, Ministry of Information Technologies and Communications, Prosecutor General's Office, Ministry of Internal Affairs, Ministry of Defense, ministries and departments

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Draft Decree of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

The draft approves the National Strategy on Cybersecurity for 2020-2023.

The Strategy provides for:

regulating activities in the field of combating crime in the national cyberspace;

forming the legal basis for protecting the unified cybersecurity system and critical infrastructure from cyber attacks;

strengthening measures being implemented in the country in the field of cybersecurity.

Development of the Draft Law of the Republic of Uzbekistan "On Cybersecurity".

September 1, 2020

Security Service (SSU), State Inspection for Control in the Field of Informatization and Telecommunications, Ministry of Information Technologies and Communications, Ministry of Internal Affairs, Ministry of Justice

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Draft Law of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

The draft provides for:

protecting the information, communication, and technology system from modern cyber threats and introducing modern mechanisms for cybersecurity for systems of various levels;

defining the rights and obligations of state bodies, enterprises, and organizations in the field of ensuring cybersecurity and coordinating their activities;

unifying regulatory and legal documents in this field.

Formation of the Information Policy of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

June 1, 2020

Agency for Information and Mass Communications, Ministry of Justice, Chambers of the Oliy Majlis (on a consensus basis), National Association of Electronic Mass Media of Uzbekistan, Institute of Strategic and Regional Studies, Ministry of Information Technologies and Communications, ministries and departments

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Draft Regulatory and Legal Document.

The draft approves the Concept of the Unified Information Policy of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

The Concept provides for:

forming mechanisms for developing an information policy that defines national interests in the information field;

establishing measures aimed at increasing the level and quality of cooperation between the press services of state and economic management bodies, state enterprises, and organizations with the public and mass media;

developing the Uzbek language segment in the global Internet information network and increasing the media literacy of the population;

preparing personnel in the field of journalism and understanding their rights and obligations, and measures for the high-quality integration of the republic into the global information space.

Transition of operating systems in state organizations to free, certified, and information security requirement-compliant open-source software.

August 1, 2020

"Cybersecurity Center" JSC, State Inspection for Control in the Field of Informatization and Telecommunications,

ministries and departments

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Draft Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers.

The draft provides for measures to establish the use of licensed software products that meet standards in the field of information security in state organizations and institutions.

Improving the quality of border and customs control at border crossing points.

June 1, 2020

State Customs Committee, SSU, Ministry of Investments and Foreign Trade, Ministry of Healthcare, State Committee for the Development of Veterinary and Livestock

Based on calculations

State budget and foreign partner funds

Comprehensive Action Plan.

The plan provides for:

strengthening the material and technical base of border, customs, and control bodies operating at points with a large flow of citizens, technical means, and goods crossing state borders;

necessary measures to ensure the mutual exchange of information about motor vehicles and citizens through an information system in online mode to reduce the time for passing border and customs control.

Development of the Draft Law of the Republic of Uzbekistan "On Security Activities".

April 1, 2020

National Guard, Ministry of Defense, Ministry of Internal Affairs, SSU, Ministry of Justice, ministries and departments

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Draft Law of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

The draft provides for:

state regulation of security activities;

types of security activities and the rights, powers, and obligations of subjects implementing them;

the procedure for implementing security activities.

Further development of military and military-technical cooperation with foreign partners.

Throughout the year

Ministry of Defense, National Guard, SSU

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Practical Measures.

In this regard:

organizing the training and qualification improvement of military personnel together with the troops of leading foreign countries, as well as higher military education institutions and research centers;

deep study and wide application of the advanced experience of foreign troops in the combat-service activities of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Uzbekistan;

establishing cooperation between the National Guard of the Republic of Uzbekistan and the National Guards and other relevant departments of foreign countries, including signing a cooperation agreement between the National Guard of the Republic of Uzbekistan and the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan;

signing memorandums on mutual understanding in the field of military cooperation and military intelligence with the Government and Ministry of Defense of Pakistan, a memorandum on establishing cooperation in the field of military intelligence with the Ministry of Defense of Tajikistan, and a cooperation agreement in the field of military intelligence with the Ministry of Defense of Kazakhstan;

holding international conferences at the Academy of the Armed Forces;

giving lectures at higher military educational institutions of foreign countries by professors and teachers of the Academy of the Armed Forces;

implementation of measures to establish the study of military personnel of Central Asian countries at the Academy of the Armed Forces.

Intensification of propaganda work revealing the true purpose and essence of intolerance, extremism, and terrorism.

Throughout the year

Committee for Religious Affairs, Spiritual Administration of Muslims of Uzbekistan, Center for Islamic Civilization, Institute of Strategic and Regional Studies, Ministry of Justice, Ministry of Internal Affairs, National Television and Radio Broadcasting Company of Uzbekistan, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Council of Ministers of the Karakalpakstan Republic, Khokimiyats of regions and Tashkent city

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Practical Measures.

In this regard:

further improvement of propaganda work revealing the true purpose and essence of intolerance, extremism, and terrorism;

ensuring the participation of Uzbek scholars in various scientific and practical conferences held in foreign countries aimed at peacekeeping, combating terrorism, and extremism;

implementation of specific measures to prevent the spread of ideas promoting extremism, terrorism, and intolerance.

Further improvement of the system for the social rehabilitation of citizens who have fallen under the influence of religious extremist ideas and their return to a healthy life.

Throughout the year

Ministry of Internal Affairs, Committee for Religious Affairs,

Ministry of Labor,

Ministry of Family, Women and Children Affairs, Council of Ministers of the Karakalpakstan Republic, Khokimiyats of regions and Tashkent city

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Practical Measures.

In this regard:

improving work to return citizens related to religious extremism to a healthy life, identifying and resolving their socio-domestic problems, and preventing situations where the population falls under the influence of harmful religious ideas;

introducing new effective mechanisms in this field based on advanced foreign experience;

implementation of measures to ensure the employment, education, and social protection of persons of this category.

Continuation of negotiations on the delimitation and demarcation of the State Border of the Republic of Uzbekistan with neighboring countries.

Throughout the year

Ministry of Foreign Affairs, State Committee "Davergeodezkadastr", SSU

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Practical Measures.

In this regard:

organizing meetings of government commissions on the delimitation and demarcation of state borders to be held in 2020 with bordering states;

holding bilateral practical activities in this field with neighboring states.

Implementation of measures to strengthen the security of railway stations located in border areas.

April 1, 2020

Ministry of Transport, "Uzbekiston Temir Yollari" JSC, SSU

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Action Plan.

The plan provides for:

improving the security system of railway stations located in border areas;

measures to equip these stations with relevant engineering and technical facilities.

Holding "Friendship Week" and the "Friendship" International Forum-Festival.

July 1, 2020

Committee for Interethnic Relations and Friendship with Foreign Countries,

Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Committee for Religious Affairs,

Center for the Development of Civil Society,

Ministry of Finance,

Council of Ministers of the Karakalpakstan Republic, Khokimiyats of regions and Tashkent city

Based on calculations

State budget funds

Draft Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers.

The draft provides for practical measures for organizing and holding "Friendship Week," the "Friendship" International Forum-Festival, and other cultural and educational events.

Introduction of "Day of Friendship of Peoples and National Unity" in our country.

July 1, 2020

Committee for Interethnic Relations and Friendship with Foreign Countries, Ministry of Justice

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Draft Law of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

The draft provides for the introduction of "Day of Friendship of Peoples and National Unity" in our country to further strengthen feelings of interethnic harmony, friendship, and unity.

Establishment of the "Friendship of Peoples" breast badge.

September 1, 2020

Committee for Interethnic Relations and Friendship with Foreign Countries

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Draft Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers.

The draft provides for the establishment of the "Friendship of Peoples" breast badge to increase the efficiency of the activities of national cultural centers and friendship societies and to appropriately reward the labor of sector representatives.

Promoting the humanitarian essence of Islam and its service to peace and friendship purposes based on the idea of "Education Against Ignorance."

Throughout the year

Committee for Religious Affairs, Spiritual Administration of Muslims of Uzbekistan, Council of Ministers of the Karakalpakstan Republic, Khokimiyats of regions and Tashkent city, ministries and departments

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Practical Measures.

In this regard:

formation of propaganda groups and development of an event plan;

involving specialists from the Committee for Religious Affairs, Uzbekistan International Islamic Academy, Center for Islamic Civilization, Imam Bukhari International Research Center, and Spiritual Administration of Muslims of Uzbekistan in conducting religious and educational events in regions;

preparation of a summary report on the conducted events and submission to the Cabinet of Ministers.

Organization of international scientific-practical conferences and other events dedicated to the life and scientific heritage of our scholars and on the topic of religious tolerance.

Throughout the year

Committee for Religious Affairs, Center for Islamic Civilization, Spiritual Administration of Muslims of Uzbekistan, Imam Bukhari International Research Center, Uzbekistan International Islamic Academy, Khokimiyats of Samarkand and Bukhara regions and Tashkent city

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Practical Measures.

In this regard:

holding an international conference on the topic "Imam Abu Mansur Maturidi and Maturidi Doctrine: Past and Present" in Samarkand in cooperation with the Al-Azhar Complex of Egypt;

holding the international scientific-practical conference "Uzbekistan — Center of Islamic Civilization" in connection with the announcement of Bukhara city as the "Capital of Islamic World Culture" in 2020 by AISEC;

holding an international conference on the topic "Religious Tolerance — an Important Factor in the Development of the State and Society";

measures for holding an international scientific conference and celebrating the birth anniversaries of Abdulkhalik Ghijduvani (915th anniversary) and Baha ud-Din Naqshband at a high level in Bukhara city.

Reconstruction of the memorial complex of Imam Bukhari in Samarkand based on a new project.

April 1, 2020

Khokimiyat of Samarkand region,

Ministry of Construction,

Ministry of Finance,

Committee for Religious Affairs,

ministries and departments

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Draft Order of the Cabinet of Ministers.

The draft provides for measures to reconstruct the memorial complex of Imam Bukhari in Samarkand based on an absolutely new project in accordance with its great status in the Muslim world.

Development of spiritual and educational ties of nations and ethnic groups living in the Aral Sea region.

August 20, 2020

Council of Ministers of the Karakalpakstan Republic,

Ministry of Culture, Republican Center for Spirituality and Education, Committee for Interethnic Relations and Friendship with Foreign Countries, Ministry of Finance

Based on calculations

State budget funds, Karakalpakstan Republic budget funds

Action Plan.

The plan provides for:

holding the International Cultural-Humanitarian Festival "Interethnic Harmony" aimed at developing spiritual and educational ties of nations and ethnic groups living in the Aral Sea region in the Karakalpakstan Republic and preserving national customs, historical, and cultural heritage among the youth;

measures to strengthen the harmony of various nations and ethnic groups residing in the Aral Sea region, preserve their language and customs, strengthen the role of national cultural centers in public life, and educate the youth in the spirit of love and loyalty to the Motherland, respect for national and universal values.

Development of international cooperation in combating transnational crimes in the economic sector.

Throughout the year

SSU, Prosecutor General's Office, Ministry of Internal Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

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Practical Measures.

In this regard, development of a memorandum on mutual cooperation with special services of foreign countries regarding the struggle against transnational crimes in the economic sector and coordination with relevant organizations is provided for.

Development of mutual cooperation with the Eurasian Group (EAG FATF) in combating the legalization of proceeds from economic crimes and the financing of terrorism.

Throughout the year

Prosecutor General's Office,

SSU, Ministry of Internal Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

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Practical Measures.

In this regard, organization of international seminars in mutual cooperation with the Eurasian Group (EAG FATF) in combating the legalization of proceeds from economic crimes and the financing of terrorism, and implementation of measures to improve the qualifications of national cadres in this direction are provided for.

Improvement of the system for the safety of the use of atomic energy.

April 30, 2020

State Committee for Industrial Safety, Ministry of Energy, State Committee for Ecology, Ministry of Healthcare, Ministry of Emergency Situations, Ministry of Internal Affairs, State Committee for Geology and Mineral Resources, Academy of Sciences,

"Uzstandart" Agency

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Draft Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers.

The draft provides for:

the procedure for state control in the field of the use of atomic energy by the authorized state body in the field of atomic energy;

establishing the procedure for conducting expertise on the justification of the safety of facilities using atomic energy and activities in the field of the use of atomic energy.

Improvement of seismic monitoring to study the impact of the use of oil and gas fields on seismogeodynamic processes.

November 1, 2020

Ministry of Emergency Situations, "Uzbekneftegaz" JSC, Academy of Sciences, ministries and departments

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Draft Regulatory and Legal Document.

The draft provides for:

creation of a mechanism for continuous monitoring of technogenic seismicity in the republic;

identification of the impact of the use of oil and gas fields on geodynamic processes;

tasks for creating the opportunity to predict the risk of technogenic earthquakes associated with the use of oil and gas fields.

Establishment of the procedure for compensating the amount of damage caused to the population as a result of natural disasters.

November 1, 2020

Ministry of Emergency Situations, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Economy and Industry, "Uzgidromet", State Committee for Geology and Mineral Resources, State Committee for Ecology, Council of Ministers of the Karakalpakstan Republic, Khokimiyats of regions and Tashkent city

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Draft Regulatory and Legal Document.

The draft provides for:

establishing the procedure for compensating damage caused to the population suffering from natural disasters;

clarifying the rights and obligations of authorized bodies and citizens in this regard;

increasing the responsibility of local state authority bodies, authorized ministries, and departments for preventing construction in technogenic hazardous areas.

Improvement of the system for ensuring the seismic safety of the population and territory of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

May 1, 2020

Academy of Sciences,

Ministry of Emergency Situations, Ministry of Construction,

State Committee "Ergodezkadastr",

State Committee for Geology and Mineral Resources,

Ministry of Information Technologies and Communications,

Institute of Legislative Issues and Parliamentary Research

Based on calculations

State budget funds,

grants of the Ministry of Innovative Development, funds and grants of international financial institutions

Draft Decree of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

The draft provides for:

approval of the program for the development of the system for ensuring seismic safety in the Republic of Uzbekistan until 2023;

full provision of seismic and complex-prognostic stations with an internet system and introduction of an automated system for delivering forecast information to the market;

establishment of cooperation with neighboring states on forecasting seismic hazards in the Central Asian region.

Strengthening the safety of produced food products.

April 1, 2021

Ministry of Healthcare, "Uzstandart" Agency, Ministry of Emergency Situations, ministries and departments

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Draft Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers.

The draft provides for:

eliminating existing problems in ensuring the safety of food products and analyzing normative documents of foreign countries that have justified themselves in this field;

studying cases of using various types of chemical substances and vegetable oils that may pose a health risk to products;

updating normative documents on technical regulation in this field based on the results of these measures.

Intensification of the development of the National Strategy of the Republic of Uzbekistan on Human Rights.

May 1, 2020

National Center for Human Rights, Ombudsman for Human Rights of the Chambers of the Oliy Majlis, ministries and departments

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Draft Regulatory and Legal Document.

The draft approves the National Strategy of the Republic of Uzbekistan on Human Rights.

The Strategy provides for:

ensuring full compliance with the international obligations of the Republic of Uzbekistan in the field of human rights;

improving mechanisms for monitoring compliance with the rights and freedoms of citizens;

creating a system of organizational, legal, and other comprehensive measures aimed at ensuring reliable protection of human rights and freedoms;

increasing the effectiveness of mechanisms and procedures for implementing international standards in the field of human rights and freedoms in legislation and the practical activities of state bodies, specifically law enforcement agencies;

increasing the legal literacy of the population in the field of human rights, including organizing effective information and educational activities and educational activities in this regard;

raising cooperation with international and regional structures and national institutions of foreign countries in the field of human rights protection to a new stage.

5.2. Priority Directions in the Field of Foreign Policy

Development of subsequent measures aimed at improving Uzbekistan's position in international economic ratings.

June 1, 2020

Ministry of Finance,

State Statistics Committee, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Economy and Industry,

Central Bank, Ministry of Justice, research institutions

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Action Plan:

The plan provides for adopting a "roadmap" to improve Uzbekistan's position in international economic ratings by analyzing and harmonizing data collection methodology and practice together with international experts and national consultants.

Development of various types of tourism within the framework of regional cooperation with Central Asian countries.

June 1, 2020

State Committee for Tourism Development,

Ministry of Culture, Ministry of Information Technologies and Communications, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

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Action Program.

The program provides for:

development of a unified digital map (multimedia product) of cultural and tourist sites of Central Asian countries;

conclusion of a multilateral agreement on the development of combined tourism based on the "one tour — many countries" principle with Central Asian countries;

implementation of measures to actively promote historical monuments and the tourist potential of the republic, popularize the customs and traditions of the peoples of Uzbekistan, and study and apply combined tourism types in practice.

Intensification of the issue of joining the Parliamentary Assembly of Turkic Speaking States.

October 1, 2020

Chambers of the Oliy Majlis

(on a consensus basis), Institute of Strategic and Regional Studies, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, ministries and departments

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Action Plan.

The plan provides for:

studying the expediency of Uzbekistan's membership in the Parliamentary Assembly of Turkic Speaking States;

resolving organizational and legal issues of the official admission of Uzbekistan to the organization's membership based on the results of political decision-making;

forming the permanent composition of the Oliy Majlis in the Parliamentary Assembly of Turkic Speaking States through a joint resolution of the Councils of parliamentary chambers;

development of a "roadmap" for cooperation with the Parliamentary Assembly of Turkic Speaking States.

Holding the next 32nd Meeting of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer in Tashkent city.

November 1, 2020

State Committee for Ecology, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Finance,

ministries and departments

Based on calculations

Funds of executors and sponsors

Action Plan.

The plan provides for:

increasing the international image of the republic in the field of environmental protection by holding the next 32nd Meeting of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer in Tashkent city;

development and advancement of Uzbekistan's initiatives on urgent issues in the field of ecology.

Intensification of multilateral cooperation within the framework of the United Nations, Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, Organization of Islamic Cooperation, Turkic Council, and other prestigious international organizations.

Throughout the year

Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Chambers of the Oliy Majlis (on a consensus basis), Institute of Strategic and Regional Studies, ministries and departments

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Practical Measures.

In this regard:

advancement of Uzbekistan's initiatives on urgent international issues in these international organizations;

activation of cooperation with international parliamentary organizations (OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, CIS Interparliamentary Assembly, etc.);

organization of major events on interparliamentary relations in Uzbekistan;

submission of candidates for country representatives to responsible leadership positions in international organizations.

Enhancing relations with countries in the Central Asian region in the spirit of friendship, good-neighborliness, and strategic partnership in all spheres to a new qualitative and substantive level.

Throughout the year

Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA), Ministry of Investment, Industry and Trade, Ministry of Economy and Industry, Institute of Strategic and Interregional Research,

ministries and departments

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Practical measures.

In this regard:

organizing high-level and top-level mutual visits; effective use of "people's diplomacy" mechanisms; assisting the Institute of Strategic and Interregional Research in holding an international round table on the topic "A New Stage in the Development of People's Diplomacy of the Great Silk Road"; jointly finding solutions to existing obstacles in strengthening friendly neighborly relations; creating favorable conditions for developing economic ties, increasing mutual trade volumes, and strengthening cooperation; effective use of the region's transit and logistics potential, ensuring rapid development of transport infrastructure; expeditious resolution of issues of fair water use in the region; activating cooperation between the territories of Central Asian states (including border regions); implementation of measures for joint events in the cultural and humanitarian spheres is envisaged.

Taking cooperation with foreign countries to a new level.

Throughout the year

MFA, Ministry of Investment, Industry and Trade, Institute of Strategic and Interregional Research,

ministries and departments

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Practical measures.

In this regard: further development of political, trade and economic, investment, transport-communication, and cultural and humanitarian ties with the Russian Federation, the United States of America, the People's Republic of China, the Republic of Korea, Japan, Turkey, the United Arab Emirates, the European Union, and Asian countries; consideration of measures for holding high-level bilateral and multilateral events and visits with countries of the Commonwealth of Independent States (Russian Federation, Azerbaijan), Central Asia, the European Union (Italy), and Asia (People's Republic of China, India, Turkey) to adopt prospective projects and programs serving the interests of our country is envisaged.

Nominating Uzbekistan for election to the UN Human Rights Council for the period 2021–2023.

Throughout the year

MFA, National Center for Human Rights, Institute of Strategic and Interregional Research,

ministries and departments

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Practical measures.

In this regard: conducting negotiations with member states of the UN to achieve support for Uzbekistan's candidacy for the Human Rights Council; implementation of measures related to preparing and distributing materials on reforms being carried out in Uzbekistan in the field of human rights and human development among UN member states is envisaged.

Holding the Samarkand Forum on Human Rights.

2020

May 28

National Center for Human Rights, Chambers of the Oliy Majlis (on a consensus basis), MFA, Ombudsman for Human Rights, Ministry of Higher and Secondary Special Education, Ministry of Public Education, Institute of Strategic and Interregional Research

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Practical measures.

In this regard: developing the concept and draft final document of the Forum dedicated to youth rights; implementing organizational measures related to holding the Asian Forum on Human Rights in Samarkand city in 2020; consideration of the draft international convention on youth rights proposed by Uzbekistan at the 72nd session of the UN General Assembly is envisaged at the Forum.

Implementation of measures aimed at holding main events during Uzbekistan's chairmanship of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) in 2020.

Throughout the year

MFA,

Institute of Strategic and Interregional Research,

ministries and departments

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—

Practical measures.

In this regard: expanding economic cooperation within the CIS, increasing the practical results of decisions adopted by the organization, and further strengthening humanitarian ties between member states; implementation of measures for holding meetings of the Council of Heads of Government of the CIS, the Council of Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the CIS states, the Council of Heads of State of the CIS, and other events is envisaged.

Developing relations with the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO).

Throughout the year

MFA,

Institute of Strategic and Interregional Research,

ministries and departments

—

—

Practical measures.

In this regard: strengthening cooperation with the SCO on combating international terrorism, extremism, and transborder crime; developing permanent communication channels between competent bodies of SCO member states combating transborder crime; proposing initiatives for developing economic ties between SCO member states is envisaged.

Study by Uzbekistan of the issue of receiving European Union preferences under the Generalized Scheme of Preferences Plus (GSP+) system.

2020

October 1

Ministry of Investment, Industry and Trade, MFA, ministries and departments

—

—

Program of measures.

The Program provides for: preparation and submission of a package of documents to the European side regarding the inclusion of Uzbekistan in the list of GSP+ beneficiary countries; appointment of a coordinator from the Government of the Republic of Uzbekistan for the inclusion of Uzbekistan in the list of GSP+ beneficiary countries is envisaged.

Establishment of joint transport-logistics companies and dry ports.

2020

October 1

Ministry of Investment, Industry and Trade, Ministry of Transport,

MFA

—

—

Plan of measures.

The Plan envisages the implementation of measures for establishing joint transport-logistics companies specializing in air and road freight transportation in Uzbekistan and dry ports, and attracting leading transport companies from around the world for this purpose.

Facilitating the export of local products to regional and international markets.

Throughout the year

Ministry of Transport,

Ministry of Investment, Industry and Trade,

State Customs Committee,

MFA

—

—

Practical measures.

In this regard: preparation of long-term agreements with states located along routes for the export of products to regional and international markets in the field of international road transport; accession of Uzbekistan to international multilateral agreements and conventions regulating transport by international road, rail, and air transport is envisaged.

Negotiation of a Bilateral Comprehensive Partnership and Cooperation Agreement with the European Union.

2020

April 30

Ministry of Investment, Industry and Trade, MFA, ministries and departments

—

—

Program of measures.

The Program provides for:\nagreeing on the timing of the next meeting of negotiations; coordinating the activities of working groups participating in the next meetings of negotiations in the established manner; ensuring the participation of Uzbekistan representatives in negotiations is envisaged.

Ensuring active participation of Uzbekistan in the implementation of the European Union's Updated Strategy for Central Asia.

2020

June 1

Ministry of Investment, Industry and Trade, MFA, ministries and departments

—

—

Program of measures.

In this regard: holding meetings to discuss priority areas of cooperation within the multi-annual indicative program for 2021–2027 with representatives of the European Union delegation; participation in bilateral and interregional format events held within the framework of the Strategy is envisaged.

Notes:

During the implementation of the events envisaged in the Program, clarification may be made regarding their funding sources.

State budget funds refer to centralized investments and budget funds provided for in the expense estimates of ministries, departments, and organizations.

With the agreement of the relevant commission, the form of documents adopted for the implementation of events envisaged in the Program may be changed depending on necessity, combined with documents in other items, or divided into several types of documents.

In the process of developing draft legal acts, other issues consistent with the content of the events specified in the Program are also envisaged based on the proposals of the competent ministries and departments.

Total expenses for the implementation of the State Program events in 2020: 18,171.4 billion soums and 10,301.5 million US dollars, of which:

In billion soums

In million US dollars

State budget and State target funds

12,883.7

—

Funds of executors and charitable organizations

1,426.5

—

Loans from commercial banks

561.2

—

Funds and grants from international organizations and financial institutions

3,300.0

10,301.5

(Appendix to the Decree of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan No. PF-45 dated December 30, 2021 — , 30.12.2021, No. 06/21/45/1228) (Information database of legislative acts, March 3, 2020, No. 06/20/5953/0246; March 27, 2020, No. 06/20/5975/0377; October 31, 2020, No. 06/20/6099/1450; November 13, 2020, No. 06/20/6110/1512; , April 30, 2021, No. 06/21/6218/0398, May 1, 2021, No. 06/21/6217/0409, December 30, 2021, No. 06/21/45/1228)