SUPPORT FOR ENTREPRENEURS INCREASES AND THE BURDEN ON BUSINESS IS REDUCED IN UZBEKISTAN
Mukhsinjon Kholmukhamedov,
Deputy director of the Center for Economic Research and Reforms
under the Administration of the President of Uzbekistan
The video conference held on April 15, 2022 under the chairmanship of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev was devoted to the issues of ensuring price stability in markets by increasing food production within the framework of food supply security of the country, as well as additional support for entrepreneurs.
It should be noted that during the reforms in the country, the business sector has traditionally been given increased attention. This is evidenced by the dynamics of growth of registered small business enterprises in Uzbekistan, when in 2021 there were 503 thousand companies (in 2016 - 278 thousand), and now there are about 1.5 million entrepreneurs who have created about 5 million jobs.
MORE THAN 200 REPRESENTATIVES OF FOLKLORE GROUPS OF UZBEKISTAN ARE PREPARING FOR THE REVIVED FESTIVAL OF NATIONAL TRADITIONS AND FOLKLORE “BOYSUN BAHORI”
On May 7-8, the festival “Boysun Bahori”, the long-awaited holiday of the renewal of nature, national traditions and folklore will start in the mountain village of Padang in Boysun district, reports “Dunyo” IA correspondent.
Сurrently, the festival is being thoroughly prepared in cooperation with the Ministry of culture of the Republic of Uzbekistan, the Surkhandarya region county executive and a number of other organizations in the Surkhandarya region.
In accordance with the resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Uzbekistan “on the organization and holding measures of the International Folklore Festival “Boysun Bahori” on February 7, 2022, more than 200 representatives folklore communities operating in our country will participate in the traditional festival, demonstrating the traditions of clothing, songs and folklore specific to their territory.
NCHR PRESENTS UZBEKISTAN’S EXPERIENCE IN THE REPATRIATION OF ITS CITIZENS
More than 530 people were returned to Uzbekistan in 2019-2021 from disadvantaged regions such as Syria, Iraq, and Afghanistan.
This was noted at the thematic roundtable discussion by Akmal Saidov, First Deputy Speaker of the Legislative Chamber of the Oliy Majlis of the Republic of Uzbekistan, Director of the National Center for Human Rights (NCHR).
The roundtable discussion was organized by the Senate of the Oliy Majlis of the Republic of Uzbekistan, the Commissioners of the Oliy Majlis for human rights and children’s rights, the NCHR, the UN OHCHR Regional Office for Central Asia. It was devoted to the issues of strengthening the role and capabilities of national human rights institutions in monitoring and evaluating activities for the reintegration and resocialization of repatriates from conflict zones.
RESULTS OF THE TASHKENT INTERNATIONAL INVESTMENT FORUM
The 1st Tashkent International Investment Forum (TIIF) has completed its work in the capital. The event has become a large-scale business event that brought together more than 2 thousand participants - major investors and high-ranking guests from 56 countries of the world.
The atmosphere of the Forum, as well as its rich business program, favored a confidential dialogue, a constructive exchange of views and the establishment of new contacts and partnerships.
Through the Forum, the government of the country outlined for the international business community a vector for consistent work to create the most comfortable and attractive conditions for investors and to comprehensively deepen mutually beneficial partnerships with foreign partners and international organizations.
THE TASHKENT CONFERENCE IS AN IMPORTANT CONTRIBUTION TO THE CONSOLIDATION OF THE EFFORTS OF THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY IN THE FIGHT AGAINST TERRORISM
Akramjon Nematov, First Deputy Director of the Institute for Strategic and Regional Studies under the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan
On March 3-4, 2022, Tashkent hosted a high-level international conference on the topic: “Regional cooperation of Central Asian countries within the framework of the Joint Action Plan for the Implementation of the UN Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy”.
The conference, organized by the Institute for Strategic and Regional Studies under the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan in partnership with the UN Counter-Terrorism Office and the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, has become a landmark event on a global scale.
