From 24 to 28 May 2021, the State Committee on statistics, with the support of the OSCE Project Coordinator in Uzbekistan, organized training seminars with a representative of the Open Data Watch organization, which is responsible for the international ranking of Open Data Inventory (ODIN), Jamison Crowell.

On April 2, 2021, a seminar was held at the Hyatt Regency Tashkent hotel on the topic "Practical significance and prospects for the development of an open data ecosystem in Uzbekistan", which was organized by the State Committee on Statistics and the Technological Park of Software Products and Information Technologies ("IT Park Uzbekistan"), the Coordinator the OSCE project in Uzbekistan.

Within the framework of the "International Open Data Day", events were organized on the theme "Open Data Day Tashkent 2021" with the participation of employees of the State Committee on Statistics, employees of ministries and departments, as well as employees and experts of the OSCE Coordinator in Uzbekistan and the E-Government Project Management Center, dedicated to the organization of effective use of computer technologies and the Internet among the population and youth, as well as the popularization of open data in our country.

On February 24 of this year, the 5th annual Open Data Inventory (ODIN) report was released. This report is a snapshot of the global open data progress and analysis of ODIN 2020/21 results, which were published in early December 2020.

On February 22, 2021 at the Agency of Information and Mass Communications under the Administration of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan, the State Committee on Statistics held a press conference on the topic "Prospects for the further development of open data in the Republic of Uzbekistan."

Uzbekistan has joined the International Open Data Charter as the 23rd country, becoming the third country in Asia after South Korea and Philippines.

On February 18, 2021, the State Committee on Statistics held a regular online seminar on professional development of personnel. The next webinar was organized by the Department of monitoring and coordination of the open data portal.

Online negotiations were held with representatives of the Open Data Watch organization

Open data will continue to evolve

The issue of joining the International Open Data Charter was discussed

The Republic of Uzbekistan to join the International Open Data Charter

On December 18, 2020, the State Committee of the Republic of Uzbekistan, together with the Anti-Corruption Agency of the Republic of Uzbekistan, the OSCE Project Coordinator in Uzbekistan and the International Charter of Open Data, organized a videoconference workshop on the topic “The Importance of Open Data in Preventing Corruption”.

The Republic of Uzbekistan according to the Open Data Inventory (ODIN) rating of open data scored 63 points and took 44th place in the world and 1st place in Central Asia, and also moved up to 125 positions in the ODIN rating.

“International open data campus: open data for civil society”

On November 13, this year, a webinar was held with the participation of experts from the State Committee on statistics and the World Bank.

From 13 to 21 October this year, a training week on "Open Data" was held for 200 employees of 83 ministries and departments.

Starting from October 14 this year, training webinars on theme "Development of the open data sphere" for employees of ministries and departments are being held.

On September 28, 2020, an online video conference dedicated to the international day of universal access to information was held, which was organized by the OSCE project coordinator in Uzbekistan and The Public Fund for support and development of national mass media.

On September 4, 2020, the state statistics Committee organized a webinar by the Department for monitoring and coordinating the activities of the open data portal together with the software and information technology Park - IT Park.

According to Open Data Inception, Uzbekistan occupies 6th in the world in terms of the number of open data sources with 70 open data sources.