On July 22, 2020, an online video conference on the role of open data and digital tools in enhancing government transparency and integrity was held on the topic “the Potential of open data in enhancing transparency and accountability during the COVID-19 crisis”, organized by the Office of the Co-ordinator of OSCE Economics and Environmental Activities.

According to the UN E-Government Survey 2020, Uzbekistan is among the 41 countries in the world with the highest indicator (Very High OGDI) on open data in the “Open Government Data Index”. A total of 193 countries were assessed in this ranking, and Uzbekistan received the highest score.

https://publicadministration.un.org/egovkb/Portals/egovkb/Documents/un/2020-Survey/2020%20UN%20E-overnment%20Survey%20(Full%20Report).pdf

In order to ensure the implementation of the Resolution of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan No. PP-4273 dated April 9, 2019 “On additional measures to ensure the openness and transparency of state department, as well as increase the statistical potential of the country” and the decree
ofthe Presidentof the Republic of Uzbekistan No. UP-6003 dated June 2, 2020"About Improvement of Line Items of the Republic of Uzbekistan in the International Ratings and Indexes, and also Implementation of the New Mechanism of System Work with Them in State Bodies and the Organizations", the State Statistics Committee is carrying out a number of activities.

Open data portal of the Republic of Uzbekistan “data.gov.uz“ and the official web site of the State Committee of the Republic of Uzbekistan on Statistics “stat.uz” are accepted in the most comprehensive list of open data portals in the world - DataPortals.org. http://dataportals.org/.

On June 30, this year, with the support of the World Bank project “Capacity building and implementation for the development of the open data ecosystem”, the State Committee of the Republic of Uzbekistan on Statistics organized a training seminar to improve the skills of national open data trainers who were previously trained with the assistance of the project of the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan.

On June 26, 2020, the next online seminar on staff development was held at the State Committee on Statistics. This regular webinar was organized by the Department of monitoring and coordination of the open data portal.

On June 24, 2020, an online video conference was held on the operational closure of a joint project with the United Nations Development Program “Assisting in the Development of Effective Public Administration and Digital Transformation,” which was organized jointly with the National Project Management Agency under the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

On June 22, 2020, the State Committee of the Republic of Uzbekistan on Statistics, with the support of the World Bank, held a webinar on "Building the capacity of the open data Working group".

June 22, 2020 at 14:00-17:00 the State Committee of the Republic of Uzbekistan on Statistics with the support of the World Bank will be organized “Webinar on building the capacity of the open data Working group”.

Open data Based Responses to Covid-19 Pandemic around the World in Uzbekistan

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Within the framework of potential cooperation to support the development of open data in Uzbekistan, the online event, entitled “Open Data Uzbekistan Workshop Agenda” was held by experts from Open Data Watch with the support of the project coordinator of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe in Uzbekistan, for the experts of State Committee of the Republic of Uzbekistan on Statistics, On May 21 of this year.

On March 6 this year, within the framework of International Open Data Day, a seminar on“Open Data Day Tashkent 2020” 

In the period of February 17-18, 2020, the first preparatory meeting of the 28th OSCE Economic and Environmental Forum on the topic “Promoting Security, Stability and Economic Growth in the OSCE area by Preventing and Combating Corruption through innovation, increased transparency and digitalization” was held in Vienna (Austria).

According to OzNome 5-star Data Rating tool, open data of the Open data portal of the Republic of Uzbekistan “data.gov.uz“ is rated 3.34 stars and official web site of The State Committee on Statistics “stat.uz” is rated 4.47 stars.

On February 7, 2020, Amity University in Tashkent, together with the Ministry of Innovative Development of the Republic of Uzbekistan and the World Bank in Uzbekistan, organized a seminar on “The role of the smart city in the development of the digital economy”.

The State Committee of the Republic of Uzbekistan on Statistics, The technology Park of software products and information technologies (IT-Park), as well as the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan, published the open data manual.

On January 15 this year, in IT-Park was organized a training course "Access to open data” for employees of ministries and organizations of our country.

The official web site of  The State committee of the Republic of Uzbekistan on statistics (stat.uz) has achieved the highest level “Platinum” with community certified of Open Data Certificate by the Open Data Institute on 08 January 2020 which means this open data is an exceptional example of information infrastructure (https://certificates.theodi.org). 

«Open Data Week Uzbekistan 2019» was held for the first time in Uzbekistan on December 13-20, and it will encompass 7 events in Tashkent city.