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 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.

The online event examines legal aspects, media freedom and reforms, and universal access to information on the path to Open government: open data, data collection, and best national and international practices.

Legal aspects, freedom and reforms in the media sphere, as well as universal access to information on the way to Open government: open data, data collection, best national and international practices were discussed during the online event.

Then the reports of international and national experts were heard in two thematic blocks:

• Ambassador John McGregor, OSCE project coordinator in Uzbekistan
• Ambassador Ulrika Funered, permanent representative of Sweden to the OSCE and Chairperson of the OSCE Permanent Council in 2021
• Natalia Carfi, Deputy Director of the Open Data Charter
• Komil Allamzhonov, Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Public Fund for support and development of national mass media
• Helena Fraser, UN resident Coordinator in Uzbekistan
• Melissa Fleming, United Nations Under-Secretary-General for global communications
• Bibigul Zheksenbay, President of the editors-in-chief club in the Republic of Kazakhstan, adviser to the Minister of information and social development of the Republic of Kazakhstan
• Oleg Pekos, First Deputy Minister of development of information technologies and communications of the Republic of Uzbekistan
• Alexandra Kolesnichenko, Director of The Public Fund for support and development of national mass media
• Farkhod Ibragimov, Director of the IT Park of Uzbekistan
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 A.Sultanov, head of the Department for monitoring and coordinating the activities of the open data portal of the State Committee of the Republic of Uzbekistan on statistics, took part in the online video conference.