Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) - As part of the agenda of the fifteenth plenary meeting of the Senate of the Oliy Majlis, the Law of the Republic of Uzbekistan "On the establishment of the Day of workers of culture and art of the Republic of Uzbekistan" was also discussed.

In the Strategy of Action for the Development of the Country in 2017-2021, raising the level of culture, science, literature, art is defined as the main direction of the development of the social sphere.

The priority tasks of our state are the issues of raising the level of culture of the population, in particular young people, familiarizing everyone with the best examples of national and universal culture, educating on this basis a spiritually mature, harmoniously developed personality, building modern institutions of culture and art, strengthening their material and technical base, development of theater, music, visual arts and other types of art, disclosure of the abilities and potential of young talents.

In this regard, the Law "On the establishment of the Day of Culture and Art Workers of the Republic of Uzbekistan" is another confirmation of the consistent implementation of the goals and objectives identified in the Strategy.

Taking into account the proposals of the Ministry of Culture, the National Agency "Uzbekkino", the Academy of Arts of Uzbekistan, the Union of Writers of Uzbekistan, the Union of Composers and Bastakors of Uzbekistan, the Union of Theater Workers of Uzbekistan, the Republican Center for Spirituality and Education, the role of culture and art in the social and spiritual life of our society, in order to support workers in this field, 15 April is established as the Day of Workers of Culture and Art of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

Currently, in many countries around the world, this date is celebrated as the International Day of Culture. In particular, since 2008 in countries such as Italy, Spain, Russia, Argentina, Mexico, Cuba, Latvia and Lithuania, April 15 is celebrated as the International Day of Culture under the flag of Peace.

On this holiday, our compatriots who have selflessly worked and achieved high results in the development of the sphere of culture and art, increasing the prestige of the Uzbek national culture and art at the world level, realizing the abilities and potential of young talents, will be awarded the badge "Madaniyat va san’at fidokori".

According to this Law, which is of great importance in the development of folk art, improving the system of training professional personnel, talented performers in the field of culture and art, creating conditions for the recognition of samples of national art in the world arena, a corresponding resolution of the Senate was adopted.