Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) -- From 5 April 2022, the Republican Fund "Safe Road and Safe Pedestrian" is being created under the Road Safety Service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs without forming a legal entity. This is stated in the presidential decree "On measures to ensure reliable human security and a sharp reduction in deaths on highways."

The sources of formation of the Fund’s resources are determined by:

part of certain fines, fees and charges collected in the field of traffic management;

funds provided annually in the budget parameters for the operational and installation units on the basis of programs;

grants allocated by state, foreign and international organizations;

sponsorship and charitable funds of individuals and legal entities;

loans provided by international financial institutions and banks;

other means not prohibited by legislative acts.

The resources of the Fund shall be used in a designated manner and will be used exclusively for:

acquisition of technical means of traffic management, their spare parts, structures and building materials intended for installation, as well as special paints;

financing the application of road markings in cities and other settlements, the installation, replacement, storage, dismantling of technical means of organizing traffic and providing them with technical maintenance;

strengthening the material and technical base of the operational and installation units, including the provision of modern special technical equipment, the introduction of a system of monthly and one-time material incentives for their employees;

study of advanced foreign experience in the field of road safety, financing of projects in the direction of road infrastructure development;

financing of measures to create material, technical and educational bases aimed at the formation of initial knowledge of the rules of the road among pupils of preschool educational organizations and students of general secondary educational institutions subordinate to the Ministry of Preschool Education and the Ministry of Public Education, respectively, as well as the establishment of road signs and road markings at sites for practical training of children in the rules of the road in mahallas.