Uzbekistan creates Public Works Foundation

On 24 May 2017, President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev signed a decree “On measures on further improving state policy in the field of employment and radical improving effectiveness of labour bodies”.

According to the decree, the fund will have the status of a legal entity. The Fund will finance the participation of temporarily unemployed people in the work within the framework of implementation of major investment projects, construction, repair and reconstruction of road and housing and communal infrastructure.

The fund will also involve the population in improvement of cities and districts, as well as in seasonal agricultural work.