Uzbekistan to adopt state program for 2018

On 28 December 2017, the President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev signed an order “On organizational measures to draft a state program for implementation of the strategy for five priority development directions of the Republic of Uzbekistan in 2017-2021 in the Year of Support of Active Business, Innovative Ideas and Technologies”.

Uzbek leader established a working group to prepare a draft program, headed by State Advisor to the President Otabek Murodov.

The Working Group will conduct a critical analysis of the implementation of the Strategy for Action in 2017, the shortcomings and omissions that have been made, the results of the study of public opinion, national and international experts, as well as the results of conferences, seminars and roundtables.

The group will also prepare a draft program for 2018 by January 5, 2018. From 5 to 15 January, the draft program will be discussed with the involvement of the public, including through placement on the Internet.

Based on the analysis of the results of public discussion and proposals received, a revised draft of the state program will be prepared by 20 January.

The President ordered during the development of the draft state program to pay special attention to development of specific measures to implement the following priority tasks:

• The state program should become a logical continuation of the policy aimed at unconditional affirmation in the life of the noble idea: "It is not the people that serve the state bodies, but the state organs must serve the people";
• in the State program it is necessary to reflect practical measures to implement the principles "the people are the sole source and the author of laws", "the most important decisions concerning the life of the country are taken on the basis of a direct dialogue with the people, taking into account the opinions of the public";
• the planned activities should be based on the results of a direct dialogue with the people, as well as provide for the solution of urgent problems that are of concern to the general population, practical steps to radically improve the situation in all spheres of public and state life;
• large-scale reforms and reforms, first of all, should be aimed at improving people’s well-being not in the distant future, but in the shortest possible time and really reflected in their daily lives;
• radical improvement and wide development of the system of rendering public services in the new conditions should become a priority direction ensuring the satisfaction of the needs of citizens;
• prosperous economic prosperity in the conditions of increasing global competition should be ensured through the transition to a model of innovative development, active introduction of innovations, new technologies, as well as support for progressive, modern-minded, enterprising citizens and entrepreneurs;
• the activities to be developed should be results-oriented, have clear goals and implementation mechanisms, and are interlinked with measures taken under other programs.