Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) -- Today, on 22 June 2020, the State Statistics Committee of the Republic of Uzbekistan, with the support of the World Bank, hosts a "Webinar on building the capacity of the Open Data Working Group."

By publishing data, governments around the world are helping to combat the COVID-19 pandemic, namely mitigating the effects of the pandemic and stopping the spread of the pandemic. During the webinar, a presentation will be presented on solutions based on open data to combat the global pandemic and the actions taken in Uzbekistan. The presentation will include examples of initiatives by states, the private sector and nongovernmental organizations in the areas of health, labor, business support, education, etc. and the importance of open data in decision-making during a global pandemic.

World Bank experts, as well as representatives of various government agencies, the private sector and academia, are talking about open data and how data influence and create economic opportunities for states. Experts will talk about the prospects for government, the private sector, science and academia, as well as entrepreneurship in Uzbekistan.

After discussion, participants will have the opportunity to participate in seminars on such relevant topics as “Data Depersonalization” and “Metadata for Open Data”. Information will be provided on methods that can be used to anonymize data and on the use of metadata to simplify working with open data.