On June 7 this year, the Chairman of the State Committee on Statistics Begalov Bakhodir Abdusalomovich met with the Director of the IMF Caucasus, Central Asia, and Mongolia Regional Capacity Development Center (CCAMTAC) Norbert Funke.
This meeting was organized to evaluate the effectiveness of CCAMTAC's technical assistance missions and to discuss issues of bilateral cooperation.
The event was also attended by employees of the central office of the State Committee on Statistics, the head of the IMF office in the Republic of Uzbekistan Kevin Ross and the head of the Department of the International Cooperation of the Central Bank Bobur Uktamov.
The parties discussed ongoing reforms in the field of statistics, as well as the effectiveness of online training courses organized by CCAMTAC and technical support missions.
In particular, it was noted that the State Committee on Statistics is a member of the IMF's “Expanded General Data Distribution System” and 422 macroeconomic, financial and other social indicators are placed in 24 main areas.
As a result of the meeting, agreements were reached on further improving the system of national accounts, organizing work to introduce a full-fledged assessment of the shadow economy within the framework of IMF technical assistance missions, developing an updated methodology for the consumer price index, as well as training and improving the skills of committee staff.
Recall that, during the visit of Norbert Funke to Uzbekistan, meetings are planned with the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Economic Development and Poverty Reduction, the State Tax Committee and the State Committee on Statistics.
Press Service