In the Resolutions of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan dated April 9, 2019 No. PP-4273 “On additional measures to ensure openness and transparency of public administration, as well as to increase the statistical potential of the country", as well as No. PP-4796 dated August 3, 2020 “On measures for further improvement and development of the national statistics system of the Republic of Uzbekistan”, tasks are assigned to achieve the membership of the Republic of Uzbekistan in the International Transport Forum and display information about the Republic of Uzbekistan in the database of the Main Transport Statistics of the International Transport Forum (Key Transport Statistics, International Transport Forum).
Since 2019, several meetings and seminars have been organized jointly with the Ministry of Transport of the Republic of Uzbekistan on the implementation of the requirements of the resolution. There was also an exchange of views with an international expert of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) via ZOOM.
As a result of the work carried out in cooperation, during 2020-2021, Uzbekistan was admitted to the number of participating countries of the International Transport Forum. To date, 66 countries have become members of this organization.
As a result, starting from May 2023, information on Uzbekistan began to be published in the international database of Basic Transport Statistics, the International Transport Forum (Key Transport Statistics, International Transport Forum).
For information, the International Transport Forum at the OECD is an intergovernmental organization that includes 66 member countries. It acts as a think tank on transport policy and organizes the annual summit of transport Ministers. MTF is the only global organization covering all modes of transport.
Their mission is to promote a deeper understanding of the role of transport in economic growth, environmental sustainability and social integration, as well as to raise the public profile of transport policy.