On July 18 of this year, a meeting was held at the Statistics agency under the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan with Mr. Toby Mendel, an expert invited by the UNESCO Representative Office in Uzbekistan within the framework of the Project related to the Information Code.
The event was attended by Usmon Abdurasulov – head of the information service – press secretary of the director, adviser on information policy; Hurshid Jurayev – head of the Department of Summary and Information Work, Omonilla Umarov – deputy head of the Department of monitoring and coordination of the open data portal, Jahongir Qambarov – deputy head of the Department of Social and Sustainable Development Statistics, Toby Mendel – UNESCO expert, executive director of the Centre for Law and Democracy (CLD); Marius Lukosinas – UNESCO «Communications and Information Sector» Programme specialist and Sanjarbek Allayarov – Communication and Information Programme Officer at the UNESCO Representative Office in Uzbekistan.
In the course of the meeting Toby Mendel and Marius Lukosinas and representatives of the Statistics agency discussed the following issues: Laws on the receipt and use of information, as well as their reflection in the Information Code, and issues related to open data. In addition to this, the parties discussed the National Indicator No. 16.10.2. of the Sustainable Development Goals.
The meeting was held in a warm and friendly atmosphere.