From 12 to 14 July 2023, staff members from the Statistics Agency of the Republic of Uzbekistan benefited from a specialized training on data openness and quality, metadata and data dissemination in Washington D.C. (U.S.), delivered by Open Data Watch (ODW) and supported by the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan (PCUz). The training aimed to further improve Uzbekistan’s open data record and impact for greater integrity of the public sector and a sound business climate. Thanks to the PCUz and the technical assistance provided by ODW, Uzbekistan’s Open Data Inventory (ODIN) score increased by 48 points since 2018, when the country first entered the ranking, marking one of the greatest improvements in any ODIN assessment.
In addition, during the visit, the staff of the statistical agency met with representatives of the following organizations.
An agreement was reached with the director of the Global Data Barometer (GDB) rating, Silvana Fumega, to work together to eliminate the identified shortcomings and to improve positions of the Republic of Uzbekistan in the Global Data Barometer (GDB) via Zoom.
A meeting was organized with representatives of the Center for Open Data Enterprise Joel Gurin and Paul Kuhne. During the meeting best practices for data dissemination, including website usability, searchability, and interactive features such as data visualization were discussed.
A meeting was organized with the Chief Statistician of the World Bank, Ms. Haishan Fu and Juderica Dias. During the meeting, representatives of the World Bank positively assessed the sharp improvement in the position of the Republic of Uzbekistan in the open data ranking.
