On August 18, 2023, an online meeting was held at the Agency of Statistics under the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan with representatives of the World Bank as part of the project “Strengthening the statistical system in Uzbekistan”.
It was attended by Deputy Director of the Agency for Statistics Ikramov Agzam Anvardzhonovich, heads of departments and departments of the central office of the Agency, as well as members of the World Bank working group - William Seitz, Sevilla Muratova and other experts.
The purpose of the mission is to discuss further steps in the implementation of the project “Strengthening the statistical system in Uzbekistan”, an action plan, as well as requests for data within the framework of the project.
We remind you that: in accordance with the Decree of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan dated August 3, 2020 No. PP-4796, with the assistance of experts from the World Bank, the National Strategy for the Development of Statistics in the Republic of Uzbekistan for 2020–2025 was developed and approved.
At the meeting, members of the working group were briefed on the progress of the project, current tasks and a plan for further activities. The components of the project were reviewed, in particular capacity building, data preparation, equipment procurement and information dissemination plan, and project management.
As a result of the negotiations, the parties agreed to continue joint consultations within the framework of this project.