On September 21, 2023, at the Agency of Statistics under the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan, a meeting was held with the Director of the Joint Vienna Institute Herve Joly and the Director of the International Monetary Fund Regional Center for the Development of the Caucasus, Central Asia and Mongolia Norbert Funke.

This meeting was attended by experts from the central office under the leadership of the Director of the Statistics Agency, Bakhodir Abdusalomovich Begalov, and representatives of the mission of the International Monetary Fund.

During the meeting, Director of the Statistics Agency Bahadir Begalov and Director of the Joint Vienna Institute Hervie Joly, as well as Director of the Regional Center of the International Monetary Fund for the Development of the Caucasus, Central Asia and Mongolia Norbert Funke exchanged views on the experience of the Joint Vienna Institute and issues of further cooperation between the parties.


The meeting took place in a warm and friendly atmosphere. The parties agreed to further use the experience of the Joint Vienna Institute and organize various online and offline seminars, as well as establish effective cooperation.

Also, the management of the Institute of Personnel Training and Statistical Research and the director of the Joint Vienna Institute Hervey Joly, as well as the director of the Regional Center of the International Monetary Fund for Capacity Development of the Caucasus, Central Asia and Mongolia Norbert Funke, discussed issues of developing cooperation in the field of training and retraining of specialists of the Institute statistical research.



