On May 20-24, 2024, a delegation of the Statistics Agency under the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan, led by Deputy Director Agzam Anvardzhonovich Ikramov, visited the office of Statistics Korea within the framework of the memorandum of understanding signed on August 24, 2011 between the Korean office of Statistics Korea and the Statistics Agency under the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan on cooperation in the field of statistics for the exchange of experience.
During the visit, an official meeting was held with the Commissioner of Statistics of Korea, Lee Hyun Il. At the meeting, areas of cooperation between the office and the Statistics Agency under the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan, the work done, and plans for the future were discussed.
Meetings were also held with representatives of the Korean Statistics Office of Korea in the following areas.
A meeting was held with the director of the Institute of Statistical Training and the Institute of Statistical Research of the Korean Statistical Administration in the area of staff development and statistical research. At the meeting, they were introduced in detail to the activities of the institutes, their structural structure, the history of the formation of the institute, educational programs, international training programs, the system of advanced training, teaching aids, areas of research and development, and mechanisms for their implementation in practice.
Also, a meeting was held with representatives of the Bank of Korea and representatives of the Korean office of Statistics Korea in the direction of assessing the non-observed economy. Complete national accounts, international methodology for estimating the non-observed economy, and Korean experience in estimating the non-observable economy were presented.
Meetings were held with the heads of the “Dongnam Regional Statistical Office” and the “Seoul Regional Statistical Office” of the Statistics Korea on the direction of the activities of regional statistical bodies. As a result of these meetings, the delegation was familiarized in detail with the activities of regional statistical bodies, the practice of compiling statistics, and methods of collecting and analyzing statistical data by economic sectors.