On August 24, a meeting of the Representatives of the Embassy of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to the Republic of Uzbekistan with the heads of line ministries and public agencies of the Republic of Uzbekistan took place in the videoconferencing mode.
Mr. Timothy Torlot, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to the Republic of Uzbekistan; Ms Honor Flanagan, Head of the Central Asia Office of the UK Department for International Development; Mr. David Rinnert, Deputy Head of the Central Asia Office of the UK Department for International Development took part in the meeting. On the part of the State Committee on Statistics, the meeting was led by Begalov Bakhodir Abdusalomovich - Chairman of the State Committee of the Republic of Uzbekistan on Statistics.
The Uzbek delegation was headed by the Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Uzbekistan Kuchkarov Jamshid Anvarovich. Also, the heads of the Central Bank, Ministry of Finance, Economic Development and Poverty Reduction, Employment and Labor Relations participated. On the part of Goskomstat, the meeting was headed by Begalov Bakhodir Abdusalomovich - Chairman of the State Committee of the Republic of Uzbekistan on Statistics.
The event provided information on the details of the project ""Effective management for the purpose of economic development" created with the support of the UK Department for International Development.
The participants of the event expressed their opinion on the importance of cooperation in such areas as the development of human capital, in particular, in the field of entrepreneurial education and state support for women and youth, the development of the labor market and the expansion of the formal sector, as well as urbanization, which is a factor in the development of internal migration.
At the event, the leadership of the State Statistics Committee exchanged views on providing technical support for the development of statistics in the Republic of Uzbekistan as an important aspect of cooperation with Great Britain.
Following the results of the meeting, proposals were voiced and further steps were developed to approve a special programme for the Republic of Uzbekistan "Effective management for the purpose of economic development" created with the support of the UK Department for International Development.
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