The US Agency for International Development (USAID) will support Uzbekistan in the implementation of the Digital Uzbekistan-2030 strategy.
As the newspaper reports. UZ, a memorandum of the Strategy “Digital Uzbekistan-2030” was signed in Washington by the Minister of Digital Development of Uzbekistan Shermatov and Deputy Administrator of the US Agency for International Development (USAID) Isabelle Coleman.
as part of the Memorandum, the American agency will support the implementation of the Digital Uzbekistan-2030 strategy. USAID will also assist in the development of information technology and communications sectors in the country by attracting youth and women, associations of technical educational institutions, supporting the growth of the private sector and participating in other initiatives in the field of IT.
At the negotiations, Shermatov and Isabelle Coleman discussed the issues of cooperation between Uzbekistan and the USA, support of an IT sector, promoting the digital economy, as well as strengthening the private sector.
The Strategy of the Digital Uzbekistan-2030 was approved by Decree of the President of Shavkat Mirziyoyev in October 2020. It is aimed at the accelerated development of the digital industry in the country and increasing the competitiveness of the national economy and includes the programs of the digital transformation of the regions and industries.
“Roadmap” for the implementation of the strategy covers goals in areas of development of the electronic government, digital industry, digital education and digital infrastructure.
The signing of the memorandum between the Ministry and USAID was preceded by the USAID mission in Uzbekistan in 2021 of the large -scale assessment of the country’s digital ecosystem (Digital Ecosystem Country Assessment, Deca). This was the first such assessment held by USAID after the agency adopted its first digital strategy for 2020–2024.