he purpose of this course is to raise awareness of public servants in various areas and world trends of information and communication technologies in public administration and society, an to obtain practical skills in the context of real projects aimed at the formation e-government in Uzbekistan, and also the exchange of experience among course participants.

The training course was attended by about 100 participants, both from Urgench, and Nukus. The leading experts of the field who have practical experience of implementing the components of e-government in Uzbekistan were involved in the educational process. At the end of the training there was a planned test aimed at strengthening the skills acquired during the course.

It should be noted that this training course is a continuation of a number of trainings conducted by the Communication and Information Agency of Uzbekistan jointly with the UNDP, aimed at raising awareness of public servants in the field of information and communication technologies (ICT). Earlier this type of training courses was held for representatives of khokimiyats of Syrdarya, Samarkand regions and Tashkent city.

The training course helped the participants to reveal the possibilities and prospects of e-government development with the advantages associated with the introduction of ICT in Uzbekistan. In particular, the focus was on the general terms of ICT (information resources, e-government, legislation in the field of ICT, information security, etc.) as well as the basic directions in the development of electronic government. It should be noted that during the lectures the legislative framework in the field of ICT was covered, in particular, the basic provisions of the laws "On electronic signature", "On electronic document circulation". Such topics as: "Information security and its foundations", "The governmental documents on the development, formation and implementation of interactive government services, government information resources and structures", "The role of information technologies in managing the organization. Automated structure of management of the organization", "Fundamentals of network technologies "and other topics were also covered.