Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) -- Resolution of the President “On measures to raise the sphere of information and communication technologies to a new level in 2022-2023” was adopted.

The document defines the main tasks for the further development of the field of information and communication technologies in 2022-2023, in particular until the end of 2022:

the level of coverage of settlements with a broadband mobile communication network will be increased to 98%, high-speed mobile Internet along international highways - up to 60%;

build 40,000 km of fiber-optic communication lines to increase their coverage to 80%;

the number of users of electronic government services will be doubled by involving the private sector in the provision of these services.

Until the end of 2023:

more than 6.5 thousand young people will be trained annually in the direction of "information technology";

more than 214 information systems and software products will be introduced in government bodies, including local government bodies and enterprises in the real sector of the economy.

From 1 September 2022, it is planned to gradually form centers for the export of remote services using information and communication technologies in all regions of the republic.

From 1 January 2023, the Unified Portal Platform of the Government of Uzbekistan will be launched, including official websites and portals of the relevant state bodies, on the principle of "One Stop Shop".

The resolution approved:

"Roadmap" for further improvement of the field of information and communication technologies in 2022-2023;

List of priority projects for the digitalization of public administration in 2022–2023;

List of priority projects for the digitalization of industries in the real sector of the economy in 2022–2023;

"Roadmaps" for the comprehensive acceleration of the processes of departmental digital transformation of individual state and economic management bodies in 2022–2023;

List of priority projects for the digital transformation of regions in 2022–2023.