As part of the further expansion of cooperation and exchange of experience on bilateral issues in the field of statistics between the statistical departments of Uzbekistan and Republic of Korea, a videoconference meeting was held on February 6, 2025.
For reference:Cooperation between the Statistics Department of Korea "Statistics Korea" and the Statistics Agency under the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan began to develop after the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between the State Committee of the Republic of Uzbekistan on Statistics and the "Statistics Korea" in the field of statistics on August 24, 2011 in Tashkent.
Recall that during the visit of the Statistics Korea delegation on May 15-19, 2023, a trilateral memorandum of cooperation was signed between the Institute for Professional Development of Personnel and Statistical Research of the Statistics Agency under the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan, the Statistical Training Institute and the Statistical Research Institute of the Statistics Korea "Statistics Korea" and the Institute for Professional Development of Personnel and Statistical Research.
The main purpose of the visit is a preliminary discussion “The Project for Strengthening the Statistical Capability of the Statistics Agency”, funded on the basis of gratuitous assistance within the framework of Official Development
the Official Development Assistance (ODA) of the Republic of Korea.
The project is aimed at Capacity Developing for Human resources potential of the Statistical system, creating a statistical e-learning system and consultation on the statistical training, of creating a statistical database maintenance system: establishment of statistical data collection system, establishment of integrated administrative data management system, establishment of statistical quality management system and establishment of Statistical DB Service system.
The project is being implemented at the expense of grant funds from the Korean side in the period 2025-2028.
At the meeting, representatives of the Agency of Statistics under the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan and the Institute for Advanced Training and Statistical Research of the Agency of Statistics under the President of the Republic
of Uzbekistan discussed promising areas and current plans for the implementation of this project with colleagues from the Statistics Korea.