Development of «e-government»
in Uzbekistan
From the first days of independence the introduction of information and communication
technologies (ICT) has become one of the priority tasks of the state policy in Uzbekistan, which contributes to the achievement of significant results in the formation of the
national information space and the enhancement of the management systems efficiency.
Today in Uzbekistan, 100% of the tax and statistical
reports are submitted via the internet in e-form.
Full transition to electronic declaration of goods
and registration of export-import contracts are provided, which reduced working day of the customs
clearance of goods and provision of other related
services from three to one. The development of
online payment of taxes, compulsory and communal
payments allowed increase the number of users in
two-fold and by 2.3 times - for online transactions.
The entry into force of Law «On e-government»
which has been adopted recently in June 2010
of this year, gives new impetus to the advancement of communication environment. This legal
act creates a solid foundation for the further
deepening of the reform of public administration and the enhancement of its efficiency. It
provides for the consistent implementation and
expansion of the modern ICT usage in public
administration, establishment and operation of
the system «Electronic government», increasing
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the transparency and openness of government
agencies, the responsibility of officials.
Execution of the Law also allows citizens and
business entities to increase the efficiency of relations with the authorities and drastically reduce
bureaucratic barriers, simplify procedures and deadlines of the online services of government agencies.
To date, information interaction of state bodies with
corporations and individuals is carried out through a
single portal of interactive public services (SPIPS) that
enables access to information about the activities and
functions of the government agencies, provides users
with data exchange capabilities in electronic form and
requesting queries through a single point of access to
integrated interactive public services.
Functional of the one main segments of the system
«Electronic government» - SPIPS is rapidly expanding, 260 kinds of interactive services are rendered
through it. If in 2013-2014 more than 102 thousand services were rendered for entrepreneurs
and citizens, only for 2015 their number exceeded