Ministry of IT and Communications to be reorganized as Ministry of Digital Development

The Ministry for Development of Information Technologies and Communications of Uzbekistan is expected to be transformed into the Ministry of Digital Development, follows from a draft presidential decree.

According to the document, the new department should focus on a unified state policy in the development of digital technologies and communications, as well as on the development and modernization of digital infrastructure.

It is also planned to create an e-government project management center, a digital economy study center, an off-budget digital technology development fund under the ministry, and transform the Information and Communication Technology Development Fund into a Telecommunication Infrastructure and Communications Development Fund.