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lobby of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan and a number of other electronic
platforms and infrastructures have been launched in our country. This is a sign that the
Electronic Government system is gradually being introduced in Uzbekistan.
4th industrial revolution. According to the results of European Union research, in
2020, in the context of the fourth “industrial revolution,” robots may work instead of 5 million
people in 15 developed and developing countries. This also means that there will be an
unemployed population.
It is expected that the largest losses will be observed in the EU itself. After all, the
degree of automation of jobs here is quite high. In the future, 9 out of 10 jobs will require
people with digital knowledge and skills. 44% of people aged 16–74 currently working in the
EU have these skills. Therefore, the EU Commission began to develop several programs
aimed at eliminating the negative consequences of the “industrial revolution”.
The first of them is aimed at introducing and modernizing an innovative education
system aimed at mastering digital technologies of the workforce and improving skills in using
information and communication technologies.
Uzbekistan’s position in the Electronic Government Development Index in
2016 was a coefficient of 0.54, that is, from a “medium” to a “high” level of growth. The
latest assessment, conducted in 2018, increased this figure to 0.62. As a result, Uzbekistan
took 81st place among 193 countries participating in the rating. This figure is almost 20 points
higher than in 2014.
UN analysts positively assessed Uzbekistan's achievement of such a result among
countries with lower middle incomes. Most importantly, the Online Services Index (OSI),
which is considered the main structural criterion for the development of e-government in
Uzbekistan, was 0.79, and the Human Capital Index (HCI) was 0.73.
Thus, in the Electronic Participation Index (EPI), Uzbekistan ranks 59th in the world
with a coefficient of 0.75 and 2nd in Central Asia after Kazakhstan.
This is slightly higher than the world average - 0.56 and the Asian average - 0.61,
which makes us all happy.
However, the telecommunications infrastructure index (TII) in Uzbekistan remains
low (0.33). This indicates the need to take immediate effective measures in the field of
telecommunications and development of the “Electronic Government” infrastructure in our
country.
At the same time, there are a number of problems and shortcomings that hinder the
transition to a digital economy. According to our President, most ministries, departments and
enterprises are far from digital technologies. It is necessary to critically review the Electronic
Government system, ongoing programs and projects, and comprehensively resolve all
organizational and institutional issues. In particular, unified principles for the development of
state information systems have not been developed. Activities in this area are carried out
without reference to each other and other information systems. The infrastructure of
“Electronic government” is not sufficiently developed. This influences the widespread use of
ICT in the provision of government services and interdepartmental electronic collaboration.

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