Information digest 264

23 December, 2011

International Cooperation:

■  Samsung opens Information Technologies Center
■  Draft Budget Code of Uzbekistan discussed

Society:

■  MTS Uzbekistan offers 4G modems

Economy:

■  Small business entities in Uzbekistan reach 247,208

INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION

Samsung opens Information Technologies Center

Center for information technologies has been opened in Yik ota village in Tashkent region on 15 December 2011. The center was created within the project of the Association of Cultural and Scientific Exchange Korea – Central Asia and Samsung Electronics.

New building was constructed on the base of previous Elders House. The center was repaired and provided with heating. New computer class was created and it was equipped with furniture.

At the Center for information technologies, children will study new technologies and participate in educational programmes, as well as use Internet.

Samsung Electronics Co. LTD became donor of the project and issued US$113,000 to the project.

Seongiun Park, director of Human Resource department of Samsung Electronics Co. LTD, said that necessary resources were collected due to donations of the company’s employees.

Bakhodir Olmjanov, marketing manager of Samsung Electronics Co. LTD in Tashkent, said that Samsung Electronics employees participate in the project as volunteers and they will participate in educational programmes of the center. (Source: UzDaily.com)

Draft Budget Code of Uzbekistan discussed

Over 35 representatives of ministries and departments of Uzbekistan, international organizations, several experts gather at Poytaht Business Center on 22 December 2011 to discuss draft Budget Code of Uzbekistan. The sides developed recommendations and proposals on improving the document.

Budget code is legislative act, which determines basics of budget system, its structure and principles, legal relations, foundations of budget processes and inter-budget relations, etc. Budget code allows to consolidate all legislative and normative acts in management of state finances into single document.

This is the second session of the inter-departmental group, which includes representatives of Cabinet of Ministers, Account Chamber, Ministry of Finance, Treasury, Ministry of Justice, Ministry of Economy, Central Bank and State Tax Committee.

During the first session, members of the group discussed results of inventory of budget legislation and prepared on the base of this Concept of the draft Budget Code.

It is worth to mention that the group was formed in line with the decision of the Complex on macroeconomic development, structural reforms in economy and complex development on development of territories under the Cabinet of Ministers.

The draft code, as main legislative act in budget sphere, includes principles, norms, and regulations of two laws “On budget system” and “On treasury implementation of the State Budget”, eliminates contradictions and old norms.

The draft Budget Code is developed in assistance of the UN project “Budget System Reform in Uzbekistan”.

The exchange of opinion at the sessions of working group will allow to develop recommendations and proposals on improving draft Budget Code. (Source: UzDaily.com)

SOCIETY

MTS Uzbekistan offers 4G modems

MTS Uzbekistan, largest mobile operator of Uzbekistan and 100% subsidiary of Russia’s Mobile TeleSystems, started to offer 4G modems to its subscribers.

InfoCOM.uz magazine reported that MTS Uzbekistan started to sell USB-modems HUAWEI E 398 LTE. The oriented price of the modem makes up 500,000 soums.

As earlier reported, MTS Uzbekistan launched the first 4G (LTE) network in Uzbekistan, Central Asia and the CIS. Uzbekistan became one of the first countries, which built 4G network. LTE network allows MTS subscribers to use Internet at the speed of 100 Mbps.

Currently, 4G network of MTS Uzbekistan is available in central part of Tashkent, but the company said it is plans to expand it to all territory of Uzbekistan. (Source: UzDaily.com)

ECONOMY

Small business entities in Uzbekistan reach 247,208

As of December 1, 2011, the database of the Single State Registrar of enterprises and organization has 247,208 small business entities (not including farmers) registered in Uzbekistan.

In January-November of 2011 there were 33,092 new small business entities registered, of which 22,309 (67.4%) were in production industry (including 7,394 of industrial entities), 10,783 (32.6%) in nonproduction fields (services) of economy, the information service of the State Committee in Statistics informed.

As a result of measures implemented by the government of the republic to support small business, its share in major fields of economy tends to grow. In particular, by results of January-September this year, the share of small business entities made: in GDP – 50.5%, in industry – 20.7%, in population employment – 74.2%. These figures in the same period last year were – 48.5%, 18.7% and 73.6% respectively. (Source: UzReport.com)