Uzbekistan ranked 69th in the UN's Electronic Government Development Index, climbing 18 places to the last year, announced the Deputy Minister of Development of Information Technologies and Communications Jamshid Egamberdiev at a forum dedicated to cooperation between Uzbekistan and Korea Republic in the field of e-government and digital economy at INHA University in Tashkent.
The conference attendees emphasized the positive trend of Uzbek-Korean ties and approved the further stepping up of cooperation in a number of promising areas. In particular, taking into account the best practices of the Republic of Korea, it is planned to strengthen partnership in the area of development and effective management of technology parks and innovation centers.
Also, taking into account that human capital is an important factor in the development of the IT industry, cooperation in the field of education in the field of information technology between the specialized universities of Uzbekistan and Korea will be further expanded.
