Civil Society Reforms in Uzbekistan

by Eldor Tulyakov^1
1 Development Strategy Center (Tashkent, Uzbekistan)
DOI: https://doi.org/10.29202/up/8/13
Received: 1 April 2021 / Accepted: 2 May 2021 / Published: 29 May 2021

The article is devoted to the study of ongoing civil society reforms in Uzbekistan under the new President – Shavkat Mirziyoyev, who has presented a flagship program known as the Strategy of Actions on the five priority areas for midterm development of the country. Enhancing the role of civil society institutions in public life through improving the activities and capacity of non-governmental organizations, developing and introducing effective mechanisms for public engagement in all levels of governance, strengthening the institutional framework, ensuring the effective operation of civil society institutions, and foster their initiative in exercising public engagement over the activities of state bodies are considered as some of the main directions and priority objectives the Strategy of Actions. The article aims to analyze the effectiveness, progress, and prospects of current civil society reforms in Uzbekistan and discuss the main challenges of civil society institutions to ensure productive cooperation between all participants of society ‘s political and social life.

Keywords: Uzbekistan, civil society, NGO, reforms, development, transparency, accountability

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