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Uzbekistan's executive branch will cut 2,141 positions. The decision was formalized in a presidential decree on measures to optimize the administrative apparatus, Fergana.ru reports.
As noted in the document, the measures were adopted as part of large-scale reforms aimed at modernizing public administration. Key initiatives include the introduction of modern digital technologies and market mechanisms into government agencies and the involvement of the private sector in the performance of government functions. The main goal of the changes is to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the republic's executive bodies and reduce administrative costs.
The following departments will be affected by the largest cuts: the Tax Committee – 486 units, the Ministry of Water Management – 224, the Ministry of Agriculture – 218, the Ministry of Justice – 197, the Ministry of Ecology, Environmental Protection and Climate Change – 176, and the Ministry of Employment and Poverty Reduction – 163.
The Ministry of Economy and Finance is cutting 56 administrative positions—this is in addition to the 1,080 layoffs outlined in the June presidential decree regarding the implementation of modern services by the Treasury Service Committee and the off-budget Pension Fund under the aforementioned agency.
In addition, a number of heads of committees, agencies, and inspectorates will lose one deputy each, and two of the three deputy positions at the Inspectorate for Supervision in the Sphere of Transport will be eliminated.
The Ministry of Employment and Poverty Reduction, together with the Federation of Trade Unions of Uzbekistan, will assist citizens who have been laid off in finding new employment.
The republican executive authorities are instructed to:
– reduce non-core tasks and introduce digital technologies into work;
– create a technical infrastructure for data processing and launching projects based on artificial intelligence;
– to improve the knowledge and skills of the population in the use of artificial intelligence technologies and to develop human resources.
The decree's implementation aims to create a more efficient and transparent public administration system, reduce bureaucratic barriers, and prepare personnel for work in the digital economy.
