The first seminar dedicated to digitalization and startup ecosystem from KOICA

On February 16, 2022, KOICA in Uzbekistan held a joint workshop for three projects implemented in Uzbekistan in such areas as: start-up, digitalization and creation of decent jobs for youth for a total amount of 15 million US dollars.

The main goal of this workshop is to familiarize all parties with the projects of each organization (CCP, TUIT, IT Park) and discuss the joint cooperation of all parties for the enhanced development of the ICT sphere, etc.

The seminar was attended by representatives of the KOICA office in Uzbekistan, project management partners from Korea, partner organizations from Uzbekistan and relevant government agencies, including the Ministry for the Development of Information Technologies and Communications, the Ministry for Innovative Development and others.

Project partners are:

Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Uzbekistan

- A project to create an ecosystem to support startups and stimulate entrepreneurial growth in Uzbekistan

Implementation period: 2020-2024

Investments received: 5.5 million US dollars.

IT Park

- A project to create a framework and strengthen the capacity for sustainable development of IT Park in Uzbekistan.

Implementation period: 2021-2025

Investments received: 4.5 million US dollars.

Tashkent University of Information Technologies

 - A project to create an innovative system of business IT-education at the Tashkent University of Information Technologies for the best higher education in Uzbekistan.

Implementation period: 2022-2027.

Investments received: 5 million US dollars.

During the seminar, an overview of three projects was presented and a special lecture was presented on the topic “The role of Korean Technopark and the localization of Korean Technopark model”.

The KOICA Digitalization and Startup Program will contribute to the implementation of the “Digital Uzbekistan – 2030” Strategy and the creation of a startup ecosystem along with decent jobs for the younger generation.  Since the three projects are interconnected in a form of partnership between private, public and academia, the first joint workshop served as a link between the projects and provided a collaboration platform to build mutual collaboration in ICT and start-ups by sharing knowledge and experience.

The KOICA office in Uzbekistan plans to constantly hold joint seminars to exchange information on the progress of the implementation of the three projects and exchange knowledge and experience of Korean and other countries in related fields.  In addition, KOICA will actively engage and collaborate with ICT and start-up partners.