[February 14, 2020] The following representatives of Skolkovo Innovation Center paid a visit to IT Park: Alexander Okunev, Deputy Vice President of the Skolkovo Foundation for Regional Development and Cooperation with the CIS, Alexey Sharmadzhinov, Head of the Department for Control and Legal Support of Skolkovo Project Participants, Managing Director partner of the Fund for Innovative Entrepreneurship of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Russia Olga Sereda, representative of “QRepublic” Alexander Senkevich, and the representative of the Fund for Innovative Enterprise Development their business in the Republic of Kazakhstan Vitaly Andreev.

Within their visit’s scope, a tour was held along IT Park wherein they talked about the activity’s IT Park performs and the future infrastructure to be implemented by 2022.

As the guests noted they were pleasantly surprised by the fast expand of the IT sector in Uzbekistan, plus government support that provides tax and customs benefits for IT Park residents.

At the end of the meeting, both parties discussed cooperation plans, expressed interest in creating Skolkovo partner operators in Uzbekistan, and the involvement of domestic projects, companies, information technology specialists from Uzbekistan in international CIS programs from the CIS Innovation Commercialization Center.