Uzbekistan plans to create an Agency for Space Research and Technology under the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Uzbekistan.
The Ministry for Development of Information Technologies and Communications has placed for discussion a draft Decree of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan “On Measures for the Development of Space Activities in the Republic of Uzbekistan”.
The draft document envisages creation of a new Agency. The agency is being created in order to effectively realize the existing scientific and technological potential to ensure the sustainable development of the country through the use of innovative space technologies in various sectors of the economy and security.
The agency “Uzbekcosmos” is a government body responsible for development and implementation of a unified state policy and strategic directions in the development and use of the space industry, the draft document says.
The agency will be part of the Cabinet of Ministers for investment, innovative development, coordination of free economic and small industrial zones.
According to the draft resolution, the Agency “Uzbekcosmos” will prepare proposals on priority areas of state policy in the field of space activities, as well as develop and implement government programs for the development of the space industry in Uzbekistan.
Among the tasks of the new agency are the preparation and implementation of comprehensive measures for the development of the infrastructure of the space industry, space research and technology, research and development, development and innovation works, etc.
