PRESIDENTIAL DECREE OF THE REPUBLIC OF UZBEKISTAN

of October 10, 2019 No. UP-5848

About measures for enhancement of mechanisms of attraction of financial resources of external non-paid assistance and work with donors

In the country consecutive work on improvement of social and economic life of the population, active attraction for these purposes of grants, technical assistance and other means of external non-paid assistance (further - grants), to establishment of close partnership is carried out with the foreign states, the international and foreign government and non-governmental organizations, the foreign companies, the organizations and funds providing free aid to the Republic of Uzbekistan (further - donors).

At the same time the insufficient level of general coordination of cooperation with donors, monitoring of projects implementation of external non-paid assistance, and also the control system of achievement of their target indicators do not promote building-up of amounts of the attracted grants and their effective use.

For the purpose of further enhancement of system of attraction and development of external non-paid assistance, providing the associativity which is carried out in the field of work with national interests and priorities the organizations of single system of preparation, realization, monitoring and accounting of the projects financed by grants, forming of favorable conditions for cooperation of the Republic of Uzbekistan with donors:

1. Determine the priority directions of further development of complex system of effective use of grants:

forming of steady platform of permanent dialogue with donors on joint realization and assessment of effectiveness of the projects financed by grants, harmonization of procedures and consolidation of efforts in specific sectors taking into account their specialization;

involvement of uninvolved reserves and the available opportunities for attraction of grants in priority industries of economy and the social sphere, cooperation increase and establishment of close interaction with the foreign organizations having donor potential;

providing associativity of the attracted grants to national priorities and interests of the country in development of the corresponding industries of economy and the social sphere;

strengthening of the personal responsibility of heads and officials of state bodies and the organizations, executive bodies on places for the organization of attraction and effective use of grants, strengthening of scheduled maintenance of bodies of the state financial control on prevention of their inappropriate use;

expansion of role of parliament and institutes of civil society, and also participation of citizens in implementation of public control over adherence to deadlines and achievement of target indicators of the projects financed by grants;

creation of unified information system on coordination of the attracted grants, forming of conditions for electronic accounting of projects of external non-paid assistance with automation of methods of the analysis of the directions and spheres of use.

2. Determine the Ministry of investments and foreign trade of the Republic of Uzbekistan (further - the Ministry) authorized body by coordination of processes of study, preliminary selection and approval of the project initiatives offered to financing at the expense of grants, to ensuring accounting of projects of external non-paid assistance and monitoring of their realization, development of offers on development and increase in efficiency of cooperation of the Republic of Uzbekistan with donors.

3. Determine that:

state bodies and the organizations, executive bodies on places (further - initiators of projects) attract grants worth 100 thousand US dollars and more on one project by their inclusion in programs of attraction of financial resources of external non-paid assistance and the cooperation with donors (further - Programs) developed and approved by the Ministry;

Programs are created by the Ministry taking into account state programs of strategy implementation of actions in five priority directions of development of the Republic of Uzbekistan in 2017 - 2021, the National purposes and tasks in the field of sustainable development for the period till 2030, investing programs of the Republic of Uzbekistan, development programs of industries and regions, decisions of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan and the Cabinet of Ministers;

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs together with foreign organizations of the Republic of Uzbekistan assists the Ministry, initiators of projects, industries and regions in involvement of potential foreign donors for projects implementation of external non-paid assistance;

initiators of projects provide in the part concerning timely project development of external non-paid assistance, their representation for inclusion in Programs, high-quality preparation of the project documentation, and also unconditional and high-quality accomplishment of all actions for timely development of grants in full;

The Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Uzbekistan annually when forming parameters of the Government budget provides in them funds for covering of the expenses connected with execution by initiators of projects of the agreement obligations about attraction of grants (payment of obligatory payments, passing of allowing procedures, transportation, maintenance and storage of goods, installation, adjustment, assembly, installation of the equipment and other expenses connected with projects implementation) and provides their timely allocation;

The Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Uzbekistan exercises control of target use of grants and systematically takes measures for prevention and the prevention of offenses in this sphere.

4. Agree with offers of the Ministry, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Uzbekistan on abolition of Bureau of coordination of technical assistance of European Union Commission in Uzbekistan under the Cabinet of Ministers (further - UZBYUROKES) with transfer of its rights, obligations, the number of staff and property (buildings and constructions) to the Ministry.

5. Form in structure of central office of the Ministry Department of coordination of external non-paid assistance (further - Department) with number of managerial personnel in number of 11 units.

Determine that the number of staff of Department is created due to the number of staff of UZBYUROKES in number of 7 established posts and the general number of staff of the Ministry.

6. Approve:

The scheme of forming, approval and program implementation of attraction of financial resources of external non-paid assistance and cooperation with donors according to appendix No. 1;

The list of the priority projects of external non-paid assistance studied with donors in 2019-2020 (further - the List), according to appendix No. 2.

To the ministry, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and foreign organizations of the Republic of Uzbekistan together with the interested ministries and departments:

provide holding necessary procedures for final approval, approval and document creation on the projects of external non-paid assistance included in the List;

speed up work with donors on the solution of all problematic issues connected with financing and projects implementation of external non-paid assistance.

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