PRESIDENTIAL DECREE OF THE REPUBLIC OF UZBEKISTAN

of July 25, 2022 No. UP-175

About approval of strategy of social protection of the population of the Republic of Uzbekistan

In recent years in the country the consecutive reforms directed to enhancement of system of social protection of the population, increase in amount of the funds allocated for the social sphere from the Government budget of the Republic of Uzbekistan and attraction of additional resources, expansion of scope by programs of social protection and implementation of additional mechanisms on removal of families from difficult life situation are undertaken. In particular:

for the purpose of identification of needy families and rendering the address help to them the information system "Unified Register of Social Protection" is implemented;

for the last three years the quantity of the needy families receiving benefit increased four times and reached one million 1,9;

the scope care allowances for children from needy families is expanded, the age of children considered in case of purpose of benefit is increased from 14 to 18 years, the payment due date is prolonged from 6 months to 12 months, the size of benefit is increased on average in time 1,5;

the minimum size of unemployment benefit is increased in time 3,2, more than 20 new tools aimed at employment of the population are implemented.

Proceeding from the purposes determined in the Strategy of development for New Uzbekistan for 2022 - 2026 and also for the purpose of consecutive continuation and further enhancement of system reforming of the sphere of social protection, providing the rights of citizens to social protection, creation of effective system of interagency coordination of provision by the state of the public assistance and services:

1. Determine the priority directions of social protection of the population of the Republic of Uzbekistan:

scope programs of the public assistance of all families and persons needing it, and corresponding to criteria of purpose of social benefits;

expansion of possibility of use of obligatory social guarantees, including types of social protection due to digitalization of the sphere, implementation of the principles of openness and transparency in these processes;

providing obligatory social guarantees and strengthening of social protection of the needing segments of the population;

phased transition to social model of establishment of disability, and also employment of persons with limited opportunities and disability;

providing with modern prosthetic and orthopedic products and means of rehabilitation of the needing segments of the population;

implementation of practice of rendering social services to the population directly at the level waved.

2. Approve:

The strategy of social protection of the population of the Republic of Uzbekistan according to appendix No. 1;

Target indicators of Strategy of social protection of the population of the Republic of Uzbekistan according to appendix No. 2;

"Road map" on strategy implementation of social protection of the population of the Republic of Uzbekistan in 2022-2023 according to appendix No. 3.

Determine that for the purpose of achievement of the target indicators determined in the Strategy of social protection of the population of the Republic of Uzbekistan since 2024 "road maps" affirm the Cabinet of Ministers each two years.

3. Form as a part of the Ministry of Finance Social Insurance Fund without the status of the legal entity.

Determine that sources of financing of activities of Social Insurance Fund are the means of the Government budget of the Republic of Uzbekistan and other sources which are not forbidden by the legislation.

4. Determine that at the expense of Social Insurance Fund:

a) since September 1, 2022 the maternity allowance is paid at the rate of the minimum consumer spendings within the national social insurance.

At the same time, if in working life of the worker there are breaks up to one month, then in case of calculation of continuous working life the months preceding breaks and after them are considered;

b) in the long term allowance payments on the national social insurance will be performed step by step by means of the information system "Unified Register of Social Protection".

5. To agency on development of medico-social services (A. Inakov) together with the Ministry of Health (B. Musayev), the Ministry of national education (B. Saidov), the Ministry of Finance (T. Ishmetov), the Ministry of support waved also the senior generation (S. Turdiyev), the State committee of family and women (Z. Makhkamov) and other interested ministries and departments:

till March 1, 2023 to create and submit for approval in the Cabinet of Ministers the list of the minimum social services guaranteed by the state and provided on free basis;

till July 1, 2023 to approve standards of rendering the minimum social services guaranteed by the state and provided on free basis.

6. Due to the formation of Social Insurance Fund to create:

since September 1, 2022 the Department of the organization of activities of Social Insurance Fund consisting of three established posts due to abolition of Management on operation of office buildings under the Ministry of Finance;

The sector of the social payments made by means of the information system "Unified Register of Social Protection", consisting of two established posts at the expense of established posts of executive office of the off-budget Pension fund;

since September 1, 2022 the departments of management of fund of social insurance and monitoring of allowance payment of social insurance under the Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Karakalpakstan, head departments of finance of khokimiyats of areas and the city of Tashkent consisting of two established posts within their general established posts.

7. To provide to national news agency of Uzbekistan, National broadcasting company of Uzbekistan and the Agency of information and mass communications together with the Ministry of Finance regular, system and large-scale illumination of the purposes and tasks of this Decree among the population in printing and electronic mass media, including by means of the global information Internet.

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