In recent years, consistent efforts have been made to support non-governmental, non-profit organizations and other civil society institutions, strengthen the social partnership between them and state bodies, implement effective public control, and improve the legal framework regulating this area. Indeed, civil society institutions form the basis of a legal, democratic and social state.
Today, given that 35% of the population of Uzbekistan, that is, more than 12.1million people are children, the issues of ensuring the interests of children are one of the main priorities of the policy of the state.
On December 20, President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev delivered anAddress to the Oliy Majlis (Parliament) and the people of Uzbekistan, in which he summed up the results of the outgoing year and outlined the priorities of the policy in 2023. In the Address that has become traditional since December 2017, the President summarizes the results of the outgoing year, suggests the course for the next year and puts forward priority policy directions for the coming year.