On June 20, 2017, President Mirziyoev issued the Decree
providing for the principal transformation of the Uzbek Chamber of
Commerce and Industry – a large state-supported voluntary
association of enterprises and organizations that represents and
protects interests of businesses within the country. The Decree
establishes a new governance structure of the Chamber and obliges
the Chamber to create regional centres for assisting businesses
across the country.
Further, some new powers were granted to the Chamber to
facilitate its operation, including:
Public private partnership. The
Chamber shall facilitate public-private partnership and is now
entitled to make proposals and recommendations with respect to
privatization of state-owned facilities, transfer of governmental
services/functions to private entities. The Chamber should also
organize regular meetings of business with state top officials.
