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June 21, 2018

Dialogue on achieving the Sustainable Development Goals

On June 20, the second session of the Dialogue on achieving the Sustainable Development Goals “Transformations in law-making of Uzbekistan: New approaches to sustainable development” was held at Inha University in Tashkent. The event was a joint initiative of UNDP, the Institute for Legislation and Parliamentary Studies under the Oliy Majlis of the Republic of Uzbekistan and the Development Strategy Center.

The event was aimed at discussion and exchange of views on directions for formation of a new model and mechanisms of law-making and rule-making in Uzbekistan. The Dialogue on the achievement of the SDG was attended by leaders of the ministries of justice, economy and finance, representatives of the diplomatic corps, as well as experts of Uzbekistan and foreign countries.

It was noted that further development of lawmaking requires development and implementation of a full-fledged “Smart regulation” system. “Smart regulation” requires scientifically based mechanisms of proving the appropriateness of adopting new acts or changing the current, preliminary and actual assessment of their regulatory impact, as well as active involvement of society in the process of discussing law-making initiatives.

However, “Smart regulation” is only an instrument, and not a guarantee of qualitative law-making. In addition to it, it is necessary to provide a balance of accounting of opinions of state regulators, business entities, civil society institutions and ordinary citizens. This condition is not attainable only through the organization of online discussions and forums.

To date, the priority of law-making system of Uzbekistan is the quality of adopted legislative acts and its stability. This means that more attention should be paid to the analysis of the situation, consideration of views of all the interested parties, careful work on each wording, ensuring logical integrity of legal acts and other process that ensure the quality and balance of legislation.

According to the Development Strategy Center, recommendations and experience of foreign countries in reforming the law-making, which were discussed by domestic and foreign experts, representatives of diplomatic corps, will be taken into account when developing the Concept of improving law-making in Uzbekistan.