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Asia-Pacific Conference on Public-Private
Partnerships for infrastructure development 2007
Private-Public Partnerships
in Uzbekistan: Country
Report
Deputy Minister of Economy
Shavkat Tulyaganov
Republic of Uzbekistan
Seoul 5 October, 2007
Uzbekistan at a glance
Name:
Population:
Area:
Neighboring
countries:
Republic of Uzbekistan
26,7 mln people (January 1, 2007)
447, 400 sq.m.
Afghanistan, Kazakhstan,
Kyrgyzstan, Tadjikistan and
Turkmenistan
Major cities:
Tashkent (2,4 mln people),
Samarqand (392 thousand),
Namangan (378 thousand)
Language:
Uzbek
National currency: Uzbek soum.
Exchange rate:
USD 1 = 1275,98 soums
(October 2, 2007)
GDP growth :
7,7% (2004), 7,0% (2005),
7,3%(2006), 9,7% (1st half of 2007)
Country Report on PPP in Uzbekistan
In 2007 UNDP in Uzbekistan prepared a
Report “Private Public Partnership in
Uzbekistan: opportunities, problems and
ways of implementation”
- analysis of current situation of PPP in
Uzbekistan, legal and institutional frameworks
- policy recommendations on promoting PPP
in Uzbekistan
Infrastructure: current status
Investments into
energy, and
transport and
communication
sectors are
respectively 15,5%,
and 26,2% of total
investments in 2006.
Investment sources for 2007 (in % of
total investments to
infrastructure)
2,1%
13,3%
22,1%
0,8%
8,7%
32,5%
12,9%
7,6%
state budget
local budget
enterprise
foreign investments
non-budgetary funds resources foreign loans
population resources
others
Infrastructure: current status (cont.)
Economic growth (annual GDP growth
of more than 7%) and private sector
development (78,8% of GDP in 2006)
and favorable market conjuncture led to
burdening infrastructure capacities.
Welfare improvement strategy
envisaging more access of private
sector and population to basic public
services also demands increased
requirements to infrastructure
PPP in Uzbekistan: experiences
According to Public-Private Infrastructure Advisory Facility (PPIAF),
in Uzbekistan in 1990 – 2005 8 PPP projects have been initiated for
$794 mln, in particular in telecom and water supply.
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Existing PPP project, inter alia:
in electricity distribution
development of public transport in 5 cities of the country
in improving water supply in Bukhara and Samarqand regions
($62.3 mln)
in oil and gas production in cooperation with companies from
Russia, China and Malaysia (product division agreements)
Under review is the pilot project on gas supply to consumers
Conditions for PPP in
Uzbekistan
directions
instruments
Law on
concessions
Important measures
1)
2)
3)
Legislative base
Removing limitations
for local investors
Indicating the objects
of the concessions
Extending the period
from 15 to 50 years
Law on natural
monopolies
Putting in place state
regulation relationships in
the sphere of natural
monopolies and
adjustments in price
formulation
Pilots
Designing and
Implementing 2-3 microPPP projects
Conditions for PPP in
Uzbekistan (cont.)
Institutional
adjustments
Reconsider state
property management
Adjustments in commitments
between state and private sector
Private sector
investment
capacity
Establishing
differentiated
requirements to private
companies by sector
Ensuring macroeconomic stability
Developing financial markets
Guarantying investment return
Contract
implementation
Reconsider regulations
and process of private
operator selection
-Developing
typical contracts
-Establishing database
-Ensuring flexibility of transferring
PPP contract to the right candidate,
if contract is not satisfactorily
implemented
Establishing institutes
-Regular
Capacity building
trainings
- Holding seminars and workshops
- Research, raising awareness and
PR
Short-term sectoral priorities
for PPP in Uzbekistan
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Utilities
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Transport communication
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Public transport
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Telecommunication
THANK YOU!
Ministry of Economy of Uzbekistan
45-A, Uzbekistan Ave., Tashkent, Uzbekistan
tel: (+998 71) 132 6286 www.mineconomy.uz
UNDP in Uzbekistan
4, T.Shevshenko str., Tashkent, Uzbekistan
tel: (+998 71) 133 7749 www.undp.uz