The Fourth Meeting of the Ministers in charge of ICT of Organization of Turkic States was convened on 26 October 2022 in Samarkand.
The meeting was hosted by H.E. Mr. Sherzod SHERMATOV, Minister for Development of Information Technologies and Communications of the Republic of Uzbekistan and moderated by H.E. Baghdad Amreyev, Secretary General of the OTS, and attended by H.E. Mr. Bagdat MUSSIN, Minister of Digital Development, Innovations and Aerospace Industry of the Republic of Kazakhstan, H.E.Mr. Ulvi MEHDIYEV, Chairman of the State Agency for Public Service and Social Innovations under the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan (“ASAN Service”), H.E. Mr. Zamirbek KOZHOMURATOV, Deputy Minister of Digital Development of the Kyrgyz Republic, H.E. Dr. Ömer Fatih SAYAN, Deputy Minister of Transport and Infrastructure of the Republic of Türkiye and Ms. Şeyma ÖZCAN, Project Manager at the International Relations Department, Digital Transformation Office (DTO) of the Presidency of the Republic of Türkiye.
Addressing the meeting Secretary General Amreyev emphasized the high potential of the Turkic region in development of advanced technologies and crucial role of joint collaboration in exchange of best experiences and practices among the Member and Observer States.
B. Amreyev shared his views and plans of the OTS towards enhancement of IT collaboration among the Turkic States, in particular, the implementation of “Digital Innovation Catalogue of the OTS” project and establishment of the Association of Turkic Technoparks and IT-houses.
Secretary General also invited the Parties to the “First High-Level Forum of the OTS in Public Administration and E-Government Sectors” to be organized on 16 December 2022 in Baku within the framework of International Forum titled “Path to Cutting-Edge Governance: Moving from One-stop Shop to Non-stop Shop”.
During the meeting, Ministers exchanged views on the developments in ICT, transformation of public services and e-gov, digitalization, public-private partnerships as well as role of start-ups in achieving the technological innovation in their respective countries.
Heads of Delegations highly appreciated the successful organization of major IT-related events within the OTS in line with theme of the 8th OTS Summit “Green Technologies and Smart Cities in the Digital Age”, such as panel sessions of Turkic Technoparks within “Astana Digital Bridge Forum” and “ICT-Week Uzbekistan”, “Expert conference for IT professionals specializing in "Smart cities" in the framework of "InnoWeek - 2022", as well as signing of the Memorandum of Cooperation among the technoparks of the OTS Member States.
The Ministers also made proposals on the exchange of experiences and best practices in e-government and e-services, the implementation of projects “Global Public Services Gateway”, “Digital Sılk Road” and creation of a startup valley in Turkic space, establishment of joint venture funds as well as exploring the experiences of one-stop-shops and non-stop-shops and open data in OTS region.
Following the meeting, Heads of delegations signed the “Memorandum of Understanding on the development of IT field in the Member States of the Organization of Turkic States” and adopted the “Concept on Creation a permanent platform of experts and IT specialists to exchange experience and transfer innovations in building Smart Cities”.
The meeting was hosted by H.E. Mr. Sherzod SHERMATOV, Minister for Development of Information Technologies and Communications of the Republic of Uzbekistan and moderated by H.E. Baghdad Amreyev, Secretary General of the OTS, and attended by H.E. Mr. Bagdat MUSSIN, Minister of Digital Development, Innovations and Aerospace Industry of the Republic of Kazakhstan, H.E.Mr. Ulvi MEHDIYEV, Chairman of the State Agency for Public Service and Social Innovations under the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan (“ASAN Service”), H.E. Mr. Zamirbek KOZHOMURATOV, Deputy Minister of Digital Development of the Kyrgyz Republic, H.E. Dr. Ömer Fatih SAYAN, Deputy Minister of Transport and Infrastructure of the Republic of Türkiye and Ms. Şeyma ÖZCAN, Project Manager at the International Relations Department, Digital Transformation Office (DTO) of the Presidency of the Republic of Türkiye.
Addressing the meeting Secretary General Amreyev emphasized the high potential of the Turkic region in development of advanced technologies and crucial role of joint collaboration in exchange of best experiences and practices among the Member and Observer States.
B. Amreyev shared his views and plans of the OTS towards enhancement of IT collaboration among the Turkic States, in particular, the implementation of “Digital Innovation Catalogue of the OTS” project and establishment of the Association of Turkic Technoparks and IT-houses.
Secretary General also invited the Parties to the “First High-Level Forum of the OTS in Public Administration and E-Government Sectors” to be organized on 16 December 2022 in Baku within the framework of International Forum titled “Path to Cutting-Edge Governance: Moving from One-stop Shop to Non-stop Shop”.
During the meeting, Ministers exchanged views on the developments in ICT, transformation of public services and e-gov, digitalization, public-private partnerships as well as role of start-ups in achieving the technological innovation in their respective countries.
Heads of Delegations highly appreciated the successful organization of major IT-related events within the OTS in line with theme of the 8th OTS Summit “Green Technologies and Smart Cities in the Digital Age”, such as panel sessions of Turkic Technoparks within “Astana Digital Bridge Forum” and “ICT-Week Uzbekistan”, “Expert conference for IT professionals specializing in "Smart cities" in the framework of "InnoWeek - 2022", as well as signing of the Memorandum of Cooperation among the technoparks of the OTS Member States.
The Ministers also made proposals on the exchange of experiences and best practices in e-government and e-services, the implementation of projects “Global Public Services Gateway”, “Digital Sılk Road” and creation of a startup valley in Turkic space, establishment of joint venture funds as well as exploring the experiences of one-stop-shops and non-stop-shops and open data in OTS region.
Following the meeting, Heads of delegations signed the “Memorandum of Understanding on the development of IT field in the Member States of the Organization of Turkic States” and adopted the “Concept on Creation a permanent platform of experts and IT specialists to exchange experience and transfer innovations in building Smart Cities”.
