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Priority of youth interests in the state policy of the new
Uzbekistan
Dustyorova S.N.
Karshi State University, Uzbekistan
Received:
27 January 2025;
Accepted:
25 February 2025;
Published:
23 March 2025
Abstract:
The article shows that a completely new system for working with youth is being created, that young
people are increasingly feeling a sense of involvement in the fate of the country and the people, and that the
younger generation is taking a worthy part in building a New Uzbekistan.
Keywords:
New Uzbekistan, state youth policy, youth spirituality, youth interests, youth employment, five
important initiatives, “Youth Notebook”
.
Introduction:
The trend of globalization in the world is
gaining momentum and is progressing. Integration and
unification processes have covered all spheres of social
life. First of all, they are manifested in the lives,
interests and aspirations of young people. A New
Uzbekistan is being built, which embodies the eternal
dreams of our people and will take its rightful place in
the world community. Efforts to achieve this dream
require a systematic approach to the issue of youth,
along with socio-economic, cultural-spiritual, political-
democratic uplift.
The rapidly developing New Uzbekistan, which will take
its place in the world community in the economy,
education, IT, medicine, science and other areas, and
be able to compete in the international arena, depends
on the potential of young people, who make up 60
percent of the population of our country. In this regard,
it is necessary to improve state youth policy, taking into
account the requirements of modern development.
First of all, it is necessary to educate and socialize young
people, to form them competitively in science,
professions, creative thinking, and activity. “… In order
to transform the enthusiasm, enthusiasm, and courage
inherent in youth, noble aspirations into practical
action, and achieve significant results, a person must
live with a cle
ar goal in mind”[2]. Today, youth activity
is more important than ever, because they are the main
driving force behind the development of society. For
this reason, young people should be an inexhaustible
source of innovations, ideas, and solutions. In new
Uzbekistan, ensuring the legitimate rights and interests
of young people, realizing their dreams, aspirations,
abilities, and potential has become the most important
and priority direction of state policy, and reforms in this
direction are being implemented gradually. In
particular, over the past seven years, more than 100
laws, decrees and resolutions directly related to the
lives of young people have been adopted.
The fundamental reforms and amendments to
legislative acts being implemented in the field of youth
policy in our country, as in all areas, have shown that
this law needs to be improved based on the
requirements of the time. Therefore, the State Youth
Policy was revised and on September 14, 2016,
amendments and additions were made to the Law of
th
e Republic of Uzbekistan “On State Youth Policy” and
it was newly adopted. The Law provides for ensuring
the rights, freedoms and legitimate interests of young
people; protecting the lives and health of young
people; promoting the spiritual, intellectual, physical
and moral development of young people; ensuring
open and high-quality education for young people;
employment of young people and creation of
conditions for their employment... (Article 5)[3] and a
number of other important areas related to youth are
included.
In implementing the state youth policy, the work
carried out within the framework of five important
initiatives promoted by the President of the Republic of
Uzbekistan to raise the morale of youth and
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meaningfully organize their free time has been quite
effective. The five initiatives include such important
areas as culture, art, sports, the study and use of
computer technologies, the development of reading
among youth, and the employment of women. At the
72nd session of the United Nations General Assembly
(September 19, 2017), our President Shavkat
Mirziyoyev emphasized that “our main task is to create
the necessary conditions for young people to realize
their potential and prevent the spread of the “virus” of
the idea of violence” and proposed
the development of
an international convention on the rights of youth[4].
In response to this proposal, reforms in our country
have deepened and become more interconnected.
Resolution No. 23 of the Cabinet of Ministers of January
18, 2021 “On approval of
the Concept of Development
of State Youth Policy in Uzbekistan until 2025” was
adopted [5]. The Concept is being implemented on the
basis of a “roadmap” of work, the implementation of
which is strictly defined and approved each year.
The mechanism of state youth policy in our country and
its practical results have become the focus of attention
of the world community. Therefore, Uzbekistan
became a member of the Youth Council of the Shanghai
Cooperation Organization in 2018, and the Council on
Youth Affairs of the Commonwealth of Independent
States in 2020.
At the initiative of our President, the “Central Asian
Youth Forum, the 15th meeting of the Youth Council of
the SCO member states, the competition for the best
startup project among youth of the SCO count
ries” and
the IV Young Leaders Forum of the Organization of
Turkic States were held in our country, the city of
Bukhara was declared the first capital of youth
initiatives in the Turkic world, and 2022 was declared
the “Year of Support for Youth Initiatives” in the Turkic
world. Also, Shavkat Mirziyoyev’s proposal to develop
and adopt a resolution on the impact of the pandemic
on the rights of youth at the 46th session of the UN
Human Rights Council in 2021 was accepted and put
into practice that year [6]. The Uzbek delegation also
participated in the UN Economic and Social Council -
“ECOSOS
-
2023” youth forum, which was held at the UN
headquarters with the participation of heads of
ministries and departments responsible for youth
policy from 193 countries.
In order to adequately reward the fruitful work of our
talented, highly scientific, and achieving young people,
the “Mard o’g’lon” state award and the “Kelajak
bunyodkori” medal were established. June 30 was
declared “Youth Day”. Under the slogan “New
Uzbek
istan Youth, Let’s Unite!” Youth festivals and
spiritual and educational events are held in a high spirit
and on a large scale, not only in regional centers, but
also in all districts and cities. Within the framework of
the “Youth Month”, various events, p
rojects, mass
celebrations and gala concerts in makhallas and
districts covered more than 2.4 million young people.
Also, the “Military
-
Patriotic”, “Intellectual Games”,
“Sports
-
Health”, “Culture, Art and Tourism” weeks
were organized.
In order to increase the number of followers of scholars
such as Abu Rayhon Beruniy and Mirzo Ulugbek, who
made a great contribution to the development of world
science, and thinkers such as Alisher Navoi, who took
his place in the history of the rise of the culture of the
Turkic peoples with his courage and creativity, the
“Successors of Mirzo Ulugbek”, “Followers of Beruniy”,
“Successors of Alisher Navoi” competitions are being
held.
In his book “Strategy of the New Uzbekistan”, Shavkat
Mirziyoyev noted: “In today’s complex
times, educating
young people as physically and spiritually mature
people remains an extremely important task for us”[7]
and paid special attention to a number of issues in
implementing youth policy. In particular, the tasks set
include ensuring the employment of graduates
throughout the Republic; easing restrictions on
professions and positions requiring higher education
and employing more than 10,000 young people even
without higher education; making it mandatory for
senior students of general education schools to study
at least one profession or trade that is in demand in the
labor market; and allocating land for young people to
engage in farming.
Based on the Presidential Decree No. PQ-92 dated
January 19, 2022 “On measures to radically improve
the syste
m of working with youth in neighborhoods,”
broader opportunities were created for mahalla youth
[8]. It was determined that the period for considering
youth applications would be reduced from 30 days to 5
days, and the provision of assistance from 40 days to 16
days. Youth leaders compiled information on the social
status, employment, and health of 9.1 million young
people aged 14-
30 and formed the “Youth Balance”. It
was on the recommendations of youth leaders that the
types of assistance provided were increased from 11 to
25.
The “Youth Notebook” system was introduced to
ensure youth employment and provide them with
social, legal, and psychological support. At least 40
percent of the funds from the “Youth Notebook” funds
are directed specifically to vocational training. In
addition, special attention is paid to comprehensive
support for young people with disabilities, creating
favorable conditions for their education, facilitating
their employment, and further increasing their social
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activity. 729 students who are orphans, disabled, raised
in orphanages, and who have lost their breadwinners
have been reimbursed with payment contract funds in
the amount of 2.1 billion soums. Subsidies have been
allocated for the costs of treatment of young people in
need of social protection, including those who are in
need of military service, and for young people who are
seriously ill and need psychological counseling. In order
to increase the effectiveness of work with young
people, the social situation, abilities, and interests of
young people aged 14 to 30 in our country have been
studied and divided into three categories. Work with
young people is carried out on the basis of the “from
the neighborhood to the ministry” system, based on
targeted, specific criteria. In the first stage, 396
thousand young people who were included in the
“critical situation” category and in need of state care
and attention were assigned by name to each minister
and his deputies, regional, district and city governors,
sector heads, rectors, commanders of the National
Guard and military units. The second “medium”
category includes 4.6 million young people who could
not find a job in the formal sector but are economically
active, and will be helped to find solutions to their
problems. The third “good” category includes 4.4
million young people who are well-educated, have
established their own businesses, work in the formal
sector, have abilities, and are socially active.
The naming of Chapter XIV of the new Constitution as
“Family, Children and Youth” and the introduction of
separate Articles 78 and 79 on youth [1] clearly indicate
that youth in Uzbekistan are protected by law, their
rights and freedoms, and obligations.
The system of work with youth to implement
constitutional norms provides for the following:
Firstly
, the norm was introduced that the state and
society shall take care of the formation of loyalty to
national and universal values, pride in their country and
the rich cultural heritage of the people, patriotism and
love for the Motherland in children and youth. This
norm is important for the peace, unity of society and
the sustainable development of the state, and,
conversely, neglect of this task paves the way for the
decline of society, the nation and the people;
Secondly
, the norm has been strengthened that the
state ensures the protection of the personal, political,
economic, social, cultural, and environmental rights of
young
people,
and encourages
their active
participation in the life of society and the state. As we
strive to build a democratic, legal state, we will never
achieve this without protecting the rights of our future
youth and ensuring their active participation in the life
of society and the state;
Thirdly
, the norm has been introduced that the state
creates conditions for the intellectual, creative,
physical, and moral formation and development of
young people, for the realization of their rights to
education, health, housing, employment, and
recreation.
For young people to reach their full potential, it is
necessary to create appropriate opportunities for
them, namely, to be healthy and have housing, to
receive education, employment, and recreation. The
state is committed to creating appropriate conditions
in this regard, because these norms are important not
only for the benefit of our youth, but also for the
prosperous future of our entire society and our
country.
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