On September 20, 2024, the First National Forum "Sustainable Development through Innovation and Digitalization: E-Government and E-Commerce" was held in Dushanbe on the initiative of the Agency of Innovation and Digital Technologies under the President of the Republic of Tajikistan.
The forum was attended by the Director of the Agency for Innovation and Digital Technologies under the President of the Republic of Tajikistan, the Minister of Economic Development and Trade of the Republic of Tajikistan, the Minister of Industry and New Technologies of the Republic of Tajikistan, the Chairman of the State Committee on Investments and State Property Management of the Republic of Tajikistan, the Chairman of the National Bank of Tajikistan, the Head of the Swiss Cooperation Office in Tajikistan and the Head of the World Bank Group Resident Mission in Tajikistan, other heads of relevant ministries and departments of the country, as well as more than 100 representatives of international organizations, the public and private sectors.
The forum brought together experts from various fields, to discuss important digital governance processes, such as assessing the current state of e-government and e-commerce, as well as their impact on socio-economic changes in the country, defining relationships and a balanced role of the parties in regulating vital information infrastructure and cybersecurity, and recommendations for sustainable digital development of the country to achieve national strategic goals were developed.
The forum's main goal was to create a reliable platform for regular discussion of future mutually beneficial cooperation between government agencies, the private sector, and development partners.
The work of the Forum continued in the framework of the following panel sessions:
- development of e-government in the Republic of Tajikistan;
- regulation of e-commerce in the Republic of Tajikistan;
- critical infrastructure and cybersecurity in e-government.
Following the event, issues of further expansion of cooperation and ways to increase the speed of the country's digitalization process were discussed at the industry level.
