On November 25, 2024, the first International Forum “Digital Tajikistan” was held in Dushanbe.
As the founder of national peace and unity, the Leader of the Nation, President of the Republic of Tajikistan, Honorable Emomali Rahmon emphasizes: “The modern era requires that all economic processes and services be carried out through the use of digital, information and communication technologies based on information infrastructure.”
According to the country's leadership, the country's digital and financial infrastructure reforms are developing rapidly, the establishment of a national payment system, strengthening mobile banking and government digital platforms will help improve financial services and accelerate innovation. in the country.
The purpose of this Forum is to present the opportunities of the Republic of Tajikistan in the field of digitalization of public infrastructure, financial services sector, as well as exchange of experience with international experts related to the development of digital industry and business in the Republic of Tajikistan, and the next step of the government of the country is the development of innovation and digital economy - within the country.
It was attended by more than 1,000 representatives of prestigious companies, entrepreneurs, investors and IT experts.
It is worth noting that heads of state bodies of the country, including the Director of the Agency of Innovation and Digital Technologies under the President of the Republic of Tajikistan, Ministry of Economic Development and Trade of the Republic of Tajikistan, Deputy Minister of Finance of the Republic of Tajikistan, Deputy Minister of Industry and New Technologies of the Republic of Tajikistan, Deputy Director of Export Agency under the Government of the Republic of Tajikistan, Deputy Chairman of the National Bank of Tajikistan, representatives of large global companies in Central Asia and other prominent experts participated and shared their experience in this sphere.
Over the past few years, the Republic of Tajikistan has been implementing a number of major reforms in the sphere of digital innovation.
It should be noted that on the eve of the forum, the Agency of Innovation and Digital Technologies under the President of the Republic of Tajikistan organized a week of “Innovation and Digital Transformation of Tajikistan”, and the purpose of this event was to present digital technologies as an important sector of digitalization in the country, the development of e-services and e-government, the development of new technologies, including fintech, cybersecurity and the use of artificial intelligence.
In recent years, the Republic of Tajikistan has made significant progress in innovation and digitalization, including modernization of e-government, creation of a national payment system and development of financial technologies.
The International Forum “Digital Tajikistan” is a logical continuation of the Innovation Week and is a platform for discussing important issues related to these developments, such as e-commerce and improvement of government infrastructure, development of digital banks, use of blockchain technology, ensuring cyber security, use of artificial intelligence and prospects for Open Banking in the region.
In continuation of its work, panel sessions were held with the participation of a wide range of experts on various topics, including “Development of Tajikistan - the path to a modern digital society”, “Digitalization of public services and the system of interaction with citizens”, “Use of Artificial Intelligence Technology in banking”, “Electronic services in public administration and G2C. Public Service beyond eGOV”, ‘Implementation of Islamic Banking’, “Digital Transformation. Digitalization of Banking and Retail”, “Perspectives of Digital and Non-Banking credit organizations in Central Asia”, “Cryptocurrency Industry – 2024”, “Open Banking and Open API”. “Opportunities and ways of development of traditional banking”, “Financial technologies - as a culture of the banking industry”, “Blockchain and smart contracts. Tokenization of assets” and other complex issues in the sphere of innovation and digitalization were heard from experts.
