OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan co-hosts ceremony to award winners of open data hackathon

On 28 December 2021, the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan (PCUz) co-hosted an award ceremony recognizing the winners of the Open Data Challenge 2021 hackathon, an IT contest to develop digital solutions based on open data. The ceremony and the hackathon were organized by the PCUz in collaboration with the State Committee of the Republic of Uzbekistan on Statistics (UZSTAT), the Technological Park of Software Products and Information Technologies (IT-Park Uzbekistan) and other national partners.

More than 50 participants, including 11 women, representing the winning teams and the organizers took part in the event, held in the premises of UZSTAT. The best three projects were awarded in the following four categories: Public, Social, Business, Anti-Corruption. As part of the ceremony, participants were also provided with a platform to share their feedback on the hackathons and other initiatives taken to promote the development of open data.

When recognizing the winners, Murod Khusanov, PCUz National Project Officer, mentioned the activities of the OSCE in supporting the development of open data ecosystem as an environment where openness and transparency of public institutions create economic opportunities. “We support initiatives to strengthen the capacities of government agencies and ensure transparency of their actions. At the same time, we support the communities of data users through trainings, workshops and hackathons on open data”.

Since 2018, the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan has been organizing open data hackathons to demonstrate the practical relevance of open data, encourage its wider use and promote its further development.