On April 29, 2022, a regular meeting of the permanent working group on strengthening the development of entrepreneurship among youth, women and people with disabilities was held.
The meeting was attended by members of the working group from among representatives of ministries and departments, the private sector, development partners and business associations, as well as representatives of the Sughd region, Khatlon and GBAO (online).
The meeting considered the legal criteria for determining women's entrepreneurship, issues related to the process of developing a draft program for the development of women's entrepreneurship for the period up to 2030, as well as the problems of doing business for people with disabilities and current issues.
In accordance with the first item on the agenda of the meeting, the National Expert on Gender (Salimova L.D.) presented a brief analysis of the results of the round table on International experience in the legal consolidation of criteria for women's entrepreneurship, including the results of a survey concerning the legislative consolidation of the definition of women's entrepreneurship in regulatory legal acts conducted among representatives of state bodies, development partners, business associations and representatives of the private sector. Also, on the basis of the analysis, specific conclusions and recommendations were made on the inclusion in the Program for the Development of Women's Entrepreneurship of the legal consolidation of the criteria for determining women's entrepreneurship.
In accordance with the second item on the agenda of the meeting, reports were presented by representatives of associations, public organizations working with people with disabilities (A.Zikrikhudoev, S. Kurbonova). It considered issues on the general provisions of the current situation, problems and prospects, suggestions and recommendations for solving existing problems, including the organization and holding of a separate meeting in this direction were assessed as important.
In connection with the third issue on the agenda of the meeting, the secretary of the working group (Fayzova S.) presented a presentation on the process of developing a draft program for the development of women's entrepreneurship for the period up to 2030. In particular, it was noted that during the 22nd meeting of the Advisory Council under the President of the Republic of Tajikistan on Improving the Investment climate under the leadership of the founder of Peace and National Unity - Leader of the Nation Emomali Rahmon, the issue of improving the business and investment climate for the development of entrepreneurship of women and youth was considered and specific instructions were given to ministries, departments and partners on development.
At the same time, the attention of the working group members was drawn to the active participation at the round table concerning the direction of industrialization, the development of the working group's website and social media page and other current issues.
At the end of the meeting, an exchange of views on topical issues and other topical issues took place.