Presidential decree: A new system of labor migration will be introduced in Uzbekistan from 2021

 President Shavkat Mirziyoyev signed the resolution on measures to introduce a system of safe, orderly and legal labor migration.

 The resolution introduces a system of safe, orderly and legal labor migration and defines its main directions.

 In particular:

• International cooperation in the field of external labor migration will be developed, relations with organizations of compatriots abroad and the Uzbek diaspora will be strengthened;
• Before going to work abroad, citizens will be trained in the profession and foreign languages, they will be issued international certificates confirming professional qualifications;
• Labor migrants are financially and socially supported, the practice of insuring their lives and health will be expanded, cultural and educational events will be organized for them;
• Individuals (labor migrants) returning from foreign countries will receive help in their reintegration, employment, professional development and entrepreneurial initiatives.

 From January 1, 2021, a system of compulsory vocational training is being introduced before sending people to work abroad through organized labor migration.

 For this purpose, in 13 “Ishga marhamat” mono-centers, 30 vocational training centers, 11 short-term vocational training courses in the districts of Tashkent and 136 vocational training facilities, the followings will be implemented:

• Short-term (up to 3 months) vocational and foreign language training courses for labor migrants will be organized in 13 colleges and 13 technical schools (total annual capacity of 20.2 thousand students);
• Curricula of short-term courses will be adapted to the requirements of major foreign employers (Russia’s NIPIGAZ, Renaissance Heavy Industries, B.T.K GRUP, Turkey’s ANT YAPI, Taiga Group, UAE’s Tadbeer);
• Contacts will be established with major foreign employers and private employment agencies and qualified specialists will be trained in short-term courses in the professions required for them;
• Qualified specialists of large foreign enterprises and teachers of leading educational institutions will be involved in short-term courses at the expense of the Fund under the Ministry of Labor.

 Until January 1, 2021, the followings will be organized:

• Test center “Japanese language and professional skills” in the “Ishga marhamat” mono-center in Tashkent in cooperation with Japanese employers;
• School of welders in the “Ishga marhamat” mono-center in Fergana in cooperation with the National Agency for Welding Control of the Russian Federation;
• Training center for service workers in the “Ishga marhamat” mono-center in Gulistan in cooperation with the “Tadbeer” recruitment centers of the United Arab Emirates;
• Vocational training centers in the field of foreign language teaching and service in cooperation with Japan and the United Arab Emirates.

 From January 1, 2021:

• Microloans will be issued to members of low-income families in the information system “Single register of social protection” when they go abroad to work;
• Microloans up to 10 million soums will be allotted to cover the costs associated with employment abroad (including travel costs and obtaining a work permit);
• The part of the microcredit interest rate higher than 14%, but not more than 21% is compensated at the expense of the State Fund for Employment Promotion;
• Organized labor activity abroad will be equated to self-employment, and the procedure for payment of taxes and calculation of pensions for self-employed persons will be applied to these persons.