The goal of the training programme is enhancing the skills of the civil servants in khokimiyats of Namangan region, which they need to perform their jobs efficiently and effectively, take on new responsibilities, and quickly adapt to changing conditions.

The capacity assessment research conducted by UNDP “Local Governance Support Project: Participation and Partnership” (LGSP) in pilot Djizak and Namangan regions in late 2010 has revealed imbalance between the higher level of educational background for khokimiyat employees and the relatively low level of IT skills. In particular, the training needs of the significant number of employees were related to enhancing their professional skills to use easily the sophisticated office software and Internet technologies in a daily routine.

Taking into account the findings of above mentioned capacity assesment research, the LGSP team has specialliy designed the training module, which covers such themes as basic trends of ICT sector in Uzbekistan, legal framework of ICT in public administration, advancing technical skills to use office applications in daily work, Local Area Network (LAN) and other types of electronic networks for exchanging information, manage e-mail accounts, as well as benefit from the national legal database like www.lex.uz and other e-resources, which are available in Internet.

During the training participated about 30 middle and junior level staff of Namangan regional, city and district khokimiyats, as this group of civil servants usually was not provided with existing training programmes.

It should be noted that it is the second training initiated by LGSP on this topic – the first training on similar topic was conducted in Djizak region on 23-24 August, 2011. In the future, the project will be conducting a series of professional trainings for local government officials in pilot regions also on such topics as public relations, performance management, strategic planning, organizational development, human resources management and etc.