February 19, 2024 - In accordance with the Decree of the President of Uzbekistan dated September 02, 2023 No. PD-291 (Appendix 4, Сlause 31.2) the Republican Stock Exchange “Toshkent” is continuing increasing public awareness about the state of the capital market and improving financial literacy of Uzbekistan’s population.

As part of this initiative, on February 15, 2024, the Chairman of the Board of the Republican Stock Exchange "Toshkent" George Paresishvili delivered an open lecture on the topic "How to accelerate the development of the stock market in Uzbekistan" for students of the Tashkent branch of the G.V. Plekhanov REU. Before the lecture, George Paresishvili met with the top management of the university, represented by the director of the branch, academician of the Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Uzbekistan, Doctor of Economics Kalandar Khodzhaevich Abdurakhmanov.

The lecture covered a wide range of issues: from recent changes in the stock market regulations and the development of a new law on capital market to attracting foreign investors and corporate governance issues in public and private companies and banks.

The lecture also covered the topic of privatization of companies through IPO/SPO, tax incentives and improving the capital market infrastructure, The meeting was held interactively with a separate Q&A session.