Uzbekistan signs LX contract to advise on new national address system

Uzbekistan has signed a three-year contract with South Korean corporation LX to provide consulting services for improving the national address system. The agreement was signed on 13 October under the project “Spatial Data Infrastructure for Sustainable Regional Development”, implemented with the participation of the World Bank.

The work will cover strategic, legal, institutional and technical aspects of creating and managing address data. Key tasks include developing a five-year strategy for the National Address System with annual implementation plans, and preparing national standards for assigning addresses, maintaining data and exchanging it between state bodies.

Specialists will also analyse current legislation and prepare proposals for amendments and draft regulatory acts. A unified procedure for assigning, changing, updating and cancelling addresses will be developed. Upon completion, Uzbekistan plans to lay the foundations of the system in line with the international standard ISO 19160. It is expected that these unified approaches will improve interaction between state bodies and create conditions for wider use of reliable address information.