Russian Practices Abroad

ASI has been steadily building cooperation with the Republic of Uzbekistan. The first step in this direction was studying the methodology of the National Rating of the Investment Climate, which the agency developed.

Partners were interested less in the rating itself as a tool for comparing regions than in the public-administration model underlying it. It combines an assessment of regional government performance, mechanisms for engaging with entrepreneurs, digital tools for collecting and analyzing data, and the use of rating results in management decisions. In this way, the Uzbek side was studying a comprehensive approach to developing the investment climate.

Over time, the cooperation went beyond an exchange of individual methodologies. In 2025, ASI and the Agency for Strategic Reforms under the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan signed a third roadmap for joint work. It covers the development of entrepreneurship and local brands, the technology agenda, sustainable territorial development, and the introduction of a business social-capital standard.

The next stage was the emergence, in Uzbekistan, of projects built on the experience of ASI's initiatives. In September 2025, the republic launched the national brand competition Biznikilarni bil ("Know Our Own"). In preparing it, the organizers used the model of the Russian competition of the same name, "Znai Nashikh."

Uzbekistan has also launched the Kelajak uchun ("For the Future") forum, conceptually close to the Russian "Strong Ideas for a New Time" forum. The Uzbek side has adapted the mechanisms for identifying promising projects, public selection, expert support, and government backing to its own objectives and conditions.

This kind of cooperation does not involve simply copying ready-made solutions. Russian projects provide the initial model, and partners refine it to fit their own governance systems, economic priorities, and local market characteristics.