OREANDA-NEWS. April 07, 2010. The session of the Cabinet of Ministers’ Complex for education, healthcare, social protection, information systems and telecommunications was held in Tashkent.

The participants considered the results of development of the named sectors in the fist quarter of 2010.

The ministries and departments of the complex produced products and provided services worth UZS 616.4 billion in the first quarter, which is 19.4% more than in the same period of last year.

The volume of paid services to the population comprised UZS 286.9 billion.

Foreign investments equal to USD 48 million were attracted to the complex’s sectors in the first quarter.

The session also considered issues of improvement of legislation related to protection of the interests of youth, reconstruction and construction of educational institute ions, attraction of young people to science and protection of youth from negative influences.

Other issues on the agenda were expansion of ICT use in state bodies and local authorities, as well as electronic document circulation.