AGP Executive Report
Last update: 8 hours agoInformatics Spotlight: Uzbekistan wrapped up the 38th International Olympiad in Informatics (IOI 2026) in Tashkent, bringing 386 students from 97 countries and pushing the country’s best-ever medal haul: one silver and three bronzes, plus an honorable mention—while the host team’s success underlined how local STEM investment and a fast-growing IT ecosystem are paying off. Aviation Ambition: Uzbekistan is moving ahead with plans for a major new “New Tashkent” airport, targeting up to 20 million passengers and 300,000 tons of cargo, as Tashkent competes to become Central Asia’s top air hub. Digital Heritage Push: Turkic-world archaeologists agreed to build a unified digital database and an international joint research program under ARICA, with plans for a shared electronic atlas of sites. Youth Tech & Skills: The World Youth Forum gathered 700+ students in Hong Kong for a Future Economics Leadership Summit linking economics, business, technology, and real-world problem solving. Environment & Land Use: Mongolia’s COP17 desertification talks opened with the Silk Road Caravan and pastoralist declarations, spotlighting drought and rangeland restoration across Uzbekistan and the wider region.
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