Julia Eckert, Georg
Elwert (1996):
Land Tenure in Uzbekistan
Appendix: The Workshop
I. Workshop-Participants
| Abdullaev, N., |
District Adviser to the EC Project "Support
Service for private farmers" in the Ferghana District |
| Anartaev, I., |
Lawyer at the Academy of Sciences |
| Assianov, Sh., |
Lawyer at the Academy of Sciences |
| Avanessov, E., |
Lawyer at the Academy of Sciences |
| Eckert, J., |
Political Scientist at the Free University of
Berlin. |
| Elwert, G., |
Professor for Ethnology at the Free University
of Berlin. |
| Fok, I., |
Lecturer for Sociology at the University of
Tashkent. |
| Ibrahimova, Ms., |
Translator for French |
| Jabarov, I., |
Professor for Ethnography at the Academy of
Science, Tashkent |
| Kayumov, F., |
Director of the Agricultural Economy Institut at
the Academy of Agriculture |
| Khalimov, A., |
Advisor trainer to the EC Project "Support
Service to Private Farmers" at the Region of Ferghana. |
| Lorot, B., |
agroeconomist for the EC Project "Support
Service to Private Farmers". |
| Mukhtabar, Mrs., |
private farmer. |
| Muminov, A., |
State Privatisation Committee |
| Hadjimuhamedov, M., |
lecturer for Sociology at the University of
Tashkent |
| Rachmankulov, Kh., |
lawyer at the Academy of Sciences |
| Shardan, E.A., |
Translator for German |
| Talipov, G., |
Head of the main Department for land use and
land tenure of the state inspection of the Ministry of Agriculture. |
II. Programme
Tuesday, 30.5.1995:
9.00 - 9.15 |
Introduction of the Participants |
9.15 - 9.30 |
Opening of the Workshop |
9.30 - 10.30 |
A. Muminov,
Privatisationcommittee: "Economic reform and agriculture." |
10.30 - 11.30 |
G. Elwert, Free University of
Berlin: "Conflict Dynamics: Opportunities and
difficulties in the reform of land tenure." |
11.30 - 11.45 |
Break |
11.45 - 12.45 |
F. Kayumov: "Economic
Reforms and Problems in Agriculture." |
13.00 - 14.00 |
Lunch |
14.00 - 15.00 |
G. Talipov, Ministry of
Agriculture: "About the land reform in the District of Kashkadarya." |
15.00 - 15.15 |
Break |
15.15 - 16.15 |
Kh. Rakhmankulov, Academy of
Science. "Problems of the reform of land rights and their expression in the Republic
of Uzbekistan." |
16.15 - 17.00 |
J. Eckert, Free University of
Berlin. "The significance of legal security in
ethnically heterogeneous societies." |
Wednesday, 31.5.1995
9.00 - 9.30 |
Opening of the Workshop and
Conclusions from the Previous day. |
9.30 - 10.30 |
Sh. Assianov:
"Characteristics of the Landlaw in the Period of Land reform in the republic of
Uzbekistan." |
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10.30 - 11.30 |
I. Anartaev: "Analysis of
the implementation of land legislation in the Regions and Districts of the Republic of
Uzbekistan." |
11.30 - 11.45 |
Break |
11.45 - 12.45 |
E. Avanessov, Academy: "The
legal regulations of state property of land in the Republik of Uzbekistan." |
13.00 - 14.00 |
Lunch |
14.00 - 15.00 |
A.Khalimov and N. Abdullaev,
consultants to the EC project "Support Service to Private Farmers": "Report
on the field experience of the legal environment of private farmers." |
15.00 - 15.15 |
Break |
15.15 - 16.15 |
I. Jabbarov, Institut of
Ethnography at the Academy of Sciences: "Why it is important to study the relics of
"Adat"." |
16.15 - 17.00 |
G. Elwert, Free University of
Berlin: Summary and Conclusions of the Workshop. |
17.00 - 19.00 |
Discussion of the Results. |
III. Main points addressed:
- The reform is on its way and the government has a strong
interest in its successful completion since agriculture is a vital pillar to the
livelihood of the Uzbek people.
- The reform is threatened by legal confusion and vagueness
which facilitate the abuse of power by the administration. An important goal is that
people understand the law. Therefore information about the legal reform has to be made
available.
- Laws and regulations need resonance and legitimacy in the
population.
- The centralisation of decision-making and of information leads
to problems like the illusion of information at the level of decision makers,
misrepresentation of reality and an overload of decisions. The real power will then go to
the middle level of the administration and will neither be controlled democratically nor
by monitoring.
- There exist problems of information and communication within
the government as well as between the government and the people concerned. They concern
mainly the communication about the abuse of power but also about rights and opportunities
on the national and the international markets.
IV. Suggestions for further projects by the participants:
- A sociological survey of the peasantry.
- A study about the impact of different legal forms and about
the impact of legal knowledge.
- Study about the legitimacy of laws, that is their resonance in
the population.
- Study to investigate the relevant factors for the increase of
agricultural production.
- Pilot project: Legal information for farmers.
Pilot project: Legal training for Hokhims.
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