{"id":15407,"date":"2026-01-16T18:23:22","date_gmt":"2026-01-16T13:23:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/frank.uz\/bez-kategorii\/reading-culture-development-fund-to-be-established-in-uzbekistan\/"},"modified":"2026-01-16T18:23:22","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T13:23:22","slug":"reading-culture-development-fund-to-be-established-in-uzbekistan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/frank.uz\/en\/news-en\/reading-culture-development-fund-to-be-established-in-uzbekistan\/","title":{"rendered":"Reading culture development fund to be established in Uzbekistan"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Why is this important<\/h3>\n<p>The goal of bringing the average annual reading level to 10 books per person in 2026-2030 sets a measurable benchmark for state policy in the field of reading and book culture. The establishment of the fund under the Youth Affairs Agency establishes a separate financing mechanism through which authors, publications, and translations will be supported. <\/p>\n<h3>What happened<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>The resolution \u201cOn measures to develop reading culture and increase interest in reading among the population\u201d sets the goal of <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/pravoinf\/9665\">increasing<\/a> the average annual reading culture level to 10 books per person in 2026-2030.<\/li>\n<li>The resolution also provides for the establishment of a Reading Culture Development Fund under the Youth Affairs Agency and defines the directions to which its funds will be directed.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Numbers and facts<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>The Fund for the Development of Reading Culture will allocate funds for grants and the publication of works by young writers through a competition, as well as to support projects in the field of children&#8217;s literature.<\/li>\n<li>It is envisaged to identify talented authors through a competition and create conditions for their creative work by paying a monthly remuneration of up to one year in the amount of 50 times the BCV.<\/li>\n<li>When translating the best works of foreign literature into Uzbek and national literature into foreign languages, the fund will cover 50% of preparation and publication costs and 80% of copyright expenses.<\/li>\n<li>Members of the Board of Trustees are entitled to a quarterly bonus payment of up to 50 times the BCV, which amounts to approximately 20 million soums.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Context<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>The launch of the fund creates a separate funding channel through which reading support will be expressed in specific instruments \u2014 grants, authors&#8217; payments, and translation subsidies.<\/li>\n<li>Monthly remuneration up to one year tied to the BCV increases the predictability of support for young authors and makes competitions not only \u201cone-time\u201d but also long-lasting in terms of impact.<\/li>\n<li>Compensation for a significant portion of translation and copyright costs should reduce barriers to publishing translated literature and promoting national literature in foreign languages.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The authorities want to increase the reading rate to 10 books per person by 2030, as well as motivate young authors with monetary payments.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":15391,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sharing_image":{"poster":"https:\/\/frank.uz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/696c842490d96.jpg","width":1200,"height":630,"template":"2bf59057","mode":"auto"},"_sharing_image_fieldset":{"Dv78f24rp1hU":15391,"YlB8HH34jIzY":"Reading culture development fund to be established in Uzbekistan"},"pin_until":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2061],"tags":[2397,2079],"class_list":["post-15407","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-en","tag-education","tag-finance"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v25.0 (Yoast SEO v25.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Reading culture development fund to be established in Uzbekistan &#8212; 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