Today, a meeting was held on the issues included in the agenda of the meeting of the Board of the Ministry of Youth Policy and Sports, as well as summing up the results of work in the field of sports for the first half of 2023 and plans for the second half of the year. The event, organized by the National Olympic Committee of Uzbekistan, was attended by Minister Adham Ikramov and his deputy Shakhrullo Mahmudov, Secretary General of the NOC Oybek Kasimov, Deputy Chairmen of the Committee Azizjon Kamilov and Sherzod Tashmatov, Chairman of the National Paralympic Committee Mukhtorkhon Taskhodjaev, the leadership of the schools of Higher Sports Excellence of the Republic, the Federation and the Association for Olympic and Paralympic Sports in Uzbekistan regions, sports veterans. Officials of the Department of Youth Policy and Sports in the regions joined the event through the Zoom platform. In his opening speech, the Minister highlighted not only the high sporting achievements, but also the ongoing work to strengthen the promotion of mass sports throughout the country, and the results achieved in this area. In particular, he spoke about the significant increase in the salaries of coaches of sports schools, the improvement of the material and technical base of sports educational institutions, the high achievements of athletes in the international arena, and the continuously organized local and international training camps. In addition, he added that each direction should also be considered in a critical spirit, without stopping there. Adham Ilhamovich noted that the trust of the Uzbek people and the President should be justified at the upcoming games of the Chengdu 2021 World Summer Universiade this year, the II CIS Games (Belarus), the XIX Asian Summer Games Hangzhou 2022. Oybek Kasimov, who hosted the event, gave an overview of the complex competitions that will be organized during 2023. Shakhrullo Mahmudov and Sherzod Tashmatov spoke about the preparation of the national teams for these competitions, the expected results and goals. It is expected that the delegation of Uzbekistan will take part in the Hangzhou 2022 Asian Games with more than 400 athletes. At the 2018 Asian Games in Indonesia, the host country took fourth place in the team competition with 31 gold medals. Taking this into account, it is planned that the delegation of Uzbekistan to Hangzhou will enter the top four for the first time, updating its highest result in history, winning at least 30 gold awards. It is worth noting that before that, the best indicator of the Uzbek delegation was recorded at the 2018 Asian Games, where our country entered the Top 5 of the best participating states, with 21 gold medals. It was also added during the meeting that the national delegation has huge goals at the Universiade and the CIS Games. In particular, it was emphasized that most of the squad participating in the CIS Games consists of the generation that is expected to participate in the Tashkent 2025 Asian Youth Games. In turn, Chairman of the National Paralympic Committee Mukhtarkhon Taskhodjaev and his deputy Otabek Ergashev touched upon the development of the Paralympic movement in the country, the creation of wide opportunities for sports for people with disabilities and future plans. M.Taskhodjaev said that thanks to the successful participation of the Uzbek delegation in the World Para-athletics Championships in France, Domestic athletes have already won 15 tickets to the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games. And further improvement of this indicator is expected during the competition. The officials spoke about the priority of ensuring the worthy participation of our delegation in the Hangzhou 2022 Para-Asian Games and the Paris 2024 Paralympics. During the meeting, the responsible persons were given additional instructions to pay great attention to medical care in sports educational institutions of national teams and regions, increase scientific and methodological application in them, increase the calorie content of food in the diet of athletes, create maximum conditions for teams preparing for complex competitions. It was also announced that the remaining issues will be considered tomorrow at the next expanded meeting of the Board of the Ministry of Youth Policy and Sports.