Center for State Ecological Expertise

The Center for State Environmental Expertise is an organization responsible for conducting state environmental expertise aimed at protecting the environment, ensuring the rational use of natural resources, and safeguarding environmental security.

The Center’s main activities include assessing the environmental impact of planned and ongoing economic and other activities, reviewing their compliance with environmental requirements and standards, and examining measures designed to prevent environmental risks.

Environmental expertise is conducted in accordance with the provisions established by the Law of the Republic of Uzbekistan No. ZRU–1036 dated 24 February 2025, “On Environmental Expertise, Environmental Impact Assessment, and Strategic Environmental Assessment,” and Resolution No. 234 of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Uzbekistan dated 11 May 2026, “On Measures to Introduce New Mechanisms for Environmental Impact Assessment.”

Environmental expertise is carried out in two forms: state environmental expertise and public environmental expertise. The financing or implementation of projects without a positive conclusion from the state environmental expertise is prohibited.

Environmental expertise is a procedure designed to determine whether planned, proposed, or ongoing economic and other activities comply with environmental requirements and to establish whether the relevant environmental expertise object can or cannot be implemented. The objects subject to environmental expertise include:

• Materials relating to the allocation of land plots for construction;
• Pre-design and design documentation;
• Existing facilities that have an adverse impact on the environment and human health;
• Urban planning documentation;
• Waste treatment, recycling, and disposal technologies;
• Facilities subject to special legal regimes;
• Documents regulating the use of natural resources.

The types of activities included in the list approved by the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Uzbekistan are subject to state environmental expertise. In addition, at the customer’s request, activities not included in this list may also undergo environmental expertise.

Environmental expertise assesses human health, natural resources, and the quality of land, water, and air, as well as opportunities for their rational use. Projects involving activities classified under Categories I and II that may affect the environment are subject to public hearings before undergoing environmental expertise.

The fundamental principles of environmental expertise are legality, impartiality, sound justification, and safety.

At present, the processes of accepting project documentation and issuing expert conclusions have been digitized through the Unified Portal of Interactive Public Services — my.gov.uz.

In 2023, a total of 21471 state environmental expertise conclusions were issued to enterprises and organizations. Of these, 18913 were positive, 162 were negative, and 2396 were returned for revision.

In 2024, a total of 31908 state environmental expertise conclusions were issued to enterprises and organizations. Of these, 30594 were positive, 673 were negative, and 641 were returned for revision.

In 2025, a total of 49,620 state environmental expertise conclusions were issued to enterprises and organizations. Of these, 47011 were positive, 558 were negative, and 2051 were returned for revision.

During the first nine months of 2026, a total of 30220 state environmental expertise conclusions were issued to enterprises and organizations. Of these, 26639 were positive, 600 were negative, and 2981 were returned for revision.