{"id":1493,"date":"2025-04-29T18:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-04-29T18:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eged-ca.org\/?p=1493"},"modified":"2026-03-02T04:05:12","modified_gmt":"2026-03-02T04:05:12","slug":"media-dialogue-highlights-the-role-of-journalism-in-mahalla-budget-reforms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eged-ca.org\/en\/2025\/04\/media-dialogue-highlights-the-role-of-journalism-in-mahalla-budget-reforms\/","title":{"rendered":"Media Dialogue Highlights the Role of Journalism in Mahalla Budget Reforms"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The event explored how mahallas are now financed through local land and property taxes, with 382.7 billion UZS raised in 2024 for the Mahalla Social and Economic Issues Resolution Fund. These funds have supported low-income families and covered essential operating costs of mahallas, reducing reliance on the central budget.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.tildacdn.com\/tild3535-3364-4234-b838-343932326562\/photo_52242363505832.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Key discussions included:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Mahalla budget management: Updates on new funding mechanisms, evolving budget practices, and current challenges.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Oversight and coordination: The Association\u2019s role in budget allocation, accountability, and collaboration with communities.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Media\u2019s role: How journalists can promote transparency by analysing budget data and highlighting key issues.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.tildacdn.com\/tild3365-3433-4631-a436-316561383338\/photo_52245962774325.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The dialogue underscored the media\u2019s vital role in making budget reforms understandable and accessible to every citizen, ensuring that the public remains informed and engaged in local decision-making.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This initiative was supported by the UK Government through the <em>Effective Governance for Economic Development (EGED)<\/em> programme.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The event explored how mahallas are now financed through local land and property taxes, with 382.7 billion UZS raised in 2024 for the Mahalla Social and Economic Issues Resolution Fund. These funds have supported low-income families and covered essential operating costs of mahallas, reducing reliance on the central budget. Key discussions included: The dialogue underscored [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1494,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1493","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-media","category-media-uzbekistan"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eged-ca.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1493","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eged-ca.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eged-ca.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eged-ca.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eged-ca.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1493"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eged-ca.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1493\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1496,"href":"https:\/\/eged-ca.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1493\/revisions\/1496"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eged-ca.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1494"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eged-ca.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1493"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eged-ca.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1493"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eged-ca.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1493"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}