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Tashkent’s city administration has approved a list of 18 certified advertising and production companies authorised to manufacture shopfront signs and outdoor advertising in compliance with the capital’s design code, the hokimiyat’s press service announced on 7 November.
The design code sets uniform standards for building facades and outdoor advertising on specific streets across the city. Businesses that need to bring their signage into line with those standards can now turn to the certified firms, whose specialists completed training courses organised jointly by the Chamber of Commerce and Industry, the city investment vehicle Tashkent Invest, and the capital’s branch of the Competition Committee, with the participation of the Marketing Association of Uzbekistan.
A Telegram Bot for Street-by-Street Rules
Alongside the certified-company list, the hokimiyat launched a Telegram bot — @DizaynKodBot — through which entrepreneurs can look up the specific facade and advertising requirements that apply to the street where they operate. The tool is intended to make the rules accessible before businesses commission any work.
A Rollout That Has Already Been Revised Once
The design code has been in development for some time. Tashkent’s city council, the Kengash of People’s Deputies, examined its introduction at a session on 28 January, and on 17 February formally approved the hokimiyat’s proposal to adopt rules developed by CM International on the commission of Toshkent Invest Kompaniyasi. That decision took legal effect from mid-May.
By August, however, the city administration had already signalled a change of approach following complaints from the business community, pledging to shift toward what it described as open dialogue, clear communication and case-by-case consideration of problems as they arose. The certification of specialist firms and the launch of the information bot represent the next practical step in that adjusted strategy.
The pressure to enforce consistent standards is not purely aesthetic. The Competition Committee had previously identified nearly 4,500 language violations on signs and in outdoor advertising across the city — a finding that underscored the scale of non-compliance the design code is meant to address.