UNDP Energy Efficiency of Rural Housing in Uzbekistan Project to Contribute to the Implementation of the Paris Agreement on Climate Change
UNDP Energy Efficiency of Rural Housing in Uzbekistan Project to Contribute to the Implementation of the Paris Agreement on Climate Change

The United Nations Development Programme in Uzbekistan commends Uzbekistan’s recent signing of the Paris Agreement on climate change. The Paris Agreement is the first-ever universal, legally binding global climate deal, which was adopted at the 21st Conference of Parties (COP 21) of the United Nations Framework...

First set of project applications for the Green Climate Fund selected in Uzbekistan
First set of project applications for the Green Climate Fund selected in Uzbekistan

Interagency Working Group of the project “Green Climate Fund Readiness Programme in Uzbekistan” selected first set of project applications for the Green Climate Fund. The Interagency Working Group (IWG), consisting of representatives of various ministries and organizations, discussed ten project applications...

UNDP and national partners discussed measures to improve the business environment
UNDP and national partners discussed measures to improve the business environment

On May 2, 2017, a joint project of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry and UNDP 'Business Forum of Uzbekistan (Phase III)' held a round table on further improving the business environment and raising Uzbekistan’s ranking in the World Bank's ‘Doing Business’ report. Today, the intensification of efforts aimed to...

Effective land management requires involvement of the community
Effective land management requires involvement of the community

Uzbekistan, located between two great Asian rivers, indeed possesses the diversity of natural landscapes, rich soil, and resources.  The figures speak for themselves. Total landmass of Uzbekistan is 44,900,000 hectares.  Currently 9.7% of land of Uzbekistan (4,325,700 hectares) are used for irrigated farming, about...

Caring about Earth – Universal Contribution to the Sustainable Future
Caring about Earth – Universal Contribution to the Sustainable Future

These days a series of events dedicated to the International Earth Day were held in Tashkent and the regions. The events were held everywhere with involvement of the academia, ministries, agencies, social institutions, businesses, and most importantly, those, for whom caring about the environment is equivalent to...

E-SUD to be launched in Fergana valley
E-SUD to be launched in Fergana valley

About 130 court chairpersons, judges, heads of offices of inter-district civil courts, public utilities and state tax inspection employees, as well as lawyers of Andijan, Namangan and Ferghana regions participated in specialized trainings to further increase the use of the National information case management system...

National Transparency Index Reveals Most Open Government Institutions in Uzbekistan
National Transparency Index Reveals Most Open Government Institutions in Uzbekistan

National Transparency Index of Uzbekistan published ranking of 47 government agencies on how open and transparent their activities are from the viewpoint of citizens as required by the Law on Transparency. The joint project of UNDP and Ministry for Development of Information Technologies and Communications on...

Functional review to improve the civil courts in Uzbekistan
Functional review to improve the civil courts in Uzbekistan

The Supreme Court of the Republic of Uzbekistan hosted an international Round Table entitled ‘Further enhancement of activities of civil courts - priority area of judicial and legal reforms’, organized in the framework of the joint project of the Supreme Court, USAID and UNDP ‘Rule of Law partnership in...

How agility, openness and collaboration improved e-governance in UK
How agility, openness and collaboration improved e-governance in UK

How  transforming and digitizing of public services based on best British practices can rapidly transform e-governance. This was the main focus of the workshop and round table attended  by more than 30 representatives from government agencies involved in delivery of the most demanded public services. The...

Development of the Aral Sea region – priority area of cooperation
Development of the Aral Sea region – priority area of cooperation

On 13-14 April 2017, representatives of diplomatic corps and international organizations accredited in Uzbekistan, representatives of ministries, agencies, national and regional mass media took part in the field trip to the Republic of Karakalpakstan organized within the UN Joint Programme “Building the resilience of...

Experts from Uzbekistan learned the mid-term budgeting experience of the Czech Republic
Experts from Uzbekistan learned the mid-term budgeting experience of the Czech Republic

In April 3-7, 2017 UNDP “Local Governance Support Programme/Phase II” (LGSP-II) organized a study tour on “Midterm Budgeting at Regional Level” for high and mid level specialists from the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Uzbekistan, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Economy, Jizzakh, Tashkent and Namangan...