Ashgabat, 20 June 2017: United Nations agencies and a number of ministries and government institutions of Turkmenistan have reached the final stage of establishing a mechanism for monitoring and assessment of the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG), approved in September 2016. To this end,...

Lebap, Dashoguz, 1-25 June 2017: The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) scales up its programme on climate change and adaptation by expanding it work to the new regions of Turkmenistan to building resilience of the local population to effects of climate change. During the month of June 2017, UNDP held a...

Ashgabat, 20-21 June 2017: National Institute of Democracy and Human Rights under the President of Turkmenistan, the Interdepartmental Commission for Ensuring the Implementation of Turkmenistan's International Human Rights Obligations and International Humanitarian Law, the United Nations Development Program (UNDP)...

Ashgabat, 5-7 June 2017: The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) contributed to the Central Asian International Environmental Forum organized by the Regional Environment Centre for Central Asia (CAREC). The theme of the forum “Climate change and water cooperation in the context of Sustainable...

Ashgabat, 16 May 2017: The United Nations Development Program (UNDP) conducted a series of three workshops with participation of more than 60 representatives of national agencies and local public associations to discuss preliminary results of vulnerability assessment and adaptation to climate change in local...

The UN Development Programme (UNDP) today welcomed Achim Steiner as he begins a four-year term as Administrator of the Organization. Mr. Steiner’s appointment as the new head of the UN’s lead development agency was confirmed by the UN General Assembly in April this year, following his nomination by...

Ashgabat, 13 June 2017: The UN Secretary-General, António Guterres arrived in Turkmenistan paying his first official visit to the country in this capacity. The Secretary-general met with the Government of Turkmenistan and participated at the High-Level Dialogue on the implementation of the UN Global...

Ashgabat, 11 May 2017: The Mejlis (Parliament) of Turkmenistan, the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) held a...

Valeria Getman, Executive Director of the public association “The Union of accountants and auditors”, auditor, CIPA   UNDP: What is your background and what is your mission to Turkmenistan aims to achieve? Ms Getman:  I am a specialist in the field of accounting and audit. For the last 17 years, I work in the...

Ashgabat, 3-4 May 2017: United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Global Environment Facility (GEF) and the Government of Turkmenistan held an international conference on the topic “Improving energy efficiency in residential building sector of Turkmenistan”. The conference took place on the occasion of...

Dashoguz is the region in the north of Turkmenistan. It borders with Uzbekistan and people are traditionally involved into agriculture and cattle breeding. Local produce diary and meat products, pastry and bread; grow vegetables and fruit, cotton and wheat. However, Dashoguz receives only 4-5 billion cubic meters...

Ashgabat, 1 May 2017: United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) held an on-site training on installation and maintenance of automated heat controls in 5 pilot multi-unit residential buildings for 8 experts of Ashgabat residential communal services maintaining the pilot buildings. The training included demonstration...

A reliable energy supply is one of the most important tasks of the Government of Turkmenistan on its way to achieving economic growth and providing the population with comfortable living conditions. In this regard, it is vital to ensure energy saving and energy efficiency in the residential buildings sector, which...

With every passing year the dynamically developing residential building stock of Turkmenistan consumes more and more heat and electricity, which requires expenditure of the main strategic export resource of the country – natural gas. The United Nations Development Programme in Turkmenistan, together with with...