Recently, the UNDP and IOM in Turkmenistan held a seminar on “Climate change: risks, assessment, planning”, the Neutral Turkmenistan newspaper reports. The seminar was organized within the framework of the joint consulting project of the Ministry of Agriculture and Environmental Protection and the UNDP and the Green Climate Fund “Development of the national adaptation planning […]
Cities of Turkmenistan on the way to sustainable and green development
The energy efficiency of residential areas as a factor of sustainable development of the urban environment was recently discussed during an interdepartmental meeting, which was attended by specialists of the city administrations of Ashgabat and Turkmenbashi, hotel business, engineers of the Architectural Design Institute “Turkmen state project” (Turkmendowlettaslama), teachers of the State Energy Institute (Mary),...
Sustainable Cities for Green Future – Interview with Ms.Narine Sahakyan, resident representative of UNDP in Turkmenistan
(on the occasion of the World Cities Day – 31 October) The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has been cooperating with the Government of Turkmenistan for over 25 years, being the country’s largest international development partner. One of the important areas of your partnership with the Government focuses on environmental protection and combatting the climate […]
UNDP reaches out to children in “Dayanch” summer camp to mark the World Environment Day
The UNDP Office in Turkmenistan together with the Nature Protection Society of Turkmenistan held an Educational session themed “Only One Earth” for children of the sanatorium complex “Dayanch” in the Avaza National Tourist Zone. The educational session at the summer camp was organized on the occasion of the World Environment Day – 5 June by the...
UNDP supports raising awareness about the report of the Ombudsperson`s Office for 2021
Ashgabat, 4 May 2022: UNDP and the Ombudsperson`s Office in Turkmenistan convened a workshop in a hybrid format on the activities of national human rights institutions in the preparation of reports on human rights. The event gathered representatives of the Ministry of Justice, Ministry of Internal Affairs, Prosecutor`s Office, Judicial system, and other ministries and...
UNDP and partners organize “Green Games” among schoolchildren as part of efforts to combat plastic pollution
Ashgabat, 20 April 2021: On the occasion of the International Mother Earth Day, on 22 April, UNDP Turkmenistan, together with the Nature Protection Society of Turkmenistan and other national partners, organized the “Green Games” for students at school No 1 of Anev town, Ahal velayat. The event was held in a format of a plastic...
UNDP Resident Representative in Turkmenistan, Ms. Narine Sahakyan presents her credentials to President of Turkmenistan
Ashgabat, 16 February 2022: Today, Ms. Narine Sahakyan, newly appointed UNDP Resident Representative in Turkmenistan, has presented her credentials to His Excellency Mr. Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, President of Turkmenistan. During the meeting, prospects for deepening the strategic partnership between Turkmenistan and the United Nations Development Programme were discussed focusing on a broad spectrum of issues related...
EU and UNDP launch regional platform on Sustainable Development Goals in Central Asia
Almaty, 22 November 2021 – Today, the European Union (EU), and the United Nations Development Programme in Kazakhstan (UNDP Kazakhstan) announced the launch of the new knowledge-sharing platform on sustainable development goals (SDGs) for Central Asian countries. The main objective of the SDGs Platform is to work with governments and civil society in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz...
Universal civil registration and vital statistics are critical for truth, trust and COVID recovery in Asia and the Pacific
Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana, Kanni Wignaraja, Omar Abdi With health systems at a breaking point, hospitals at capacity and desperate family members searching for oxygen for loved ones, the devastating second wave of COVID-19 that has swept across South Asia has felt ¬surreal. Official figures have indicated record-breaking daily coronavirus cases and deaths, not only in...
Interview of UNDP Resident Representative a.i., Ms. Natia Natsvlishvili, with media on the occasion of the launch of the Human Development Report 2020 “The Next Frontier: Human Development and the Anthropocene”
Media: Can you please explain the context of the emergence of the new report and the thinking behind it? Ms. Natsvlishvili: The Year 2020 has exposed prevailing challenges across the globe. COVID-19 exacerbated inequalities and demonstrated that we must consider development in a different way, we must relax our reliance of natural resources and ensure...
Establishing Office of Ombudsman, Experience, Pitfalls and Lessons Learned
Nazik Avlyakulova 18 Dec 2019 George Tugushi, UNDP international expert on human rights UNDP: Tell us about your career as a human rights lawyer/expert/activist/professional Mr. Tugushi: I got actively involved in the human rights work in 2004 when I returned back home from Sweden after accomplishing my studies in international human rights law in Lund University. I...
People with unlimited abilities
Nazik Avlyakulova 03 Dec 2019 What do you know about people with disabilities? How do they live? Where do they work? How do they spend time? What do you think about the lives of people who are different from you? “People with unlimited abilities” project is a contribution to the fight against social stigma against...
Jennet is the face of creative Turkmenistan – Part 1
Tariq Saeedi If anyone is to blame, it is this duo – Elena and Hugh. As if Elena was not enough, Hugh appeared out of the blue and started stirring the pot even more vigorously. Totally a nightmare. What is more, it will get even worse. Last year it was just the Christmas Bazaar and...
UNDP Conference – Partnership for Development Financing at the Heart of the Great Silk Road
Partnership for Development Financing at the Heart of the Great Silk Road Some events can defy the obsolescence inherent in the uncompromising news cycle. The conference organized by the UNDP in Ashgabat on 20-21 June 2018 certainly falls in this category. Hosted jointly by the UNDP and TFEB (Vnesheconombank – State Bank for Foreign Economic...
Second Regional Networking Forum to explore role of South-South Cooperation in green economy
ASTANA, KAZAKHSTAN (15 June, 2017): Key decision-makers and practitioners coordinating development cooperation from over 40 countries of the Arab States, and the Europe and the CIS regions, will gather at the Second Regional Networking Forum organized on the sidelines of the Astana Economic Forum to discuss the role of South-South and triangular cooperation in promoting...
UNDP-Turkmenistan partnership rises to new level
Ashgabat, 2 March 2012 – The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Government of Turkmenistan have agreed on a new format of partnership signaling that the Government of Turkmenistan will be actively financing its own development programmes jointly implemented with UNDP. Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers and Minister of Foreign Affairs Rashid...
Turkmenistan’s Journalists Enhance Capacity and Knowledge of Human Rights Issues
Ashgabat, 13 July 2011 (nCa) — Journalists from Turkmen television and radio, main newspapers, magazines and regional media organizations familiarized themselves with the United Nations treaties and conventions related to human rights as well as aspects of news journalism at a two-day workshop in Ashgabat on 7-8 July. This workshop was organized within the framework...
Human Rights Resource Centre Hosts Turkmenistan’s Disability Organizations
Ashgabat, 8 July 2011 — Representatives from 5 disability organizations and staff from the National Institute for Democracy and Human Rights (NIDHR) under the President of Turkmenistan met at a roundtable on the rights of persons with disabilities in Ashgabat on 5 July 2011. This roundtable took place at the Resource Centre, which was recently...
UNDP Turkmenistan Releases Reference Guide on Basic Concepts of Parliamentary Institutions
Ashgabat, 4 July 2011 – UNDP Turkmenistan has recently translated from English into Russian and released a reference guide for parliamentarians titled “Parliamentary Institutions: Basic Concepts”. This publication features basic information on parliamentary models, relations between the executive and legislative powers, parliaments’ law-making, oversight and representative functions, parliamentary rules and procedures, the work of parliamentary...