UNDP Turkmenistan

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UNDP Turkmenistan Celebrates International Women's Day with Student Competition on “Women Scientists Leading Climate Action”

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UNDP engages youth for climate action

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STRENGTHENING CLINICAL LABORATORY SERVICES IN TURKMENISTAN IN 2023-2024

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The visit of the UNDP Resident Representative in Turkmenistan to Lebap velayat

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Ashgabat's first-ever Women’s Hackathon promotes gender diversity in Tech

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AT THE FOREFRONT OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL STRUGGLE: THE STORY OF OGULSURAY FROM DASHOGUZ

As the leader of Eco-Durmush, the first and only women-led NGO in the Dashoguz region, Ogulsuray is not just fighting climate change –she's building the capacity…

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New Initiative for Creative and Innovative Economy Development: UNDP and British Embassy Deepen Partnership with Turkmenistan on Economic Diversification

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the British Embassy in Turkmenistan are partnering to promote sustainable economic growth by supporting the…

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UNDP builds capacity of the State Hydrometeorological Service of Turkmenistan on the use of hydrometeorological equipment

Practical training at the State Hydrometerological Service of Turkmenistan.

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UNDP and Turkmenistan Launch "Electronic Statistical Reporting and Business Register" Platform

UNDP Turkmenistan, in partnership with the State Statistics Committee of Turkmenistan, announced the successful launch of the “Electronic Statistical Reporting…

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Urban resilience
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Japan and UNDP embark on a new initiative to enhance urban resilience against climate risks in Central Asia

The Government of Japan and UN Development Programme (UNDP) have agreed upon a new $4.9 million project, “Enhancing Urban Resilience to Disaster Risk and Climate…

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UNDP and Partners Strengthen Seismic Resilience in Turkmenistan

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Turkmenistan, within the framework of the national project "Strengthening National Capacity for Seismic Risk…

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youth
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UNDP and Embassy of Japan in Turkmenistan Celebrate International Youth Day with "Youth and Peace" Workshop

On August 23, 2024, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Turkmenistan marked International Youth Day with a dynamic "Youth and Peace" workshop…

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UNDP and Turkmenstat enhance transport services statistics in Turkmenistan

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the State Committee of Turkmenistan on Statistics held a roundtable as part of the project on Improving…

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Our mission

UNDP works in 170 countries and territories to eradicate poverty while protecting the planet. We help countries develop strong policies, skills, partnerships and institutions so they can sustain their progress.

Digital transformation

UNDP ENHANCES COOPERATION WITH THE GOVERNMENT OF TURKMENISTAN IN DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION

The new project on the creation of an Electronic Data Interchange System, which will become the backbone for all future interagency data communication will continue the efforts of UNDP to accelerate digital transformation in Turkmenistan under the Memorandum of Understanding with “Turkmenaragatnashyk” Agency signed in March 2022 aiming to strengthen the country's digital capacity in statistics, banking, finance, customs, civil registration and other public services.

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Health

ENSURING UNIVERSAL HEALTH COVERAGE IN TURKMENISTAN

“Ensuring Universal Health Coverage in the country and enhancing the resilience of the national health system to pandemics and acute diseases is one of the main areas of our cooperation with indeed impressive results. The volume of our past and ongoing cooperation only on health totals approximately $150 million, with the vast contribution coming from the government of Turkmenistan” “Ensuring Universal Health Coverage in the country and enhancing the resilience of the national health system to pandemics and acute diseases is one of the main areas of our cooperation with indeed impressive results. The volume of our past and ongoing cooperation only on health totals approximately $150 million, with the vast contribution coming from the government of Turkmenistan,” – Ms. Narine Sahakyan, UNDP Resident Representative in Turkmenistan

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Stories

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Young Turkmen Scientist Wins Youth4Climate Global Challenge

Ogulshirin Tacheva, a fifth-year biotechnology and ecology student at the Oguz Han Engineering and Technology University of Turkmenistan, participated in the Youth4Climate: Sparking Solutions flagship event 2023 held in Rome, Italy on 17-19 October 2023 and has emerged as one of the winners of this international climate contest.

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Meet Merjen striving to unleash the power of women and girls in Tech

Merjen Saparmyradova graduated from the International Turkmen-Turkish University with a degree in software engineering and system administration. She believes that knowledge in technology and increased participation of women and girls in the development of digital solutions can play an important role in building a sustainable future.

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A future Turkmen scientist in search of a solution to plastic pollution

Ogulshirin Tacheva is a fourth-year student studying biotechnology and ecology and environmental management at the Oguz Han Engineering and Technology University of Turkmenistan. Since her childhood Ogulshirin loved nature and dreamed of contributing to the fight against climate change.

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Turkmen Social Media Influencer motivates people towards sustainability

“I started learning how to live an environmentally friendly life and tried to encourage others towards sustainability. I realized that all my peers also know very little about environmental issues.” It was then that Gulnara came up with a brilliant idea – to open a blog on her social media account to raise public awareness and encourage behavioral change in favor of the planet.

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Teaching sustainability in a biology classroom

Mahliye - our schoolteacher of biology is a young champion in promoting the ideas of rational use of natural resources, reasonable consumption and waste treatment through fun and engaging education. Mahliye inspires her students to start caring, get engaged and take an action introducing something very new for the local communities – promotion of environmental awareness and behavior change for nature.

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Promoting social inclusion through care and support

Together with other UN Agencies and national partners UNDP works on improving the system of social protection through the introduction of inclusive quality community-based social services in the framework of a Joint Programme funded by the Joint SDGs Fund.

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Our Impact

$30

million

the Global Fund has invested to support the National TB Programme since 2010

$25

million

invested within last 5 years in the environmental protection and climate change

$45

million

Government provided to health joint projects since 2016

$12

million

budget planned for the Democratic Governance projects within 2021-2025

50,000

local farmers

increased capacity in water and land efficient practices

50

%

of the DG projects funding is provided by the Government (2021)

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