UNDP Turkmenistan

Towards sustainable future for all

UNDP reaches out to children in “Dayanch” summer camp

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UNDP Turkmenistan engages youth in developing digital public services

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UNDP engages youth in the fight against climate change

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Interview with Svetlana Tomasova, Laboratory Specialist of UNDP/Global Fund ТВ Project

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Marking the International Human Rights Day

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RECENT NEWS

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Central Asian countries discussed progress in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals at a high-level summit in Almaty

The Second Regional SDG Summit of Central Asian countries, “Beyond COVID ¬– Towards Just Recovery in Central Asia", Almaty, 16-17 June 2022

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UNDP organized training on Environmental and Social Commitments inherent in the COVID-19 response project

UNDP organized an introductory training on Environment and Social Commitments inherent in the “COVID-19 Response in Turkmenistan” project funded by the World Bank loan.

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Turkmenistan makes another step forward in global climate action

The Government of Turkmenistan approved the updated Nationally Determined Contributions for the submission to the Council of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) to enhance its climate ambition in accordance with the recommendations set out in Article 4.4 of the Paris Agreement on Climate Change.

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UNDP and partners strengthen the resilience of local communities by introducing a mentorship programme

UNDP in Turkmenistan conducted a series of online and in-person trainings within the framework of the Turkmenistan Country Component of the Global Project on “Strengthening Resilience to Violent Extremism in Asia” (STRIVE Asia). A joint EU-UN partnership”

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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.

COVID19

Global crisis

Strengthening Turkmenistan’s preparedness to COVID19

The $20 million project “Turkmenistan COVID-19 Response” is funded by the World Bank and will be implemented by UNDP in partnership with the UNICEF and WHO to help the country respond and prepare for COVID19 pandemic focusing on strengthening the national testing and treatment capacities, upgrading the skills of medical workers, procuring of reagents, medicines and medical equipment, and addressing the related health and social risks.

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Digital transformation

UNDP enhances cooperation with the Government of Turkmenistan in digital transformation.

UNDP Turkmenistan signed the Memorandum of Understanding with “Turkmenaragatnashyk” Agency under the Agency for Transport and Communications of the Cabinet of Ministers of Turkmenistan. The signing ceremony was held at the Building of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan.

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Stories

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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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Solar energy to power water supply in remote desert villages

The electrification of remote settlements through harnessing solar energy in the heart of Karakum desert

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The production of two types of сanal lining materials is established by the efforts of the UNDP

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Here is how you should sort and recycle waste

Can you think of how much waste do you produce? How much of it is paper? Glass? Plastic? What else do you waste? How do you handle it?

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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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