UNDP in Turkmenistan

Members of Mejlis join national consultations to define global post-2015 development agenda

Building a shared global vision on "The Future We Want"

Ashgabat, 25 April 2013 – The Mejlis of Turkmenistan has joined the process of national consultations in which people from various walks of life are expressing their views on the future they want after 2015. This process is part of the global UN-led discussions to define the post-2015 global development agenda, when the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) come to end. Members of the Mejlis, representing all five provinces of Turkmenistan, including Deputy Speaker and all chairpersons of the Mejlis committees, gathered at the Parliament building on April 23 to think critically of positive changes they would like to see in people’s lives by 2030, i.e. another fifteen years from the end of the MDGs...

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Turkmenistan, UNDP to strengthen cooperation in environment, energy and climate change

Mr. Martin Krause, Environment and Energy Practice Team Leader from the UNDP Bratislava Regional Centre for Europe and CIS

Ashgabat, 18 April 2013 – The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Government of Turkmenistan have held consultations on prospects of expanding cooperation in the area of environmental protection, energy efficiency and climate change as well as the progress in implementing on-going projects, in this field. The consultations were facilitated by Ms. Jacinta Barrins, UNDP Resident Representative in Turkmenistan, and Mr. Martin Krause, Environment and Energy Practice Team Leader from the UNDP Bratislava Regional Centre for Europe and CIS, who was in Ashgabat on a working visit. The consultations were held with national partners including the Ministry of Power Engineering, the Ministry of Nature Protection, the Ministry of Economy and Development and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan...

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Turkmen delegation prepares for UPR dialogue at the Human Rights Council

Members of the delegation in the mock session

Ashgabat, 5 April 2013 – Members of Turkmenistan’s delegation for the dialogue under the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) mechanism of the Human Rights Council (HRC) came together at a two-day workshop to finalize preparations for the UPR session on Turkmenistan, scheduled for 22 April 2013 in Geneva. The workshop was facilitated by Ms. Bunafsha Gulakova, international human rights expert, and the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)...

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Newly trained moderators to facilitate climate change adaptation efforts in 3 local communities

Practical exercise on joint assessment of climate risks

Ashgabat, 22 March 2013 – Local communities of three typical agro-ecological regions of Turkmenistan such as Karakum (desert), Nohur (mountain) and Sakarchaga (Mary province oasis) will be soon engaged in designing and applying the climate change adaptation measures as part of Turkmenistan’s efforts to strengthen resilience of water management practices to climate change at the national and local level. This work will be facilitated by some twenty moderators and facilitators trained for this purpose at a five-day Community Mobilization Training organized with the support of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Turkmenistan...

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