UNDP Resident Representative to visit Karakalpakstan

Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) -- From 26 to 27 September 2019, Ms. Matilda Dimovska, Permanent Representative of the United Nations Development Program in Uzbekistan, will visit the Republic of Karakalpakstan to get acquainted with the Aral Sea region, the government’s efforts to prevent the effects of the environmental crisis, and activities UNDP in the northern part of the region.

In particular, during her first visit to Karakalpakstan, Ms. Matilda Dimovska will meet with representatives of Jokarga Kenes and the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Karakalpakstan to discuss current results and future prospects for cooperation with UNDP, as well as to identify priorities for cooperation in supporting communities living in the Aral Sea region .

On 26 September, Ms. Dimovska will take part in the launching ceremony of the new UNDP and UNESCO project “Solving the pressing problems of human security in the Aral Sea region by promoting sustainable rural development”, funded by the UN Multi-partner Trust Fund for Human Security for the Aral Sea region, which will be held in Nukus.

The visit program includes visits to facilities, where measures are being taken to adapt local farms to the effects of climate change at a landscape level, improve social infrastructure, create sources of income, provide access to improved medical services and a number of other measures in the Takhtakupyr, Muynak and Shumanai districts of Karakalpakstan as part of the UNDP project and the Adaptation Fund “Ensuring Climate Stability of Farmers and Dekhkan Farms Located in the Dry Areas of Uzbekistan” and the Council UN program “Strengthening the resilience of the population affected by the Aral Sea crisis through the creation of the Multi-Partnership Fund for Human Security for the Aral Sea Region”.

UNDP in Uzbekistan has been operating since 1993 and cooperates with the government in three areas - sustainable social and economic development, public administration, adaptation to climate change and environmental protection.