UNDP Uzbekistan

Recognizing that no empowerment initiative can yield sufficient results without adequate capacity, UNDP is initiating a wide range of activities aimed at equipping the beneficiaries with basic skills and knowledge. Among such activities are: organization of training on various personal and professional development topics in all the regions of Uzbekistan as well as promoting discussions and debates techniques aimed at enhancing critical thinking and persuasion skills. more

Social innovation can be defined as anything from ideas to products and services that are new, meet existing needs in society, and create new relationships or collaborations between people. Social innovation is becoming increasingly important in all sectors of society, whether NGOs, social enterprises or public administration departments. This includes the work of the United Nations, where social innovation has the potential to engender more inclusive, creative or efficient development projects particularly at a community level. more

Develop your own project to address social challenge in your community! Social entrepreneurs around the globe have created initiatives to empower marginalized parts of society or strengthen communities. It takes a simple idea and someone passionate and willing to try it out. The “Social Innovation Lab” invites you to 2-days workshop. It aims at supporting you in development of a concept for an enterprise or project that addresses a social challenge that you care about. more

Heads and instructors of dog-handling services representing border management and drug control agencies from five countries of Central Asia shared experience in dog-training, discussed management planning and ways to improve dog-handlers’ training in searching, as well as drugs and explosive material detection. They also discussed the idea of creating a coordination committee of dog-handling services from border guard, customs and drug control agencies of Central Asia. more