UNDP Uzbekistan

Today Tashkent hosted the International Conference on the role of small business and private enterprises. Mr. Haoliang Xu, Deputy Regional Director for Europe and the CIS made a speech at the event and noted that from UNDP’s perspective it is particularly important that businesses from multi-national corporations, to micro, small and medium size enterprises, generate the growth that supports MDG achievement. Therefore, UNDP works alongside government partners and the private sector on inclusive growth and sustainable development. more

24 rural farmers are now part of a network of agriculture consultants providing consultancy services to rural population and solutions to the problems they might face in application of new agricultural practices more

Result-oriented budgeting is a new approach in the planning and execution of the state budget, where budget performance is assessed not in terms of its execution, but in terms of achieving ultimate goals and results - said Botir Pardaev, Head of Treasury of the Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Uzbekistan at the opening of the seminar devoted to the result-oriented budgeting. – Applying this approach not only takes into account the “where”s and “what”s to be spent on the budget funds but rather what the end result will be obtained. more

Millions of lives are saved each year through blood transfusions. According to WHO estimates, every third person at least once in his /her lifetime needs donor blood. At the same time, the HIV/AIDS epidemic has focused particular attention on the importance of preventing transfusion-transmitted infections as up to 3% of HIV infections worldwide are transmitted through the transfusion of contaminated blood and blood products. Therefore, ensuring donor blood safety is one of the key elements in preventing the spread of many blood-transmitted infections, including HIV. In this regard, the Republic of Uzbekistan adopted a number of legislative documents on improving donor blood services. more