UN, Development Partners discuss joining forces in support of Turkmenistan’s development priorities

Opening the meeting, Dmitry Shlapachenko, UN Resident Coordinator in Turkmenistan, expressed his gratitude to representatives of the Development Partners in providing coherent support in strengthening the national systems to respond to and address the ongoing socio-economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.

He noted: “I would like to stress that most of the UN and Development Partners’ programs of support to the country pursue similar goals for a prosperous, inclusive, and resilient Turkmenistan”.

The Co-Chairs of five Results Groups formed under UN Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework 2021-2025 from the UN presented the main achievements of 2021 in the following five domains:

1. People-centered Governance and Rule of Law

2. Sustainable economic diversification, competitive private and financial sectors, enhanced trade and investment promotion

3. Disaster Risk Reduction, Climate change adaptation and increased resilience  

4. Quality, inclusive affordable health and social protection services

5. Quality, inclusive and affordable education and skilling systems

The Development partners reviewed the potential areas of partnerships and agreed on the mechanisms of coordination of the partnership. All participants confirmed that the coordination platform proved to be efficient for sharing information, experiences, and views to ensure coherence in joint approaches to address the development challenges of Turkmenistan.