UN and Turkmenistan discuss the results of the Partnership agreement

The meeting co-chaired by the UN Resident Coordinator and the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and comprised of Deputy ministers representing 18 national ministries, Youth Union, Women’s Union and heads of UN Agencies, reviewed the reports by the co-chairs of the Results Groups on the 2019 accomplishments and discussed plans for 2020.

The annual meeting of NSCC followed the series of meetings of the Results Groups formed under five strategic areas: quality data and progress monitoring; quality, inclusive social services; environmental sustainability and energy efficiency; employment, economic diversification, and trade; governance and rule of law.

The participants were informed that the UN system signed with the Government of Turkmenistan the co-financing agreements totaling USD 12,676,482 for the implementation of projects in 2019-2020; the government has also allocated approximately $ 17 million to procure vaccines and premixes for fortifying flour through UNICEF.

“The achieved 2019 results and plans for 2020 once again emphasize the effectiveness of our strategic cooperation for the sustainable development of the country”, noted Ms. Elena Panova, UN Resident Coordinator in Turkmenistan.

As UN and the Government of Turkmenistan are in the process of approving new Cooperation Framework for 2021-2025, the members of the NSCC also discussed the new UN Country Team Configuration for the next programme cycle.