2. Pillars of UNDP Programme in
Uzbekistan
Economic
Governance
and Poverty
Reduction
Environment
and Energy
Democratic
Governance
3. Economic governance and poverty
reduction
Economic Governance
and Poverty Reduction
Area Based
Development
Programme
UNDAF
Outcome3
UNDAF
Outcome
2
UNDAF
Outcome4
UNDAF
Outcome1
4. ABD Areas of Intervention
• Support to local development planning
• Support to communities to set up self-help
schemes and rehabilitate essential social
services
• Support to income generation, microfinance
and job creation
5. Rural Communities
Intended Target Groups
RURAL COMMUNITIES
women home-
based workers
elderly
people with
disabilities
people HIV
positive
children
Labor
migrants and
families
6. Relevant UNDAF Outcomes
• Outcome 1-economic well-being of vulnerable
groups (children, women home-based workers, etc)
• Outcome 2-enhance access to and utilization of
relevant essential quality social services
• Outcome 3-integrate the principles of sustainable
development into the countries policies and
programmes
• Outcome 4-effectiveness, inclusiveness and
accountability of government at central and local
levels
7. Reflections on results
• Menu of standardised costs and benefits for
rehabilitation of rural communities social
infrastructure
• Prototype for establishment and operation of self-
sustainable Business Development Centres
• Prototype for start-up of micro-enterprises
• Prototype for community development planning
process
• Prototype for communities field farm schools
8. Links with other programmes
• Irrigation and Water Management Programme (joint
study tours, trainings)
• Local Governance Support Project (shared
methodology for formulation of Regional
Development Strategies)
• Fair Trade project (co-ordination of small grants to
micro-enterprises)
9. Current and future opportunities
• Concept Note for new funding by Russian Federation
currently in the pipeline
• Development of case-studies to attract additional donor funding and
support argument for scaling-up currently in progress
• Idea of a standing working committee with key national and local partners
to initiate policy dialogue on system-wide scaling-up of successfully
piloted prototypes should be explored
• Link ABD project micro-activities to promote use of renewable energy
sources in communities to broader UNDP CO initiatives for attraction of
funding in this sphere
10. Possible Regional Cooperation
• Co-ordinate resources to develop and promote case studies to donors as a
region for fundraising advocacy
• Explore launching of a cross-country twinning programme among target
communities
• Joint assessment of comparative advantages in niches of expertise
• Launch cross-country peer reviews of change processes to enhance quality
assurance of the programme across the region
11. Issues and Challenges
Is the context supportive of an ABD focus on ‘sustainable development’?
How can we pull resources across practices and develop a ‘cross-practice’
management approach?
Which areas and population groups should be targeted?
What strategic positioning/actions are needed for system-wide scaling up?
How do we link with donors?
