Central Asia SDG's Platform

Implementing organisation: UNDP
Duration: 07/07/2021 – 06/07/2024
Total budget: in € 1,000,000.00
EU contribution: in € 1,000,000.00
Project partner: United Nations Development Programme
Location: Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, and Turkmenistan
Keywords: SDGs Platform, Central Asia, knowledge-sharing platform
Contract number: ACA/ 2021 /424-118
Project description
The overall objective of the project is to contribute to sustainable development through a knowledge-sharing platform supporting Central Asian countries to track and adjust key socio-economic policies by monitoring SDG progress and financing as well as improving the effectiveness of regional EU programmes towards this goal.
Main target groups
Population of Central Asian countries, including marginalized and excluded groups of people.
Expected results
Outcome 1/Expected Result 1: Contribution to SDGs achievement through modelling effectiveness of the socio-economic policies and their contribution to achieve SDGs is provided
Outcome 2/Expected Result 2: Contribution to coordination of effort in assessing national financial gaps using the Integrated National Financing Framework (INFF) methodology and ongoing Development Finance Assessments and stimulating regional exchange of best practices is provided
Outcome 3/Expected Result 3: Evidence-based policymaking and tracking of SDG progress and contribution of the EU regional programmes in SDG achievement, focusing on policies with transboundary impact, including environment, water, biodiversity, trade, and social development (gender equality with tools is applied)
Outcome 4/Expected Result 4: Key SDG progress showing possible trends and hotspots in CA countries is visualized with the use of innovative practices
Programme Launch
The Programme was launched on 22 November 2021 in the UN House, Almaty.