Russia allocated $8.5 million for two projects in Belarus and Uzbekistan
The Government of Russia allocated $8.5 million to Belarus and Uzbekistan for two projects:
$3.5 million was allocated to Belarus for the project that will help enhance efforts to nationalize and localize the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). A joint initiative by UNDP, UNICEF, UNFPA, and WHO, the project aims to develop the capacity of the National institutional mechanism for achieving the SDGs, integrate them in the system of national and regional planning and develop monitoring at the national and local levels. The SDG Accelerators will be a cross-cutting instrument present in all components of the project.
In Uzbekistan, $5 million will go to support local communities’ livelihoods and development in the Aral Sea region. The project ‘Enhancing the resilience of the local population and promoting the green, inclusive development of the most vulnerable communities of the Aral region’ aims to increase the productive capacity of the agricultural sector and ensure the resilience of local farmers to climate change in the target areas of Karakalpakstan. It also helps build their capacity to export local products internationally, improve social infrastructure and ensure rural communities' access to basic social services.
The funding to both projects is provided outside the Russia-UNDP Trust Fund for Development.