From May 13 to 14, Mirjana Egger, Assistant Administrator of UNDP, Director of the UNDP Regional Bureau for Europe and the CIS, will visit Uzbekistan to meet with key national partners and discuss the contribution of UNDP in promoting national development priorities, including the implementation of Agenda 2030.

In particular, during her first visit to Uzbekistan, Mirjana Egger will meet with representatives of ministries as well as other relevant departments to discuss development and cooperation between UNDP and Uzbekistan in such areas as countering corruption, improving governance, employment, women’s empowerment, judicial reform and environmental protection.

Mirjana Egger will take part in the launch of the new UNDP project “Promoting youth employment in Uzbekistan”, which will be carried out jointly with the Ministry of Employment and Labor Relations, as well as in the Regional Anti-Corruption Innovation Forum in Tashkent.

The UNDP in Uzbekistan has been operating since 1993 and cooperates with the government in finding solutions to the problems impeding national development. In Uzbekistan, UNDP works in three areas - sustainable economic development, public administration, climate change adaptation and environmental protection.