Water Management Skills Development in Uzbekistan

01.01.2011 - 28.02.2015

The project focuses on professional colleges in rural areas of Andijan, Namangan, Fergana and Tashkent provinces. Approximately 1500 pupils participated in the new educational programme, enabling them to meet the requirements of the labour market and learn about new technological standards. At a later stage and based on the results of the experience gained at the 11 colleges, the programme will be introduced at a further 200 colleges throughout the country.

Automatisierung der Wasserversorgung im Ferghana-Tal

01.08.2010 - 31.12.2013

Central Asia Regional Water Information Base

01.08.2010 - 29.02.2012

Uzbekistan: Water Resources Management Sector Project

15.02.2010 - 31.12.2015

In Uzbekistan agricultural production almost entirely depends on irrigation. The country is therefore compelled to using existing water resources much more efficiently, especially in irrigation, which consumes over 90% of the water. After the collapse of the Soviet Union the region inherited huge irrigation schemes, and the associated storage facilities were all managed centrally at that time. The newly independent states inherited a system of inefficient water management, seriously deteriorated infrastructure and poor institutional settings all coupled with the prevailing arid geo-climatic features of the region.

EC-IFAS: Organisation de l'utilisation de l'eau

01.02.2010 - 30.06.2012

Rural Water Supply and Sanitation in the Ferghana Valley

01.01.2010 - 31.12.2013

En 2001, la DDC débuta un Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Project en Ouzbékistan. Il a été évalué positivement en 2003, donnant lieu à deux nouvelles phases en Ouzbékistan (2003-2007). Début 2007, une évaluation externe a permis de valider la pertinence et l’impact du projet et d’ajuster les objectifs du nouveau projet régional "Water Supply and Sanitation" en Ouzbékistan et au Tadjikistan (début de la phase principale en juillet 2007). Les principaux ajustements visent à améliorer l’environnement permettant la réplication et l’expansion de cette approche.

Uzbekistan: Rural Enterprise Support Project (RESPII) - Ph. I

01.03.2009 - 28.02.2012

Agriculture is one of the major components of the economy of Uzbekistan. Approximately 64 percent of the country’s population lives in rural areas. Around 32 percent of the labor force is directly employed in agriculture. In addition, the agricultural sector has a direct impact on and relationship with many other areas of the economy generating 70 percent of domestic trade and servicing 90 percent of the domestic demand for agricultural products.

Global Mountain Forum

01.10.2008 - 31.12.2012

IFC Financial Inclusion for Growth

15.04.2019 - 14.04.2023

The Financial Inclusion for Growth Project (FIG) seeks to improve access to credit, payments and savings for individuals and businesses through formal (financial) institutions in a responsible manner. The FIG is implemented by the International Finance Corporation.

Global Trade Facilitation Program

17.12.2018 - 16.12.2022

Trade is a key stimulus to economic growth and fundamental to the competitiveness of developing country firms and industries. With appropriate policies and programs, trade is a major source of employment and enhanced consumer welfare for the poor.

Global Financial Infrastructure Programme

01.01.2015 - 31.12.2020

The Global Financial Infrastructure Programme (hereafter, the programme) will support the development and creation of well-functioning financial markets in SECO?s priority countries. With a specific focus on credit reporting and secured transaction, the programme will facilitate financial inclusion and foster responsible access to finance. It will be implemented by the the International Finance Corporation (IFC).

Syrdarya Water Supply Project

30.05.2012 - 31.12.2021

In 2011, the World Bank approved a large water management project in the predominantly rural Syrdarya region with a WB-IDA-share of USD 88 million, in which the participation of the Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs SECO with a parallel financing was sought. The SECO project is a complementary and self-contained operation. It comprises (i) an investment component aimed at the rehabilitation of the Beshbulok water pumping station and its well fields, a backbone of regional water supply and of Gulistan the capital of Syrdarya province (260'000 inhabitants). It also includes targeted physical investment measures in selected villages in the vicinity of Beshbulok- and (ii) an institutional component consisting of a corporate development programme for three pilot water utilities (Bukhara, Samarkand, Syrdarya) and a limited number of selective and targeted regulatory framework measures. The objective of the institutional component is the creation of a sound basis for financial and operational sustainability of the three water utilities.