Turkmenistan

Region: Asia and the Pacific
  • Local community meeting in Dashoguz

    Empowering and Engaging the Youth to Mitigate the Multi-Dimensional Threats of the Health Pandemic

    Duration: August 2021 - April 2023
    Budget: US$US$ 720,304
    Implementing Agencies: UNFPA (lead), IOM, UNICEF, UNODC

    As a landlocked country with an economy heavily dependent on oil and gas revenue, the sharp decline in global hydrocarbon prices and supply chain disruptions triggered by COVID-19 pandemic has significantly affected theĀ national economy, as well as the daily lives of people in Turkmenistan, particularly those most vulnerable.
     

     

     
  • Three girls wearing traditional clothing sit on wooden chairs in front of a computer and a projector. There are older men and women standing around watching them. There are posters hanging on the wall.

    Improvement of the quality of social services and infrastructure and reproductive health for refugees and host communities

    Duration: November 2006 - December 2009
    Budget: US$1,236,598
    Implementing Agencies: UNHCR, UNFPA

    The overall goal of the programme was to support the integration of refugees from Tajikistan and Afghanistan into Turkmenistan. Beyond obtaining Turkmen citizenship, integration however required improving perceptions amongst host and refugee communities, as well as building the capacity of refugees to actively contribute to the economic and social life of their host communities.