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Uzbekistan and UNFPA

   The previous UNFPA country programme (2005-2009) was approved for $4 million: $2.7 million from regular resources and $1.3 million from other resources.
In the area of reproductive health, the programme strengthened the capacity of the health system to provide high-quality reproductive and maternal health care. The programme improved the quality of services at the primary-care level by training health-care providers, developing policies and guidelines, and providing essential equipment. It also helped to establish a viable system for emergency obstetric care, and strengthened the contraceptive logistics system.
The programme helped to increase the knowledge of young people about sexual and reproductive health and the prevention of HIV and AIDS through peer education and the media. The programme supported life skills-based education for in-school youth. UNFPA also helped to build the national technical capacity to collect, analyse and use population information for socio-economic policies and strategies.
Lessons learned include the need to: (a) increase the national technical capacity to plan, implement, coordinate and monitor programme implementation; (b) improve the skills of national partners in integrating population and development; (c) take into account the difficulty of involving civil society in the programme and the lack of reliable data on poverty, employment, health and other population-related issues; and (d) improve the coordination of programme interventions among government entities and international and bilateral donors.
The proposed country programme has been harmonized with the programmes of the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and UNDP. The Government participated actively in the programme preparation process and in the development of the United Nations Development Framework (UNDAF).
The UNFPA programme takes into account national development policies, the goals and objectives of the International Conference on Population and Development and its five- and ten-year reviews, the Millennium Development Goals and the UNFPA strategic plan, 2008-2011. The programme will mainstream humanitarian concerns and security risks, including the impact of the global economic crisis and environmental concerns. It will emphasize partnership, coordination and joint programming.
The goal of the UNFPA country programme is to improve the quality of life in Uzbekistan by supporting the following UNDAF outcomes: (a) the economic well-being of vulnerable groups is improved; (b) enhanced access to and utilization of high-quality, essential social services; and (c) the effectiveness, inclusiveness and accountability of government at national and local levels are enhanced.
The country programme has three components: (a) reproductive health and rights; (b) population and development; and (c) gender equality. Increasing access to high-quality reproductive and maternal health services and promoting reproductive rights will be the focus of the reproductive health and rights component. In the area of population and development, the programme will seek to strengthen the national capacity to incorporate population factors into national development frameworks. In the area of gender equality, the programme will focus on improving national mechanisms to implement the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women. Interventions related to young people, marginalized and excluded populations, emergency preparedness, and humanitarian responses to natural calamities are addressed throughout the programme.