Green Central Asia: Transboundary dialogue on climate, environment and security in Central Asia and Afghanistan

2021 - 2024

The Green Central Asia Regional Programme aims at improving access to information and risk analyses in order to enable participating countries to assess the impact of climate change more accurately and to take preventive measures. At the same time, dialogue fora and workshops are meant to increase states´ resilience and decision-makers’ ability to adequately address security hazards resulting from climate change at national and regional level. It promotes conflict prevention and trans-boundary cooperation. Support is also provided to develop the capacity of partner institutions in the field of environmental management.

Hydro4u- Sustainable small-scale hydropower in Central Asia

2021 - 2026

Hydro4U is a project funded under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme. Under the coordination of Technical University of Munich, 13 partners from 8 countries are collaborating to boost sustainable small-scale hydropower in Central Asia. Eco-friendly hydropower solutions will be implemented in two demonstration plants in Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan.

Regional programme on integrative and climate sensitive land use in Central Asia II (ILUCA II)

2021 - 2026

Follow-up phase of Regional programme for sustainable and climate sensitive land use for economic development in Central Asia

Promoting women’s economic empowerment in the energy sector in Central Asia

2021 - 2028

The OSCE project on promoting women’s economic empowerment in the energy sector aims to address this imbalance and help OSCE participating States in Central Asia advance both their energy sustainability and gender-equality goals, tapping into the job creation potential of the energy transition.

Orientation of infrastructure investments towards the goals of the Paris Agreement and the 2030 Agenda in Central and Southeast Asia (SIPA)

2021 - 2026

The project supports partner countries in prioritizing infrastructure projects that are compatible with long-term, low-emission and resilient development goals.

Strengthening the World Biodiversity Council IPBES by capacity building in the EECCA region

2021 - 2024

The Intergovernmental Platform for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) provides assessments on the global status of biodiversity and presents options for its conservation and sustainable use. The project strengthened the uptake of IPBES findings into decisions in environmental and conservation policy in the partner countries.

Enhancing the conservation of flagship migratory mammal species of Central Asia through climate-informed management and decision making

2021 - 2025

Migratory species in Central Asia are highly vulnerable to climate change. As a result of changing migration patterns, protected areas are rendered ineffective. Changes in the use of pastures (extension of grazing periods and shifting grazing areas to higher elevations) are ex-pected to lead to increased human-wildlife conflicts. In order to increase the resilience of people and wildlife in Central Asia to climate change ecosystem-based adaptation (EbA) measures and climate change-informed wildlife management will be tested in pilot sites.

Inclusive and Climate Investments finance in the Livestock sector of Uzbekistan

2021 - 2025

The project aims at promoting the sustainable and climate compliant development of the Uzbek livestock sector by supporting selected investments through credit, additional financial products and Technical Assistance to stakeholders and final beneficiaries. The instruments are a credit line to the Republic of Uzbekistan (represented by Ministry of Finance, MoF) on-lent to 4 participating financial institutions (PFI) for provision of Climate smart investment and additional support targeted at improving the access to investments and credit for smallholders with the support of national guarantees as collateral and interest subsidies from the National Fund for Entrepreneurship Support (NFES).

Solar IPP

2021 -

100 MW solar photovoltaic (PV) plant located in Samarkand region promoted by Total Eren.

Horezm Water Project

2021 -

The provision of a sovereign loan of up to US$ 60 million (€50 million) to the Republic of Uzbekistan to be on-lent and/or granted to the water utility Limited Liability Company Xorazm Suv Ta'minoti, formerly known as the State Unitary Enterprise Horezm Suvokova to finance the Company's Priority Investment Programme (PIP). The PIP includes such investments in water and wastewater infrastructure of Khoresmoblast as the construction of new water intakes and renewal of pumping stations, water and wastewater treatment facilities, and the installation of household and bulk meters. These components are aimed at improving water quality, access to safe drinking water and wastewater treatment services.

Sirdarya 1,500MW CCGT Power Project

2021 -

The Project involves the design, engineering, construction, operation, maintenance, and transfer of a 1,500MW greenfield combined-cycle gas turbine (CCGT) plant and associated infrastructure to be implemented as an Independent Power Producer (IPP) facility. The Project is being developed by ACWA Power, through a Project Company, which has entered into a 25-year Power Purchase Agreement with JSC National Electric Networks of Uzbekistan (NENU) in March 2020.

Namangan Regional Water and Wastewater Project

2021 -

Provision of a sovereign loan of up to USD 70 million (EUR 63 million) to the Republic of Uzbekistan for the benefit of Limited liability company Namangan Suv Ta'minoti, formerly known as State Unitary Enterprise Namangan Suvokova (the "Company") to finance the rehabilitation of water and wastewater infrastructure in the Namangan Region (the "Project").

Namangan Water Project

2021 -

The provision of a sovereign loan of up to US$ 60 million (€50 million) to the Republic of Uzbekistan to be on-lent and/or granted to the water utility Limited Liability Company Namangan Suv Ta'minoti, formerly known as the State Unitary Enterprise Namangan Suvokova to finance its Priority Investment Programme (PIP). The PIP includes such investments in water and wastewater infrastructure of Namangan oblast as the rehabilitation of water and wastewater networks and pumping stations, the construction of water and wastewater treatment plants, laboratory equipment and the extension of metering coverage in the city of Namangan. These components are aimed at improving water quality, access to safe drinking water and wastewater treatment services.

Tashkent Water Improvement Project

2021 -

The provision of a sovereign loan of up to US$ 30 million (€25 million) to the Republic of Uzbekistan to be on-lent and/or granted to the water utility Limited Liability Company Toshkent Shahar Suv Ta'minoti, formerly known as the State Unitary Enterprise SuvSoz to finance its Priority Investment Programme (PIP). The PIP includes such investments in water and wastewater infrastructure of the City of Tashkent as construction of a waste water collector, installation of pumps, valves and pressure regulators.

Promoting sustainable economic development: Support for economic reforms and sustainable economic development in regions of Uzbekistan

2021 - 2025

The project contributes to the implementation of economic policy reform in agriculture and tourism as well as in related industries such as handicrafts and silk production. It promotes inclusive growth and sustainable economic development with a focus on rural areas. At the same time, it helps to create employment and income-generating opportunities. The project focuses on the region of Karakalpakstan and on the three regions in the Fergana Valley – Namangan, Andijan and Fergana.