Today, on June 18, a meeting of the Coordinating Council of Development Partners was held in the hall of the executive body of the state authority of the Khatlon region, chaired by Chairman of the Khatlon region Davlatali Said. The meeting was attended by members of the Coordinating Council of Development Partners, heads and representatives of international organizations and other development partners, heads of relevant regional organizations and offices. The purpose of the event is to discuss issues that need to be addressed, evaluate the results of project implementation, identify further development priorities and attract the attention of development partners in order to increase funds for the implementation of strategic goals and priorities of the country. The meeting was opened by Chairman of the Khatlon region Davlatali Said with an introductory speech. The Chairman of the Khatlon region stressed that the executive authorities of the Khatlon region, despite the ongoing events in the global economy and the negative impact of external factors, in particular, the spread of infectious diseases, the aggravation of geopolitical conflicts, sanctions, trade conflicts, as well as the consequences of climate change, as a result, the effective implementation of economic reforms, the implementation of strategies and programs for at the local level, including the successful implementation of the Khatlon Region's Economic and Social Development Program for 2021-2025, It has maintained a positive trend in the development of regional leaders. — We are pleased to say that together with you we will solve the main issues of the economic and social sphere of the region, especially education, healthcare, industry, transport, agriculture, supply of high-quality seeds, breeding of high-breeding animals, improvement of the situation. land reclamation, pest control, housing and communal services, supply of drinking water to the population, taking all measures and timely implementation of strategies and programs at the republican, sectoral and local levels, relevant paragraphs of the minutes of the meeting of the National Development Council under the leadership of the Founder of Peace and National Unity - Leader of the Nation, President of the Republic of Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon, which took place on June 13, 2024 a year with the participation of development partners. We also consider it necessary to discuss ways to increase human potential, introduce modern digital technologies into public administration, build intercity and intercity roads in the region and coordinate further steps of cooperation with you. in all areas of economic and social development of the region," said Davlatali Said, Chairman of the Khatlon region. It was said that the contribution of development partners, including the World Bank, the Asian Development Bank, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the Islamic Development Bank, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), the German Development Bank, the Saudi Development Fund, the United Nations Development Program, the International Fund Agricultural development and other international organizations are of great importance in the economic and social progress of the Khatlon region and the implementation of local-level programs. As it was noted, to date, 44 state investment projects have been implemented in the Khatlon region with the involvement of foreign capital, within the framework of which more than 974.6 million dollars have been realized for the purchase of goods, works and services in the fields of education, health, agriculture, irrigation, housing and communal services, energy, transport, ecology, emergencies and tourism. At the same time, Ozan Sevimli, Chairman of the Coordinating Council of Development Partners, Head of the World Bank Group, spoke about the contribution of development partners and national goals and priorities. Chairman of the Khatlon region Davlatali Said called on development partners to make a greater contribution to the implementation of sustainable development in extremely sensitive and rapidly changing conditions of the global economy in order to implement further development priorities of the region. Also present at the meeting were Imai Seizu, Head of the Japan International Cooperation Agency in the Republic of Tajikistan, Kovin Dean, Deputy Head of the United States Agency for International Development in the Republic of Tajikistan (USAID), Parvati Ramaswamy, UN Humanitarian Representative Coordinator in Tajikistan Shanni Campbell, Permanent Representative of the Asian Development Bank in Tajikistan (ADB), Tatyana Evstifeeva, specialist ADB Public Relations, Gazidavlat Coimdodov, The Permanent Representative of the Aga Khan Development Organization in Tajikistan and others spoke and expressed the readiness of development partners. to support goals and priorities. Chairman of the Khatlon Region Davlatali Said concluded the meeting and called on the country's development partners to cooperate and support the Khatlon region at the national, sectoral and local levels in order to mobilize and allocate additional funds for the full and effective implementation of the development strategy and program. Photo: information and analytical department of the office of the Chairman of the Khatlon region
