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The Investment Case for Reforming the Child Benefits System in Uzbekistan
Over the past two decades, the child benefits system in Uzbekistan has evolved to reflect a targeted approach that reaches out only to the poorest and most vulnerable children. However, given that Uzbekistan is at the early demographic transition stage, expanded investment in children, including through an equitab...
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UNICEF and the Ministry of Finance launched training on child sensitive public finance management
Tashkent, May 26, 2022, - UNICEF Uzbekistan, in partnership with the Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Uzbekistan, today launched a training programme to improve public spending across child-sensitive social sectors. The training, which targets staff members of the Ministry of Finance and other line ministries of the social sector such as education, social…, For more information, please contact:, Saidbek Djurabekov Social Policy Officer (P...
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Uzbekistan enhances the social protection system through digitalization of the process to get social protection without barriers
TASHKENT, 10 March 2022, –Today, UNICEF Uzbekistan handed the Social Protection Single Registry (SPSR) over to the Ministry of Finance implying that the ministry carries sole responsibility to run, maintain and administer the system. The Single Registry, the management information system that was jointly develo...
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Uzbekistan: Government and the UN Conclude the First Joint Programme of the Joint SDG Fund
TASHKENT, 25 February 2022, – The Government of Uzbekistan in partnership with the UN agencies concluded its first UN Joint Programme sponsored by the Joint SDG Fund. Three sister agencies - the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), International Labour Organisation (ILO) and the United Nations Development Prog...
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Community-based social services contribute to enhancing social protection in Uzbekistan
TASHKENT, 14 June 2021, – The Ministry of Mahalla and Family Support of the Republic of Uzbekistan and UNICEF has today jointly launched a project on integrated social services delivery. Applying the best international practices in planning, implementation, delivery, and monitoring of community-based social servic...
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UNICEF contributes to enhancement of Single Registry for Social Protection in Uzbekistan
TASHKENT, 29 January 2021, – UNICEF handed over 300 items of office equipment worth 1.27 billion Uzbek Sum to the Extrabudgetary Pension Fund of the Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Uzbekistan. It will be used to enhance the work of the Single Registry for Social Protection (Single Registry), an information ...
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An assessment of the social protection system in Uzbekistan
This report provides an assessment of the social protection system, including an inventory of Uzbekistan’s main social protection (SP) programmes as well as an analysis of their appropriateness, effectiveness, responsiveness and cost-efficiency and fiscal and financial sustainability. It identifies the main streng...
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The pattern of public investment in children in Uzbekistan
The purpose of this report is to analyze the current pattern of public investment in children in Uzbekistan and to develop recommendations for its improvement based on the world's best practices for assessing the adequacy of public investment in children.
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UNICEF statement on presidential decree "On additional measures for social support of the population" aimed at mitigating the negative impact of the coronavirus pandemic
TASHKENT, 27 August 2020, - UNICEF welcomes presidential decree "On additional measures for social support of the population" as a timely measure to mitigate the negative impact of the coronavirus pandemic and a step towards improving the social protection system in Uzbekistan. "There is ample international evidence suggesting that the incidence and burden of additional…
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Social protection without barriers
Malika Qosimova kneels in the living room of her single-storey house, rolling dough for the traditional vegetable parcels that will feed three generations of her family. She lives in a rural area of Sirdaryo, Eastern Uzbekistan. When low income households like hers need financial support, it’s common practice for ...
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Building a national social protection system fit for Uzbekistan’s children and youth
The “Building a national social protection system fit for Uzbekistan’s children and young people” unveils findings of the analysis assessing effectiveness of the current social protection system. The report proposes the innovative system reforms, with a focus on children and youth, that will enhance effectiveness ...
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Uzbekistan to enhance social work for the well-being of vulnerable children and families
Tashkent hosted a Forum to discuss "Strengthening social work in ensuring the well-being of children and families in Uzbekistan" on 21-22 November 2019. The event, organised by the Republican Center for Social Adaptation of Children, Sen Yolgiz Emassan Foundation, Oila center, Ministries of Health, Public Educat...