Joint Strategic Coordination Committee endorsed work plans for 2023-2024

On March 24, 2023, the Cabinet of Ministers of the Kyrgyz Republic and the United Nations system in the Kyrgyz Republic met under the auspices of the Joint Strategic Coordination Committee for the new United Nations Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework 2023-2027 (Cooperation Framework). The meeting was co-chaired by the Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers, Akylbek Japarov, and UN Resident Coordinator, Antje Grawe.

The meeting's main objective was to endorse the Cooperation Framework's Joint Work Plans for 2023-2024.

In his opening remarks, Chair of the Cabinet of Ministers, Akylbek Japarov, expressed gratitude to the UN system for the support and expressed commitment to continuing the comprehensive cooperation. He emphasized the relevance of the Joint Work Plans for the improvement of lives of people and creating better conditions for development, especially in the light of the ongoing reforms.

“We are entering a new era of an even more inclusive and comprehensive partnership with Kyrgyzstan on the basis of our new five-year Cooperation Framework - a pivotal tool in our collective pursuit of sustainable and equitable and just development in line with national development priorities and the 2030 Agenda. Through the Joint Work Plans, we aim to address complex development issues in the interest of the people and the planet, while reaching the most vulnerable first and leaving no one behind. As we work with the Government, parliament, civil society, private sector, youth, academia and others to support Kyrgyzstan in achieving its ambitious development objectives, we will continue to be guided by the urgency to achieve the SDGs by 2030,” UN Resident Coordinator Antje Grawe stated.

She emphasized that the Cooperation Framework represents the basis for the UN’s development cooperation with Kyrgyzstan in four priority areas:

1. Quality social services;
2. Green socio-economic development;
3. Climate action and disaster risk management; and
4. Governance, human rights & gender equality, social cohesion & peace.

In January and February 2023, the Joint Work Plans were discussed at national consultations with representatives of relevant State institutions, civil society, labor organizations, private sector and other partners.

The Joint Strategic Steering Committee of the Government of Kyrgyzstan and the United Nations is the highest governing body of the United Nations Cooperation Framework for Sustainable Development.