Joint Strategic Coordination Committee endorsed work plans for 2025

The Cabinet of Ministers of the Kyrgyz Republic and the United Nations system in the Kyrgyz Republic convened for a meeting of the Joint Strategic Coordination Committee under the United Nations Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework 2023-2027 (Cooperation Framework). The meeting was co-chaired by the Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers, H.E. Adylbek Kasymaliev, and UN Resident Coordinator, Ms. Antje Grawe.

The meeting's main objective was to review the progress made in 2024 and to endorse joint priorities for 2025, which are reflected in the newly adopted Joint Work Plans 2025.

In his remarks, the Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers, H.E. Adylbek Kasymaliev, expressed appreciation for the United Nations system’s longstanding and productive cooperation with the Kyrgyz Republic. He emphasized that “the support of international development partners will be essential for the effective implementation of all goals of the 2030 National Development Program.”

Ms. Antje Grawe, UN Resident Coordinator in the Kyrgyz Republic, emphasized: “With today’s endorsement of the Joint Work Plans 2025, we reaffirm our collective commitment to accelerate SDG progress in Kyrgyzstan and to leave no one behind, in full alignment with national priorities.”

The United Nations Country Team in the Kyrgyz Republic, comprising 27 UN agencies, funds, and programs under the leadership of the UN Resident Coordinator, supports the Government in advancing national development priorities and accelerating progress toward the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) through the Cooperation Framework 2023-2027. Aligned with Kyrgyzstan’s national development strategies, the Cooperation Framework is implemented through Joint Work Plans, focused on four strategic priority areas: (1) quality social services and decent work; (2) inclusive, green socio-economic development; (3) climate action, disaster risk management and environmental protection; and (4) just, accountable and inclusive institutions and a civil society for peace, cohesion and human rights.

The draft Work Plans 2025 were discussed in February this year through broad-based national consultations involving representatives from key government institutions, civil society, labor organizations, the private sector, and development partners.

The Joint Strategic Steering Committee of the Government of Kyrgyzstan and the United Nations serves as the highest governing body of the Cooperation Framework, providing strategic direction and oversight for UN–Government cooperation.

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