Eng - UNDP in Tajikistan

DEVELOPMENT PARTNER PROFILE
Bilateral
UK Department for International Development
Contact: Mr. Dylan Winder
Head, DFID Tajikistan
Tel: 224-22-21 Fax: 227-17-26
E-mail: DF-Winder@dfid.gov.uk
Website: www.dfid.gov.uk
Organization Profile
The Department for International Development (DFID) is the UK Government department responsible for promoting sustainable
development, reducing poverty and achieving millennium development goals. DFID started its bilateral programmes in Tajikistan in 2003.
The DFID office in Tajikistan is based in the British Embassy, Dushanbe.
DFID works in partnership with the Government of Tajikistan and international donor community to support a country driven, result oriented,
poverty reduction programme. DFID supports the adoption of the DAC Paris declaration for improved aid effectiveness.
Past and Current Programmes
1. Social Development Sector
- TA to the National Social Investment Fund of Tajikistan
- Child Poverty Study in Tajikistan
- Support to Statistics Agency
- Multiyear Integrated Statistics Plan
- Tajikistan Living Standards Survey 2007
2. Private Sector
- TA to the Tajikistan Micro and Small enterprises Finance Facility (TMSEFF-managed by EBRD)
- Private sector development scoping work
- Technical assistance to implementation support for Private Sector Development Strategy in the Republic of Tajikistan
- Pilot co-ordination of private sector development in Business Enabling Environment
3. Health Sector
- Central Asian Regional HIV/AIDS project
4. Rural development sector
- Supporting the Development of the Third Party Arbitration Courts
- Zarafshan Valley Development Project
- Support to coordination work in agriculture sector
5. Public Administration and Public Finance Management
- Public Sector Pay Policy (WB trust fund)
- Programatic Public Expenditure Review
- Support to MTEF roll out
- PETS (Public Expenditure Tracking Survey) in Education and Health
6. PRSP2
- Support to PRS-2 design, prioritization, monitoring and dissemination
7.Water sector
- Scoping mission to inform on potential areas for DFID support
Future Programming Direction
DFID is in the process of developing a three-year plan towards aid effectiveness, inclusive economic growth and links to regional
cooperations.
Source: Aid Coordination and Project Monitoring System Database
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