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Project Profile

Project Profile

The research project aims to present a set of concrete recommendations on how technical cooperation assistance can contribute more effectively to sustainable development and diversification of the economies of Central Asia and international integration of the region as a whole.

The study is expected to identify those areas, where international technical assistance promotes regional cooperation and through it international integration the most effectively. It will explore new opportunities for cooperation among members of the international development community and greater synergies through more emphasis on cross-sector projects and support to policy-level coordination on inter-related issues of regional cooperation. It will make recommendations on how to maximize the effectiveness of technical cooperation assistance in the above areas.

For these purposes, UNECE - in close cooperation with UNDP, the OECD Development Centre and CASE Poland - will compose a regional research team, composed of top analysts from economic research institutes already associated with the Partnership for Economics Education and Research Support (UNECE, UNDP and OSCE are in the final stage of formally establishing PEERS.)

Objectives

To strengthen the capacity of the governments of Central Asian countries to:

- Take full advantage of the opportunities offered by global economic integration;

- Speed up the diversification of their economies;

- Engage in active donor-coordination;

- Utilize more effectively technical cooperation assistance offered by the international development community;

Expected accomplishments

Enhanced capacity of Central Asian countries to identify their needs for technical cooperation assistance in areas directly or indirectly related to their international integration, the diversification of their economies and strengthened regional economic cooperation. Improved donor coordination by Central Asian countries, including identification of areas where the EU can effectively cooperate with the UNECE, UNDP and other partner agencies in the implementation of its Central Asia Strategy.