The first meeting of the Working Group on Breaking the communication deadlock and becoming a transit country under the National Development Council under the President of the Republic of Tajikistan was held in Dushanbe

December 22, 2021, the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade of the Republic of Tajikistan, in partnership with the Ministry of Transport of the Republic of Tajikistan and with the technical support of UNDP in Tajikistan, held the first meeting of the Interdepartmental Working Group "Breaking the communication deadlock and becoming a transit country" of the National Development Council under the President of the Republic of Tajikistan.

The meeting of the Working Group "Breaking the communication deadlock and becoming a transit country" was aimed at discussing the functioning of the Working Group within the National Development Council under the President of the Republic of Tajikistan, the role of all members of the Working Group, which is represented by government bodies, development partners, the private sector and public organizations.

The participants of the first meeting of the Working Group discussed the issues breaking the communication deadlock and becoming a transit country, as well as the achievements and challenges in the activities of the Ministry of Transport of the Republic of Tajikistan, within the implementation of the Medium-Term Development Program for 2016-2020 and other sectoral programs taking into account the SDGs.

In particular, during the meeting, the monitoring and evaluation system of the MTDP for 2021-2025 of the Republic of Tajikistan was presented, its main differences from the monitoring and evaluation system of the MTDP for 2016-2020 were discussed, as well as the integration of the SDGs into the development of the program by sectors.

Earlier, on December 21, a training was held to increase the capacity of the members of the Working Group, which will continue after the end of the meeting. The aim of the training is to educate participants in the basics of strategic sectoral planning, resource mobilization, as well as the principles of monitoring and evaluation.

In order to improve the monitoring and reporting system for the implementation of national, sectoral and local development programs and SDGs, the Secretariat of the Council of the National Development Council under the President of the Republic of Tajikistan forms Interdepartmental Working Groups consisting of representatives of sectoral ministries and departments, public organizations, as well as development partners. In total, 14 Interdepartmental Working Groups of the National Development Council were formed in accordance with the selected sectoral development areas, covering the priorities of the National Development Strategy for the period up to 2030 and the SDGs.

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