Governance and Development

In an effort to provide relevant support and advice for promotion of institutional transformations in Uzbekistan and further modernization of state, economy and society, CER emphasizes the following activities:

  • Promoting administrative reform in order to create prerequisites for decentralization of public governance system, increased effectiveness of the state, and creating the system of regulating the economy which is based on market principles;
  • Assistance in developing a long-term vision and development strategy for the national education system in order to create a favorable environment for further development of the human capital;
  • Improving the methods of anti-corruption expertise of legislation and providing assistance in its introduction into activity of public governance bodies to create a favorable environment for development of private entrepreneurship;
  • Facilitating dialogue between the government, private sector and civil society to raise awareness on achievements, trends and challenges of institutional transformations in Uzbekistan.

Projects

Social, economic and environmental aspects of current condition of municipal infrastructure in Uzbekistan: a search for new mechanisms and tools for its improvement
August 2010 - December 2010
The project aimed at analysis of problems and prospects of urbanization in Uzbekistan. The results will be used to develop a set of recommendations for the government to improve national policies on urbanization.
Managing labor resources: political, social, economic and institutional aspects in medium- and long-term perspective
July 2010 - December 2010
At the present stage, it seems to be necessary to develop a comprehensive strategy for managing labor resources that would ensure affective allocation of labor resources based on the priorities of industrial and innovation development of the country.
Improving the municipal management system in Uzbekistan - main directions, mechanisms and tools
March 2010 - July 2010
The objective of the research is to assist to the improvement of the institutional and administrative and budget component of the urban governance in the medium term.
New vision for developing NGO sector in Uzbekistan in the context of ongoing political and economic modernization
November 2009 - July 2010
The objective of the research is to render assistance in formation of new approaches and a new vision of the state on the role and the place of NGOs in the processes of political and economic modernization in Uzbekistan in the medium and long term.
Family Assets Mobilization (2009)
October 2009 - July 2010
CER, with the support of UNDP, is launching the second round of the ‘Family Assets Mobilization’ (FAM) survey. The first round, conducted in 2004 focused on the issue of transforming the ‘idle’ capital of households into productive investment. During the last five years the FAM-2004 recommendations had a considerable impact on social and economic policies. The row of governmentally supported programs, such as the development of microfinance institutions, reduced transactions costs and home-based employment expanded the opportunities of households and businesses.
Improving mechanisms for public investment in R&D
September 2009 - November 2010
The research will develop recommendations on innovation development policy aimed at creating the required institutional framework and providing stimuli for innovation activity.
Health and Education Monitoring and Evaluation Capacity Building
May 2009 - January 2010
The project is aimed at rendering assistance to the Government of Uzbekistan in developing and implementing outcomes-orientated monitoring and evaluation approaches in the health and education sectors; and to improve access of user groups to primary data, ensuring a sufficient dissemination of the results.
Assessment of existing standards of primary education in accordance with the requirements of innovative development
May 2009 - July 2009
Today there is an urgent need to critically assess the capacity of existing standards to provide the students with adequate knowledge and skills required for innovative thinking.
Comprehensive medium term vision of professional education development in Uzbekistan
February 2009 - July 2009
Professional education along with the higher education system can make an indispensible contribution to training qualified human resources required for innovative development.
Higher education system and innovative development: challenges and perspectives
January 2009 - July 2009
Uzbekistan is pursuing a rather complex and ambitious objective – transition towards innovation based development.

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