The meeting was opened by Nisa Sharifi, specialist of the project “Stability Mechanism in Cooperative Management of Natural Resources in the Fergana Valley”, and introduced the audience to the representatives of ACTED.
Deputy Director of the Agency Sharifzoda D.J. spoke about cooperation in the field of forestry with ACTED in the Zeravshan Valley, Sughd region, Devashtich district, about the construction of a nursery and a fruit processing workshop, which was put into operation with the joint cooperation of the parties.
Halimov Abdurasul - Regional Coordinator and Project Manager briefly spoke about the new regional project in Central Asia "Stability mechanism in the joint management of natural resources in the Fergana Valley". And he noted that this regional program is supported by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) will be implemented for a period of 3 year in the amount of 2.5 million US dollars.
The program includes 3 countries of Central Asia, the Republic of Tajikistan, the Republic of Uzbekistan and the Republic of Kyrgyzstan. The main goal of the Project is to increase the sustainability of water resources at the local level and reduce competition for resources, as well as dialogue and cooperation at the regional, national and local levels.
It should be noted that 16 sub-basins in the Ferghana Valley have already been allocated for the implementation of the Project program, which are located in the Sughd region in Tajikistan, in the Fergana region in Uzbekistan and in the Botken region in Kyrgyzstan.
