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Organization Overview

“The primary goal of the ILO today is to promote opportunities for women and men to obtain decent and productive work, in conditions of freedom, equity, security and human dignity”. (ILO Director – General Juan Somavia)

The International Labour Organization (ILO) is a UN specialized agency which seeks the promotion of social justice and internationally recognized human and labour rights. The ILO was founded in 1919 and became the first specialized agency of the United Nations in 1946. ILO Headquarters are located in Geneva, Switzerland.

The ILO has four principle strategic objectives:

• to promote and realize standards and fundamental principles and rights at work;
• to create greater opportunities for women and men to secure decent employment;
• to enhance the coverage and effectiveness of social protection for all;
• to strengthen tripartism and social dialogue.

ILO Decent Work Technical Support and Country Office for Eastern Europe and Central Asia (DWT/CO) has worked in Moscow since 1959. The Office coordinates ILO activities in ten countries – Russian Federation, Tajikistan, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan.

The ILO has a unique tripartite structure unique in the United Nations, in which employers and workers’ representatives – the “social partners” of the economy – have an equal voice with those of governments in shaping its policies and programmes. The ILO also encourages this tripartism within its member States by promoting a “social dialogue” between trade unions and employers in the formulation and implementation of national policy on social, economic and many other issues.

The Republic of Tajikistan is a member of the ILO since 1993 and is committed to the International Labour Organization standards and principles and it pays due attention to fundamental standards and rights in the sphere of labor in its state policy and implement them step by step. 48 ILO Conventions and 20 recommendations, including all eight fundamental, are ratified and in force in the country.

Organization Overview

The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), a specialized agency of the United Nations, was established as an international financial institution in 1977 as one of the major outcomes of the 1974 World Food Conference. The conference resolved that “an International Fund for Agricultural Development should be established immediately to finance agricultural development projects primarily for food production in the developing countries”.

IFAD is dedicated to eradicating rural poverty in developing countries. Seventy-five per cent of the world’s poorest people – 1.05 billion women, children and men – live in rural areas and depend on agriculture and related activities for their livelihoods. Working with rural poor people, governments, donors, non-governmental organizations and many other partners, IFAD focuses on country-specific solutions, which can involve increasing rural poor peoples’ access to financial services, markets, technology, land and other natural resources. IFAD’s goal is to empower poor rural women and men in developing countries to achieve higher incomes and improved food security.

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The “Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH” (German International Cooperation) was formed on 1 January 2011. It brings together the long-standing expertise of Deutscher Entwicklungsdienst (DED) gGmbH (German Development Service), Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ) GmbH (German Technical Cooperation) and Inwent – Capacity Building International, Germany under one roof.

The services delivered by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH draw on a wealth of regional and technical expertise and tried and tested management know-how. As a federal enterprise, GIZ supports the German Government in achieving its objectives in the field of international cooperation for sustainable development. GIZ is also engaged in international education work around the globe.

GIZ offers demand-driven, tailor-made and effective services for sustainable development. To ensure the participation of all stakeholders, GIZ applies a holistic approach based on the values and principles upheld in German society. This is how GIZ facilitates change and empowers people to take ownership of their own sustainable development processes. In doing this, GIZ is always guided by the concept of sustainable development, and takes account of political, economic, social and ecological factors. GIZ supports its partners at local, regional, national and international level in designing strategies and meeting their policy goals.

GIZ operates in many fields: economic development and employment promotion; governance and democracy; security, reconstruction, peacebuilding and civil conflict transformation; food security, health and basic education; and environmental protection, resource conservation, tourism and climate change mitigation. GIZ also supports its partners with management and logistical services, and acts as an intermediary, balancing diverse interests in sensitive contexts. In crises, GIZ carries out refugee and emergency aid programmes. As part of our services, GIZ also seconds development workers to partner countries or place integrated and returning experts within local employers.

GIZ also promotes networking and dialogue among actors in international cooperation. Capacity development for partner-country experts is a major component of GIZ’s services, and GIZ offers its programme participants diverse opportunities to benefit from the contacts they have made. GIZ also gives young people a chance to gain professional experience around the world – exchange programmes for young professionals lay the foundations for successful careers in national and international markets.

Most of GIZ’s work is commissioned by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ). GIZ also operates on behalf of other German ministries – including the Federal Foreign Office, the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety, the Federal Ministry of Defence, the Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology and the Federal Ministry of Education and Research, as well as German federal states and municipalities, and public and private sector clients in Germany and abroad. These include the governments of other countries, the European Commission, the United Nations and the World Bank. GIZ works closely with the private sector and promotes synergies between the development and foreign trade sectors. GIZ’s considerable experience with networks in partner countries and in Germany is a key factor for successful international cooperation, not only in the business, research and cultural spheres, but also in civil society.

GIZ operates in more than 130 countries worldwide. In Germany, GIZ maintains a presence in nearly all the federal states. GIZ registered offices are in Bonn and Eschborn. GIZ has more than 17,000 staff members across the globe – some 70 % of whom are employed locally as national personnel. In addition, GIZ places or finances around 1,110 development workers, 700 integrated experts, 455 returning experts and 820 weltwärts volunteers. With a business volume of around EUR 1.85 billion, GIZ is well placed to meet the challenges of tomorrow.

Organization Overview

The Embassy represents the Federal Republic of Germany as a donor. The funds mentioned below are administrated and distributed to the executing agencies (usually GIZ for technical and KfW for financial assistance, but also DED, GAA and other NGOs) by the German Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation in Bonn, Germany.

Since 1993 has been providing both technical and financial assistance, primarily in the form of emergency assistance. Since the end of the civil war, Germany and Tajikistan have been moving toward medium and long term economic cooperation. Every year bilateral intergovernmental negotiations take place to define larger projects of technical and financial assistance. The next negotiations will take place in Bonn in autumn 2008. The focus areas of bilateral economic assistance are economic reform and building market economy as well as primary education and health system.

French Embassy has 3 main missions : political, economic and cultural. 

On the political point of view, on December 2016 first political consultations were launched and they will be renewed on October 2017. 

On the economic front, the Embassy is working on a mission of the MEDEF International planned in January 2018 and supports all the French companies which are asking questions about the country. 3 main projects followed, mainly in the energy and transport sectors. Construction of a control tower/international airport of Dushanbe.

On the cultural and humanitarian fields: delivering of 4000  books in schools and universities; health initiatives with the support of Foundation Merieux and Aga Khan Foundation (the Institute of mother and child in Kabul supported by France and Aga Khan Foundation could be duplicated in Tajikistan); different projects on education (as opening of a French class in Khujand; cooperation between Sorbonne-Almaty Institute and ministry of Education); exhibition planned in Paris in 2019 with the support of the main museums in Tajikistan.