A new country program of UNICEF cooperation with Turkmenistan presented

ASHGABAT, October 27, 2020 – Ambassador of Kazakhstan Yerkebulan Sapiyev took part in online-presentation of a new country program of cooperation of the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) with Turkmenistan for 2021-2025.

The new sixth country program of cooperation between the Fund and the Government of Turkmenistan was approved by the UNICEF Executive Council in September 2020. It aims to achieve specific goals in four areas: governance for children; health, nutrition and early development of a child; social protection and protection of children; quality inclusive education.

The program is oriented for 5 years, its budget is about USD 7.5 mln.

During the online session participants were also briefed on the highlights of the last round of the so-called Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys (MICS).

MICS is an international household survey program to collect key indicators that are used to assess the situation of children and women. The MICS report for 2019 is a significant milestone in UNICEF's long-term cooperation with the State Statistics Committee of Turkmenistan. Some data were collected in Turkmenistan for the first time at the regional and even global levels.