ASHGABAT – Officials from 10 countries gathered in Ashgabat today for a ministerial conference to end statelessness in Central Asia and to celebrate the region’s achievements toward that goal. Titled...
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Turkmenistan: 2023 IFRC network annual report, Jan-Dec (30 October 2024)

Context Turkmenistan gained independence in 1991 and shares its borders with Iran, Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, and Uzbekistan. It operates as a Presidential Republic with a total area of 491.2 square...
Turkmenistan 2024 IFRC network country plan (MAATM002)

IFRC NETWORK ACTION JOINT SITUATIONAL ANALYSIS Turkmenistan gained independence in 1991 and shares its borders with Iran, Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, and Uzbekistan. It operates as a Presidential...
The UNDP-DPPA Programme assists Turkmenistan in launching an online Mental Health and Psychosocial Support (MHPSS) Learning Platform
Ashgabat, 8 February 2024: The UNDP in Turkmenistan has created a specialized online learning platform for Mental Health and Psychosocial Support (MHPSS), featuring a self-paced online learning...
Turkmenistan: IFRC network mid-year report, January - June 2023 (14 December 2023)

Context Arkadag, the first smart city in Central Asia, represents a significant milestone in urban development and technological advancement in the region. The opening of a branch of the Red Crescent...
Turkmenistan 2023 IFRC network country plan (MAATM002)

Joint situational analysis Turkmenistan gained its independence on 27 October 1991. It has a total area of 491.2 square kilometres, making it the second largest country in Central Asia, after...
ADB to Expand Support for Turkmenistan — ADB Vice-President
ASHGABAT, TURKMENISTAN (16 June 2023) — The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is preparing a new country partnership strategy (CPS) for Turkmenistan that will prioritize private sector development...
UNDP in Turkmenistan enhances the capacity of national specialists involved in climate change adaptation planning
Turkmenabat, December 2022 - The project 'Development a National Adaptation Planning Process (NAP) in Turkmenistan', implemented by UNDP with the financial support of the Green Climate Fund (GCF) in...
Leaving No One Behind (LNOB) Country Brief: Turkmenistan (25 Oct 2022)

Leaving No One Behind (LNOB) tool helps discover how different circumstances interact to create unequal access to basic opportunities in Asia and the Pacific. The LNOB country brief for Turkmenistan...
European Union-funded project supports disaster risk management capacity development in Turkmenistan
ASHGABAT - The Interagency Working Group for Disaster Risk Reduction (National Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction), which was launched in February this year, convened today to present the findings...
European Union-Funded Project Strengthening Community-Based Disaster Resilience in the Mary and Balkan Regions of Turkmenistan [EN/RU]

ASHGABAT, April 2022 - the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR), in coordination with the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent societies (IFRC), and the...
European Union-Funded Project to Support Turkmenistan to Identify Capacity Building Needs for Implementing Its National DRR Strategy
ASHGABAT, April 29 - the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) and the Main Department for Civil Defence and Rescue Operations of the Ministry of Defence, with the financial...
European Union-UNDRR project helps to improve Turkmenistan’s resilience to disaster threats
ASHGABAT, 23 February 2022 - The United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR), with the financial support of the European Union, and in collaboration with the Ministry of Defence of...
Turkmenistan launches its Interagency Working Group for Disaster Risk Reduction
ASHGABAT, 16 February 2022 - With the support of the European Union, the Government of Turkmenistan and the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) convened a high-level meeting...
Turkmenistan begins developing a National Adaptation Plan with funding approved by the Green Climate Fund
The Green Climate Fund (GCF) approved a $US1.8 million project in Turkmenistan to develop a National Adaptation Plan and build resilience in the water sector and capital city with support from UNDP...
COVID-19 Response in Turkmenistan Strengthened with World Bank Financing
ASHGABAT, July 9, 2021 – The World Bank has approved $20 million from the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) for the Turkmenistan COVID-19 Response Project. The financing...
Climate Risk Country Profile - Turkmenistan

KEY MESSAGES • Average temperatures are projected to rise by 5.1°C in Turkmenistan by the 2090s, relative to the 1986–2005 baseline under the highest emissions pathway (RCP8.5), with the pace of...
Mother nature’s bounty: In response to the climate crisis, women are turning to vermicomposting as an alternative source of income in Turkmenistan
The Lebap region of Turkmenistan is a land of superlatives. Here you will find the largest river in Central Asia, the Amu Darya. Stretching some 830 kilometers from south to north through one of the...
UNDP conducts training of specialists on seismic assessment of buildings
Ashgabat, 21 January 2021: Within the framework of a joint project of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Institute of Seismology and Atmospheric Physics of the Academy of...
UNHCR welcomes Turkmenistan’s decision to grant citizenship to 2,580 stateless people
In a significant step to end statelessness on its territory, Turkmenistan has granted citizenship to 2,580 people, following issuance of a Presidential Decree on the subject this month. Sixty per...