Central Asia

1
Central Asia Crisis Related Programming2005 A
Year of Events

• Kyrgyzstan and the Inter-Agency Mission
• Establishment of the Central Asia Inter-agency
  Support Group, building on each others
  capacities and resources
• Launching and follow-up of the Almaty Process
  increasing capacities of the UN to anticipate and
  react to impending risks
• Risks to be monitored from the regional level
  Natural Disasters Avian Flu and Other Epidemics
  transitioning States Porous Borders
  Environmental Hazards

EnvSec Programme Meeting - Bishkek
2
Central Asia Crisis Related Programming

• Follow-up to the Almaty Process
• Preparedness and contingency planning (process
  training) in Kyrgyzstan
• Review of governments response capacities in
  Tajikistan (by an UNDAC team)
• Phase II of Local Level Risk Management project
  in Kazakhstan
• UNDP programme review to be more conflict
  sensitive and risk aware

EnvSec Programme Meeting - Bishkek
3
Central Asia Crisis Related Programming

• Central Asia Human Development Report crises
  and disasters noted for their impact on the
  development of the region
• Growth of disaster-related portfolio
• More staff to the region Peace and Development
  Advisor Disaster Reduction Advisor
• Global initiatives with potential impact/service
  to Central Asia
• Global mainstreaming initiative
• Governance for Risk Reduction practice note
  programme guideline

EnvSec Programme Meeting - Bishkek
4
Central Asia Crisis Related ProgrammingExpectat
ions

• Ensuring a swift implementation of the Ferghana
  project
• Programming regional support to best achieve
  results
• Preserve the Ferghana approach with participation
  from Uzbekistan seeking alternative solutions
• Contributing to attracting support from different
  sources for Central Asia

EnvSec Programme Meeting - Bishkek