Projects
Completed
- Review of international experience in organizing press service in government: lessons for Uzbekistan
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June 2011 - November 2011
The aim of the research project is to study international experience in establishing press services in public authorities, as well as to develop recommendations for the future institutional, financial and capacity building of the information departments in the governmental organizations of Uzbekistan.
- Development of the social order system in order to strengthen NGO sector
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June 2011 - October 2011
The research project aims at developing recommendations on enhancing the role and importance of the state social orders, as well as increasing amount and volume of financing the orders from public and private sources.
- International experience in funding general secondary education: lessons for Uzbekistan
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April 2011 - October 2011
The review aims at analysis of international experience in funding secondary education and exploration of the impact of the funding system on the key principles of education, such as quality, accessibility, equity.
- Review of international experience of law-making: lessons for Uzbekistan
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February 2011 - September 2011
The research aims at studying foreign experience in implementation of the law-making process and developing recommendations on improvement of its efficiency in Uzbekistan.
- Market overview of energy-saving lamps in Uzbekistan
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October 2010 - December 2010The purpose of this review is to analyze demand and supply of energy saving lamps in Uzbekistan and identify trends and prospects in this market.
Ongoing
- Improving approaches to prepare Uzbekistan for participation in international and multilateral processes on development issues (based on Rio+20)
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March 2012 - July 2012The research project is aimed at determining mechanisms for effective integration of global priorities into the planning and managing the national development agenda of Uzbekistan, as well as testing necessary tools for promoting national position at global conferences.
- Improving the competitiveness of labor market in Uzbekistan
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March 2012 - August 2012The aim of the research project is to analyze the main factors influencing the current situation on the labor market, as well as develop recommendations on improving employment policy in the medium and long term.
- Urbanization in Central Asia: Assessing the Trends and Visioning the Future
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February 2012 - August 2012
The research aimed at conducting comparative analysis of urbanization policies in Central Asia (Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan), trends and issues in urban planning, as well as developing of recommendations to find common approaches addressing urbanization issues in the region.
- Improving the mechanisms of financing self-governance bodies
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November 2011 - June 2012The research aimes at developing policy recommendations on creating sustainable mechanism for financing self-governance bodies. Such a mechanism would ensure the sufficient financing to fulfill the tasks in the scope of the self-governance bodies (SGB), as well as limiting delivery of functions, which are not obligatory for the SGB and not supported with necessary financing.
- Uzbekistan towards the Rio +20
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October 2011 - June 2012
The aim of the study is to determine mechanisms for the effective integration of global priorities into the planning and realization of the national development programmes. This is to achieve sustainable development, and examine tools of advancing national position on the Global conference.
Planned
- Creating conditions for local level transformation capacity building
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November 2010 - June 2011The main objective of the project is to develop a conceptual vision of capacity building for deepening socio-economic and socio-political transformations at the local level to broaden the sources of economic growth and improve the living conditions of the population.
- Social, economic and environmental aspects of current condition of municipal infrastructure in Uzbekistan: a search for new mechanisms and tools for its improvement
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November 2010 - March 2011The project aimed at analysis of problems and prospects of urbanization in Uzbekistan. The results will be used to develop a set of recommendations for the government to improve national policies on urbanization.
- Portrait of Entrepreneur
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November 2010 - June 2011CER in partnership with Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Uzbekistan, and with the support of UNDP, launches the second round of the “Portrait of Entrepreneur” survey.

