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Aral Sea

News • February 7, 2023

Country Planning Framework (CPF) event with the Ministry of Natural Resources

On 24th of January 2023 in the Ministry of Natural Resources (MoNR) in Tashkent, the Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) Uzbekistan held their Country Planning Framework (CPF) under the “Green Rehabilitation Investment Project for Karakalpakstan Republic to Address Impacts of the Aral Sea Crisis” (Aral Sea GRIP). Representatives from each department of the MoNR joined for […]

News • February 7, 2023

Meeting with Uzbekistan’s Minister of Natural Resources

On 19 January 2023, Dr. Aaron Russell, Country Representative of GGGI Uzbekistan, met H.E. Mr. Aziz A. Abdukhakimov, Minister for Natural Resources in Uzbekistan. In the meeting, the GGGI team briefed H.E. Mr. Abdukhakimov on the organisation’s support of Uzbekistan’s green growth as well as its comparative advantage, providing embedded technical and advisory services to […]

News • February 3, 2023

GGGI and the Ministry of Investment and Foreign Trade (MIFT) to further strengthen partnership in effective Aral Sea Strategy

On September 6, a meeting was held between H. E. Mr. Badriddin N. Abidov, Deputy Minister of Investment and Foreign Trade, and Dr. Aaron Russell, Country Representative of the Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) in Uzbekistan. During the meeting, H.E. Mr. Abidov acknowledged GGGI’s support for the State Committee for Ecology and Environmental Protection (SCEEP) […]

News • January 19, 2023

Launch of the Business Development Platform in Nukus

On October 28th and 29th, 2022, GGGI’s Business Development Platform (BDP) was launched in a two-day event in Nukus, Karakalpakstan Republic. The platform has been developed for smallholder and commercial farmers, MSMEs, and institutional enablers in the Aral Sea region and provides the information needed to conduct business in the agriculture and environmental sectors in […]

News • January 18, 2023

Meeting between Ban Ki-moon, Chairman of the Assembly of GGGI, and Vladimir Norov, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Uzbekistan

On October 24th, 2022, in Seoul, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Uzbekistan, Vladimir Norov, met with the Chairman of the Assembly of GGGI, Ban Ki-moon. Currently, H.E. Mr. Norov is in South Korea to participate in the 15th Cooperation Forum “Central Asia – the Republic of Korea.” Ban Ki-moon and Mr. Norov spoke about […]

News • June 27, 2022

Second Technical Advisory Consultation for GGGI Aral Sea GRIP – Tashkent, 22 June

On 22 June 2022 GGGI Uzbekistan and the State Committee for Ecology and Environmental Protection (SCEEP) conducted the second 2022 Aral Sea GRIP Technical Advisory Consultation under the ‘Green Rehabilitation Investment Project for Karakalpakstan Republic to Address the Impacts of the Aral Sea Crisis’ (Aral Sea GRIP) in Tashkent. The event was honored with the […]

News • June 17, 2022

Technical Advisory Consultation for GGGI Aral Sea GRIP in Nukus on 14 June

On 14 June 2022 in the Chamber of Commerce (TPP) in Nukus, GGGI Uzbekistan held their Technical Advisory Consultation for the ‘Green Rehabilitation Investment Project for Karakalpakstan Republic to Address Impacts of the Aral Sea Crisis’ (Aral Sea GRIP Project).  This event followed up on the Technical Consultation Workshop that GGGI held in March, during […]

News • April 12, 2022

Joint Declaration of Intent between the Office of the UN Resident Coordinator and the Global Green Growth Institute in Uzbekistan

On 30 March 2022, a Joint Declaration of Intent (the Declaration) on Cooperation in Meeting the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development in Uzbekistan was signed between the Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) in Uzbekistan, the implementer of the “Green Rehabilitation Investment Project for Karakalpakstan Republic to Address Impacts of the Aral Sea Crisis (Aral Sea […]

News • March 4, 2022

GGGI Uzbekistan Country Office Established in Uzbekistan

Tuesday, February 22, 2022 – The Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) and the State Committee of the Republic of Uzbekistan for Ecology and Environmental Protection (SCEEP) held an official ceremony for the opening of GGGI’s new country office in Uzbekistan today. The opening event was attended by high-level government officials and development partners. Keynote speakers […]

News • November 10, 2021

GGGI Uzbekistan participates in the COP26 Side Event on Upscaling Green Climate Financing and Green ODA for Climate Action and Green Recovery of developing countries

Glasgow, November 8, 2021 – During COP26 in Glasgow, the GGGI Uzbekistan team was pleased to participate in a high-level side event entitled Upscaling Green Climate Financing and Green ODA for Climate Action and Green Recovery of developing countries. In this panel session, GGGI Uzbekistan Country Representative (Dr. Aaron Russell) and Uzbekistan’s State Committee for […]

News • October 19, 2021

Karakalpakstan Mission: GGGI visited Nukus to meet with key implementation partners of the Aral Sea GRIP Project

Nukus, September 27-30, 2021 – Under the framework of the “Green Rehabilitation Investment Project for Karakalpakstan Republic to address impacts of the Aral Sea Crisis” (Aral Sea GRIP) Project, GGGI’s Uzbekistan country team conducted a technical consultation mission to Nukus in the Republic of Karakalpakstan, from September 27-30, 2021. During the mission, GGGI held high-level […]