On January 18, officials of the Kashkadarya, Surkhandarya and Bukhara provinces held an online meeting with a World Bank delegation led by the bank's Resident Representative Marco Mantovanelli in Uzbekistan, Dunyo news agency reported.
According to the Ministry of Economic Development and Poverty Reduction, the parties discussed the World Bank Partnership Program for 2022-2026.
During the talks, the parties reviewed the outcomes of the implementation of the cooperation program of Uzbekistan with the World Bank Group in 2016-2021, achievements, the current portfolio of World Bank programs in Uzbekistan (as of January 1, 2022, 25 projects total worth of about 5 billion US dollars), proposals on the main areas for a new partnership program.
As part of the discussion of the World Bank Cooperation Program for 2022-2026, meetings are also planned with officials of Samarkand, Jizzakh and Syrdarya provinces.
In line with the resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers dated November 29, 2021, 10 working groups were formed in 10 priority areas of cooperation in order to prepare a cooperation program for 2022-2026 in cooperation with the World Bank and combine it with the country's development strategy for 2022-26
