SDG National Commitments Form: Submission #85

Title of commitment: NATIONAL COMMITMENTS OF UZBEKISTAN TO THE TRANSFORMATION OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS BY 2030
Name of submitting Member State or Government: UZBEKISTAN
Please indicate whether your commitment is intended to address SDG Progress at a national, regional or global level: National
Please outline briefly the commitment(s) made in the areas outlined above :
1.	Economic reforms.

-	Doubling the GDP to USD160 bln  and achieving upper-middle income country status (SDG -8);
-	Increasing labour productivity by 2 times by 2030 (SDG8)
-	Increase energy efficiency by 2 times by 2030 (SDG7)
-	Attracting investments worth USD250 bln over the next 7 years, including USD110 bln  of foreign investments and USD 30-40 bln  under public -private partnerships (PPP) projects (SDG – 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 17);
-	Enhancing urbanization by developing master-plans focusing 
on green transition (SDG – 6, 7, 11);
-	Constructing of 1 million apartments and 100 New Uzbekistan estates residential districts for enhancing the access to affordable housing (SDG- 1, 6, 7, 11, 13).

2.	Human capital (Leaving no one behind)

-	Developing the necessary infrastructure for the full coverage of preschool education and increasing the coverage of higher education to 50% (SDG - 4, 5);
-	Providing 100% preschools with clean drinking water and modern sanitary infrastructure (SDG – 4, 6);
-	Twofold reduction of maternal and under-five mortality rates (SDG – 3, 5);
-	Expanding the maternity places in perinatal care facilities by 35% (SDG – 3, 5, 8);
-	Reducing the tuberculosis disease rate by 2 times from the current 
34 (per 100,000 population) (SDG – 3);
-	Reduction of early mortality from cancer, cardiovascular diseases, diabetes and respiratory diseases by 2.5 times (SDG - 3);
-	Increasing the share of financing healthcare system by 2 times (SDG - 3, 5);
-	Halving the poverty rate till 2026 with sustained progress till 2030 (SDG – 1, 2, 3, 4);
-	Reducing youth unemployment from current 14% to 11% through consistent continuation of youth policy (SDG – 1, 8, 10);

3.	Gender equality

-	Continuing the policy of ensuring gender equality and increasing 
the share of women in management positions by 30% as well as the higher-education degree by 50% (SDG – 3, 8, 5 16);

4.	Green transition

-	Creating a system of measurement, reporting, and verification (MRV) of all greenhouse gas emissions related to climate change with ongoing monitoring and determining the ways to reduce their emissions (SDG 7, 9, 13);
-	Bringing the country's forestation rate to 30% (SDG - 13, 15);
-	Implementing the first international trade of reduced greenhouse gases (SDG – 7, 9, 13);
-	Covering 2,3 million hectares of the Aral Sea region area with forests (SDG – 8, 13, 15);
-	Increasing the collection and disposal of solid waste by 100% as well as improving the recycling rates to 65 % (SDG – 13, 12).
-	Raising the efficiency of water resources utilization by 25%


Does the commitment include a new national benchmark for reducing poverty and inequality by 2027? If yes, please indicate the benchmark below: :
These commitments indicate to reduce the poverty rate by 2 times till 2026 which has been stated in the national development strategy of the Republic of Uzbekistan "Uzbekistan - 2030"

Please explain how national planning and institutional frameworks will be strengthened to support progress of the commitment: :
Uzbekistan has newly adopted its national development strategy "Uzbekistan 2030" which is aligned with Sustainable Development Goals.

Which of the following, if any do your strengthened institutional frameworks seek to address?: Making SDG achievement a more central focus in national planning and oversight mechanisms, Aligning domestic budgets and financing with the SDGs, Rejuvenating and strengthening public sector institutions , Boosting transparency and access to information, Strengthening national statistical systems, Increasing domestic financing for data and statistics
If you have any further information to share please upload the information here, or provide a link to applicable site or document below: https://sdgs.un.org/system/files/webform/sdg_national_commitments_form/22785/sdg-summit-commitments_un_comments.pdf
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Please provide the full name, title and email address of contact person::
Name: Mr. Amirkhon Muydinov;


Position: Head of monitoring the implementation of national sustainable development goals division of the Ministry of economy and finance of the Republic of Uzbekistan; 


email:Amirxon.Muydinov@imv.uz.

Please provide the official email address of your country’s Permanent Mission in New York, for verification purposes.: uzbekistan.un@gmail.com
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