Uzbekistan's experience in fostering M&E culture through Strategic Planning framework
Panel Discussion | Online
About the Event
Uzbekistan is currently undergoing a transformative phase marked by ambitious public administration reforms aimed at improving strategic planning, introducing program-based budgeting, and embedding evidence-based decision-making into governance processes. Within this reform landscape, evaluation is increasingly recognized as a critical tool for fostering sustainability, inclusion, and transparency in policy implementation.
Despite the absence of a formal institutional framework for evaluation, the Government, through key entities like the Agency for Strategic Reforms (ASR), is taking notable steps to build a national evaluation culture. Regional outreach initiatives and diagnostic missions are being conducted to understand local development drivers and promote awareness around the utility of evaluation. This early-stage engagement reflects a strong political will to institutionalize evaluation mechanisms and integrate them into planning processes.
Objective of the Session
This session aims to highlight Uzbekistan’s evolving approach to evaluation and how it is being leveraged to support environmental sustainability, inclusive governance, and evidence-based reform. Specifically, it will:
Discuss the role of evaluation in supporting the implementation and monitoring of state programs.
Showcase ongoing regional outreach efforts that promote the adoption of evaluation practices.
Encourage knowledge sharing with international M&E partners to draw lessons and best practices.
Guiding Themes
Participatory Evaluation and Trust-Building: How inclusive evaluation fosters public trust and strengthens peace and resilience.
Capacity Building for Evidence-Based Policymaking: How to institutionalize evaluation within national systems and build local ownership.
Expected Outcomes of this Session
A deeper understanding of how evaluation contributes to governance goals in Uzbekistan.
Shared strategies for building institutional and human capacity for evaluation in low-capacity contexts.
Strengthened partnerships between Uzbekistan’s reform institutions and the international evaluation community
Despite the absence of a formal institutional framework for evaluation, the Government, through key entities like the Agency for Strategic Reforms (ASR), is taking notable steps to build a national evaluation culture. Regional outreach initiatives and diagnostic missions are being conducted to understand local development drivers and promote awareness around the utility of evaluation. This early-stage engagement reflects a strong political will to institutionalize evaluation mechanisms and integrate them into planning processes.
Objective of the Session
This session aims to highlight Uzbekistan’s evolving approach to evaluation and how it is being leveraged to support environmental sustainability, inclusive governance, and evidence-based reform. Specifically, it will:
Discuss the role of evaluation in supporting the implementation and monitoring of state programs.
Showcase ongoing regional outreach efforts that promote the adoption of evaluation practices.
Encourage knowledge sharing with international M&E partners to draw lessons and best practices.
Guiding Themes
Participatory Evaluation and Trust-Building: How inclusive evaluation fosters public trust and strengthens peace and resilience.
Capacity Building for Evidence-Based Policymaking: How to institutionalize evaluation within national systems and build local ownership.
Expected Outcomes of this Session
A deeper understanding of how evaluation contributes to governance goals in Uzbekistan.
Shared strategies for building institutional and human capacity for evaluation in low-capacity contexts.
Strengthened partnerships between Uzbekistan’s reform institutions and the international evaluation community
Speakers
| Name | Title | Biography |
|---|---|---|
| Abdulla Abdukadirov | First Deputy Director of the Agency for Strategic Reforms under the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan | 2020-2022 – Ministry of Investments and Foreign Trade of the Republic of Uzbekistan, Advisor to the Minister. Since 2022 – First Deputy Director General of the Agency for Strategic Reforms under the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan |
| Amna Aaqil | Director, Center for Learning on Evaluation and Results, Pakistan & Central Asia (CLEAR PCA) | |
| Ieva Jaunzeme | Program coordinator (Capacity building support), Special Assignment Attaché, Central finance and contracting agency of Latvia | |
| Viktor Kessler | Project manager of the Good Governance Program in Uzbekistan, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH | |
| Zorka Kordic | Strategic Planning&EU Integration Expert, Montenegro |
Moderators
| Name | Title | Biography |
|---|---|---|
| Aziza Umarova | Head at Delivery Unit at the Agency for Strategic Reforms under the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan |