Actions in Ouzbékistan

  • Health

    Social Protection

    Improving and structuring social services in Uzbekistan

    Central Asia Uzbekistan
    Start activities
    16-11-2022
    End activities
    15-05-2023
    Partner Institution
    Agency for the Development of Medical and Social Services of the Republic of Uzbekistan
    Type of Assistance
    Legislative & regulatory framework development
    Code
    2022-09
    Description
    The National Agency for Social Protection (NASP) under the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan is committed to reinforce and modernize the offer of social assistance to vulnerable populations including persons with disabilities and older people. In this action, the Partner Institution was supported by the peer experts from Italy, Romania and Poland. After the initial analysis of the situation of organization and delivery of basic targeted social services in Uzbekistan the action displayed, including through a study-visit to different peer institutions in Romania, practical examples and conceived ways of improvement of the existing services. The NASP gained a practical understanding of how social services are set up and managed in communities, as well as contributed to outline a strategic vision and operational steps for the reform.

  • Access to basic services

    Social Protection

    Strengthening capacities of the public health insurance fund in Uzbekistan in the area of price setting

    Central Asia Uzbekistan
    Start activities
    23-06-2022
    End activities
    20-03-2023
    Partner Institution
    State Fund Health Insurance
    Type of Assistance
    Organisational capacity building
    Code
    2022-01
    Description
    Uzbekistan State Health Insurance Fund established in December 2020 is invested with the mandate to improve the access to healthcare services and the efficiency of the sector. At the initial stage, the fund is responsible for the formulation and piloting of new public health funding schemes. The peer-to-peer cooperation with the experts from Estonia, France, Czech Republic, and Germany reinforced the capacities of the Fund to manage this process, from identification of packages of reimbursable healthcare services to proposing guidelines for the price-setting mechanism and performance-based assessment. The Fund was also supported in implementing the pilot project in one of the regions.