Germany is expected to provide 33.5 million euros to Tajikistan next year for implementation of a number of projects.
According to Tajik MFA information department, a protocol on providing assistance to Tajikistan was signed during a meeting of the Tajikistan-Germany intergovernmental commission for financial and technical cooperation that took place in Berlin on December 12-14.
Germany reportedly announced its readiness to provide financial support for implementation of separate points of Tajikistan’s National Development Strategy 2016-2030.
The sides also discussed issues related to bilateral cooperation between Tajikistan and Germany in the fields of economy and public health care, the source said.
Meanwhile, the priorities of the recently adopted Tajik government’s National Development Strategy 2016–2030 are energy security and efficient use of energy, improved communications and reposition as a transit country, food security, nutrition and improve public access to quality food, and creation of jobs through increased private investment, economic diversification, and competitiveness.
Three medium term development programs will be sequenced, with the first phase covering 2016–2020, where strategic directions will include developing an institutional support system, improving the business environment for private sector development, and increasing human capital productivity. The second phase (2021–2025) is planned for rapid growth of investments; while the third phase (2026–2030) is projected to mark the transition from industrialized growth strategies to diversified production and knowledge-based innovation.
