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A project monitoring mission of the OPEC Fund visited Uzbekistan to review the implementation of the Sustainable Rural Development Project, carried out with the participation of the Islamic Development Bank and the OPEC Fund.
The mission first met the Joint Projects Implementation Unit (JPIU) under the Ministry of Economy and Finance. At the meeting, the OPEC Fund’s portfolio manager, Alex Petkov, discussed project implementation, procurement, financial performance and future plans with the JPIU team.
Under the OPEC Fund-financed part of the project, 264 facilities are planned in 170 mahallas of the Republic of Karakalpakstan and Khorezm, Bukhara and Navoi regions. To date, construction has been completed at 152 facilities.
During the visit, the mission also went to project sites in Navoi and Bukhara regions. In Kyzyltepa district of Navoi region, members inspected School No. 42 in Zarmetan mahalla, where reconstruction and major repair works have been completed, and a water facility in the same mahalla. In Azizbod mahalla, they checked the completion of road, water supply and electricity work and met representatives of the mahalla initiative group. In Bukhara region, the mission reviewed construction progress at Kindergarten No. 1 and Family Doctor Point No. 25 in B. Naqshband mahalla of Kogon district, and inspected the mahalla center and the construction of a family doctor point in Mirzaqul mahalla of Shofirkon district. Members met representatives of local authorities, contractors and residents and discussed construction quality and progress.