The Regional Environmental Centre for Central Asia (CAREC) has signed memoranda of understanding with the leading public organizations of Turkmenistan – the Society for Nature Conservation of Turkmenistan and the Tebigi Kuvvat enterprise.
The memoranda were signed following negotiations with representatives of the civil sector in Turkmenistan at the CAREC project office in Turkmenistan.
“This event opens a new page of cooperation with the civil society of Turkmenistan and provides new opportunities for the implementation of new joint projects with NGOs of Turkmenistan and CAREC,” said Mergen Kepbanov, the Director of the CAREC Project Office in Turkmenistan.
CAREC project office in Turkmenistan signed a bilateral memorandum of understanding with the public association “Society for the Protection of Nature of Turkmenistan”.
Another memorandum of understanding was signed by the CAREC project office in Turkmenistan and the enterprise “Tebigi Kuvvat”. The memorandums provide for joint actions to implement international, regional and national projects which are aimed at improving the environmental situation in Central Asia and public participation in making environmentally significant decisions.
The Society for the Protection of Nature of Turkmenistan, established in 1968, is one of the oldest public associations in the country and includes more than 245 thousand members. It works in areas of environmental protection and ecology and conducts scientific, agitation, propaganda, and eco-educational work. The Society for the Protection of Nature of Turkmenistan is a member of the International Union for Conservation of Nature and a strategic partner of the Civil Society Development Association.
The Aarhus Centre, which closely cooperates with the Ministry of Environmental Protection of Turkmenistan, operates at the Tebigi Kuvvat enterprise.
Additional information:
Mergen Kepbanov, the Director of the CAREC Project Office in Turkmenistan, turkmenistan@carececo.org