AKIPRESS.COM - The Women's Committee of Uzbekistan and UNDP are launching a joint project "Empowering Women to Participate in Public Administration and Socio-Economic Life ", the UNDP reported.

This new initiative is aimed at increasing of social and political activeness of women and strengthening of their role in public administration.

The implementation framework of the outlined directions entails the development of models and tools for the advancement of women in the public service, expansion of women's participation in socio-political life of the country, assistance in creating a roster (staff reserve) for women professionals for ministries, departments and other government organizations, preparation of the draft legislation on women empowerment

The project also provides for the development of training programs and training for women civil servants and women managers in conjunction with the Academy of Public Administration, Organization of competitions and training seminars for girls and women in mathematics, physics, programming, engineering, chemistry, biology, and other natural sciences.

It is important that the project will support for start-ups, social partnership initiatives for the development of education and entrepreneurship among women, provision of mini-grants for regional universities, scientific laboratories, work with khokimiyats to create conditions for active involvement of girls and women in technical specialties.