Locally-Led solutions for lasting impact: Building resilient programmes in Asia

Internal Event only for FDFA/SDC staff in Asia & some local partners

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• Basic information (Dates, Location, Visa, Programme, Participants, Costs)

  • Dates: Week of 10.-14.03.2025.
  • Location: Hotel Mövenpick, Samarkand, Uzbekistan (including a field visit). Direct flights from Dubaï, Istanbul. Indirect flights through Tashkent from Bangkok and Dehli, followed by a train from Tashkent to Smarkand (2.5 to 3.5 hours).
  • Flights: As soon as you have booked your flights, please send your detailed travel plan to shamshod.yunusov@eda.admin.ch, +41 58 48 44752. Should you need a train between Tashkent and Samarkand (and potential hotel as transit in Tashkent), please indicate it also clearly.
  • Visa: Colleagues from Bangladesh, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Nepal need to apply online for visa , here: https://e-visa.gov.uz/main and will receive a visa on arrival at airport against a fee to be paid of about USD 135 to be paid cash (no card payment allowed). Please send your passport copy and request a supporting letter from the Swiss Embassy in Uzbekistan by contacting: shamshod.yunusov@eda.admin.ch, +41 58 48 44752. He is also your point of contact for any question related to visa/entry/exit. Information to include to the application form, upon necessity:
    - Address in Uzbekistan: Movenpick Hotel Samarkand, 53 Shokhrukh Str, Samarkand, Samarkand Vilayat, 140100
    - Who is inviting: Embassy of Switzerland in Uzbekistan, 1 Shota Rustaveli Str, 4 building
    - Place of visa issuance: Tashkent (Airport)
  • Costs: Transportation to Uzbekistan, accommodation and food allowances (for the meals not covered during the workshop) are to be covered by the global budgets of the sending representations.
  • Main focus: Locally-led cooperation in the context of shrinking civic space in Asia, in combination with PGE & cluster green.
  • Programme: Check the tentative programme here. It is being updated, based on the results of the onboarding webinar which took place with the participants on 22.01.2025 (see below).
  • Participants: A good mix of relevant national and international SDC staff working on the diverse mentioned themes from all cooperation offices in Asia (max. two persons per representation), SDC HQ staff and SDC's local partners in Uzbekistan.

• Onboarding Webinar held on 22.01.2025

  • Summary Document
  • Short Presentation of the upcoming SDC Guidance on Locally-Led Cooperation (LLC)
  • Poll Results of participants' expectaions & contributions
  • Samarkand Teaser
  • Video of the webinar

• Organisation Committee & Contacts

  SDC Headquarters (persons to be contacted):

  • Benoît MEYER-BISCH (MEYBE), Senior Policy Advisor for Governance, Thematic Division, Section Peace, Governance & Equality (PGE)
  • Adrian SCHERLER (SLI), Regional Programme Officer on Governance, Democracy and Human Rights, Asia-LAC Division

  At the Swiss Embassy in Uzbekistan:

  • Ursula KELLER-ALAZZAWI (KEQ), Deputy Head of Cooperation and Head of Governance/Migration
  • Shamshod YUNUSOV (YUS), National Programme Officer Governance
  • Lisa GAMPP (GAMLI), Regional Programme Officer on Water