Uzbekistan

Silk Road CBT Initiative: Connecting Central Asian Community-Based Tourism and European Markets

Uzbekistan Inclusive Economic Opportunities
June 2020
January 2023

The regional project will run from January 2020 until January 2023 in Uzbekistan (lead country), Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan, and involving stakeholders from Turkmenistan. The objective is to boost investments, private sector development and promote economic diversification, by strengthening the community-based tourism (CBT) sector that is considered one of the high potential sectors to stimulate inclusive growth. To achieve its objectives, the project will bolster the competitiveness of CBT small businesses (MSMEs), through reinforcing the capacities of Community-Based Tourism Associations (CBTAs) to function as effective Business Intermediary Organizations (BIOs). The project will widen BIOs' service portfolios, while improving MSMEs' access to finance for service upgrades. The CBT sector growth will be boosted through regional integration and promotion of Central Asia as a regionally branded tourism destination.

Current projects

ACCELERATE Reform: Activating Civil society Capacity to Enhance Labor and Employment Rights for vulnerable citizens and to Advance Transformative Economic Reform
Strengthening the capacity of civil society to ensure the protection of women at risk and survivors of domestic violence in Central Asia
Activating Civil Society to demand Inclusive, Evidence-Based Economic Growth in Central Asia
Activating Civil Society to demand Inclusive, Evidence-Based Economic Growth in Central Asia
Technical assistance in facilitating participatory implementation cycle, monitoring and oversight with regard to demand driven investments in basic infrastructure and services in selected qishloqs (villages) in Andijan and Fergana region
Silk Road CBT Initiative: Connecting Central Asian Community-Based Tourism and European Markets
Silk Road CBT Initiative: Connecting Central Asian Community-Based Tourism and European Markets
Bolstering the Competitiveness of Small Community-Based Tourism Businesses through Enhanced Regional Cooperation in Uzbekistan and wider Central Asia
Promoting energy efficiency and renewable energy production in the community-based tourism sector in Central Asia