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UNV: 
Support the Government and civil society in establishing a volunteerism-related policy and 
a law to promote citizen participation and societal well-being through volunteerism, particularly 
among youth.
WHO: 
Assist the development of a comprehensive health programme, based on a coordinated 
and comprehensive multisectoral approach to health, ensuring responsibility and accountability 
of the health and non-health sectors, to achieve specific improvements to public health. Tech-
nical assistance for adequate monitoring and adaptation of the health programme, based on 
emerging trends in the epidemiology of diseases, health threats and population expectations 
and preferences.
Outcome 2.2: 
Judicial and legal systems 
and public institutions are 
fair, accountable and acces-
sible to all
IOM:
 Promote equal access to information, services and justice for migrants and victims of 
trafficking, through the revision of national legislation, to ensure alignment with international 
standards.
OHCHR: 
Support for the implementation of UN recommendations on human rights mecha-
nisms, helping the state in forming its action plans, and advocating for a holistic approach in 
implementing and coordinating reporting and follow-up mechanisms.
UNDP: 
Support effective communication between national policymaking bodies and local com-
munities, to ensure correct, timely and equal access to up-to-date information. Strengthen ac-
cess to justice, legal aid and bar associations. Support the national UPR Action Plan, working 
with such partners as the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of the Interior, the Economic Ministry, 
and the Regional Civil Service Hub, based in Astana. Promote effective and sustained scaling-up 
of experience and successful governance and public sector development practices. Support local 
governance, to bolster its systems and capacities, strengthening policy and regulatory frame-
works for decentralized decision-making and fiscal mechanisms, and addressing issues of re-
gional disparity in a more integrated manner.
UNFPA: 
Provide expertise on data collection and analysis, relating to national domestic violence 
surveys and a multisectoral response to gender-based violence. 
UNHCR: 
Support the judiciary in taking a more active role in controlling administrative decisions 
affecting refugees, asylum seekers and stateless persons, particularly through encouragement 
of litigation in courts.
UNICEF: 
Support system reforms in mainstreaming child rights in policies as well as practices 
of justice professionals. Enhance protection of child victims and witnesses of crime; improve 
effectiveness of diversion and alternative justice measures for children in conflict with the law. 
Strengthen evidence-based child rights monitoring mechanisms through child-friendly op-
erational instruments and effective responses to violations by human rights institutions, the 
non-Government sector and the media. Assistance to increased access of children to complaint 
and communications procedures. 
UNODC:
 Assist the development of new instruments, strategies, policies and programmes for 
crime prevention and criminal justice reform. Support prison system reform and the implemen-
tation of non-custodial sanctions and measures, in compliance with human rights principles and 
United Nations standards and norms.
UN Women:
 Support for judicial actors in their capacity to respond efficiently to violence against 
women and to protect women’s rights. Assist in a countrywide assessment of the prevalence of 
violence against women, for use in forming a policy response, and support local governance 
institutions in delivering efficient public services to women in need, with particular focus on 
preventing and responding to violence against women.

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PILLAR 3: ENHANCED INTERNATIONAL AND REGIONAL CO-OPERATION
Outcome
Agency Contributions (in alphabetical order)
Outcome 3.1: 
The Government, together 
with partners, promotes the 
achievement of Sustainable 
Development Goals (SDGs) 
in the region, and leads in 
promoting and implement-
ing United Nations princi-
ples, standards and Conven-
tions
IOM: 
Promote regional dialogue, co-operation and coordination in addressing mixed migration 
challenges in Central Asia, through regional consultative processes – such as the Almaty Process. 
Promote Kazakhstan’s leading position in addressing migrant rights, addressing challenges of 
irregular migration, and combating human trafficking, through preparing special reports and 
developing recommendations and programmes. 
UNDP: 
Support the implementation of regional initiatives vital to building bridges between 
countries in the region. Assist the MFA, in particular, in establishing and strengthening the na-
tional development assistance agency/policy and offer co-operation for sustainable human de-
velopment. Strengthen the policy, research and learning approaches of the Regional Civil Service 
Hub, in Astana, as a strong advocate of civil service reform in particular, and public sector trans-
formation in general, not only in Astana but across Hub participating countries. Support Kazakh-
stan’s efforts to integrate and/or localize SDGs, consolidating efforts at national development 
planning, implementation and monitoring.
UNDPI: 
In cooperation with corresponding UN agencies and programmes promotes the 
achievement of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in the region, and assists in promoting 
and implementing United Nations principles, standards and Conventions through relevant pub-
lic information outreach, (seminars, round tables, etc.) as well as through relevant cooperation 
with the local, national and regional media. In cooperation with the UNRCCA assist and support 
strengthening Government’s conflict prevention capacities through relevant public information 
outreach, (seminars, round tables, etc.) as well as through relevant cooperation with the local, 
national and regional media. 
UNECE: 
Support Kazakhstan’s regional co-operation in the fields of trade, transport, border 
crossing, and water, energy and environment, contributing to improved regional connectivity 
and further boosting economic development. Close collaboration is expected with the UNESCAP.
UNEP: 
Support Kazakhstan’s efforts in promoting regional cooperation over preservation and 
sustainable use of shared natural resources and transboundary ecosystems. Assist with imple-
mentation of practical measures for addressing existing and emerging environmental threats in 
Central Asia. Support Kazakhstan’s participation in the Framework Convention for the Protection 
of the Marine Environment of the Caspian Sea (Tehran Convention), including building of na-
tional capacities for the implementation of auxiliary Protocols to the Convention, and advancing 
developments under the Framework Convention on Environmental Protection and Sustainable 
Development in Central Asia and cooperation within the Interstate Commission on Sustainable 
Development. 
UNESCAP: 
Support Kazakhstan’s regional co-operation in the fields of transport, energy and 
ICT, contributing to improved regional connectivity and strengthening economic co-operation. 
Support the SPECA programme jointly with the UNECE.
UNESCO: 
Improve scientific knowledge and promote policies for the sustainable management 
of water resources and transboundary aquifer systems.
UNFPA: 
Support the Government in addressing CEDAW Concluding Observations and Universal 
Periodic Review recommendations within its mandate/agreed division of labour within the UN 
System.
UNHCR: 
Through the Regional Office in Almaty, support the Government in coordinating region-
al initiatives, addressing the situation and needs of refugees and asylum seekers in mixed-mi-
gration movements across the region, via the Almaty Process on Refugee Migration and Inter-
national Migration.