Promoting Socially Sustainable Practices in Uzbekistan’s Cotton Value Chain

The project is implemented under the procurement contract with World Bank for the total amount of USD 450,000 from 18 May 2023 to 30 March 2025. The agreed services include pilot to promote socially sustainable practices in Uzbekistan's textile clusters. The objectives of this Project are to: • Improve awareness of and adherence to labor (including health and safety) rights within textile clusters to enable them to attract responsible investments from the global textile brands; • Promote competitiveness of the garment and textile sector through outreach to global brands and demonstration of adherence to labor rights within the clusters; • Support the Government with sustaining the gains achieved with labor rights in cotton production; • Strengthen the capacity of civil society activists to monitor labor rights across the value chain including in the 2023 cotton harvest and support dialogue between the civil society activists and the GoU; and • Strengthen the capacity of labor inspectors to monitor labor rights and prosecutors to enforce labor rights.

Project symbol

UZB/23/02/WBG

Admin unit

BETTERWORK

Start date

26/06/2023

End date

30/05/2025

Total allocation

975000

Total expenditure

Status

Active

926009

Development Partners

World Bank, International Bank for Reconstruction and Development

Country/Countries

Uzbekistan

Outcomes

Outcome 1: Strong, modernized normative action for social justice