Somoni monument in Dushanbe

The European Council has adopted “The EU and Central Asia: Strategy for a New Partnership” in June 2007 and the first progress report [45 KB] followed in June 2008. The Strategy strengthens bilateral and regional relations in all areas of cooperation.

A Partnership and Cooperation Agreement (PCA) between the EU and Tajikistan was signed in October 2004 and entered into force on 1 January 2010. Future EC assistance will focus on the following priority areas: rural development and poverty reduction, agriculture and land reform, promotion of good governance and economic reforms.

Overall EU co-operation objectives, policy responses and priority fields for Central Asia, can be found in the EC Regional Strategy Paper for Central Asia 2007-2013 [277 KB] and Central Asia Indicative Programme 2007-2010 [443 KB] . In addition to the assistance under the Development Cooperation Instrument (DCI) , Tajikistan participates in several ongoing regional and thematic programmes.

•  Central Asia Multi-annual Indicative Programme (2011-2013) of the EU Development Co-operation Instrument (DCI) [327 KB] (April 2010)