UNDP in the Kyrgyz Republic

Leadership

UNDP Kyrgyzstan Resident Representative - Alexandra Solovieva

Ms. Solovieva has been appointed as the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Resident Representative in the Kyrgyz Republic in August 2023. She brings over 25 years of experience working with the UN across countries of Asia and the Pacific, Europe, other regions, and at Headquarters.

Prior to joining UNDP Kyrgyzstan, Ms. Solovieva served as UNDP Resident Representative in the Republic of Belarus from 2019 to August 2023, leading the UNDP development mandate and providing integrated support for SDG achievement in the country. Ms. Solovieva supported digital transformation, green economic transition, inclusive employment generation, climate and environment resource management, gender equality, and health system strengthening, bringing international knowledge and expertise.

During 2018-2019 Ms. Solovieva was the Chief of the External Relations and Communications Section at the United Nations Volunteers in Bonn, where she advised key stakeholders on UNV global agenda on volunteerism for SDGs and led strategic partnerships with Member States, inter-governmental, nongovernmental, and financial institutions, civil society, academia, media, and the private sector. Since 2014 Ms. Solovieva managed five global programmes on volunteer infrastructure, peace, youth, basic social services, and community resilience at the United Nations Volunteers. She led its Regional Offices in Africa, Asia and the Pacific, Latin America, and the Caribbean.

From 2011 to 2014 Ms. Solovieva served as the Deputy Country Director (Programme) at UNDP in the Republic of India. She delivered development support services, and measures to strengthen national capacities, provided policy advice, and coordinated the preparation of key UN and UNDP frameworks and programmes contributing to national development priorities including governance, human development, social protection, livelihoods, disaster risk reduction, HIV, inclusion, and others.

From 2003 to 2011 Ms. Solovieva held several positions at UNDP Headquarters including Programme Specialist in the Regional Bureau for Asia and the Pacific, and Management Specialist in the Bureau of Management. Ms. Solovieva started her career in Laos as UNDP Small-Grant Programme Coordinator, Head of the UN Resident Coordinator’s Office in that country, and served as a United Nations Volunteer on the ground.

Ms. Solovieva holds a Master of Public Administration degree from the University of Colorado in Denver, a Master of Oriental Studies, and a Bachelor of Oriental and African Studies degree from Moscow State University, Institute of Asian and African Studies. She speaks Russian, English, French, Thai, and Lao languages. Ms. Solovieva is married and has two children.
UNDP Kyrgyzstan Deputy Resident Representative - Patrick Haverman

Mr. Haverman has been appointed as the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Deputy Resident Representative in the Kyrgyz Republic in August 2025. He brings over 25 years of experience with UNDP across Latin America, Africa, Asia, and at Headquarters.

Prior to joining UNDP Kyrgyzstan, Mr. Haverman served as Deputy Resident Representative at UNDP Viet Nam from 2021, leading programmes in sustainable development, climate action, governance, and inclusive growth.

From 2018 to 2020, he was Regional Partnership Advisor in Bangkok and subsequently in 2021 headed External Relations and Partnerships at UNDP in Afghanistan. Earlier, Mr. Haverman served as Deputy Country Director of UNDP China, where he worked from 2013 to 2018.

During his tenure at UNDP Headquarters in New York, Mr. Haverman was Project Manager for the Millennium Villages project, working in close collaboration with the Earth Institute at Columbia University. Before that, under the LEAD Programme, he served in Tanzania as Deputy for Strategic Operations and supported 20+ African Country Offices in programme delivery.

Mr. Haverman began his career with UNDP in Honduras in 2000 after transitioning from the private sector where he worked for an Engineering and Architect company as the Financial Controller and Marketing Manager and working for the Dutch Government in development cooperation in Bolivia. He holds a degree in Business Administration from Erasmus University in Rotterdam. Mr. Haverman is married and has two children.