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WFP & JAPAN BOOST PARTNERSHIP TO EMPOWER RURAL WOMEN IN THE KYRGYZ REPUBLIC

BISHKEK – The Government of Japan has contributed US$500,000 to the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) to empower rural women and benefit more than 2,500 households in the Kyrgyz Republic.

EBRD Finance and advice for small businesses Newsletter #24, July-December 2016

RUSSIAN FEDERATION BOOSTS SUPPORT TO WFP TO STRENGTHEN RURAL LIVELIHOODS OF THE MOST VULNERABLE IN THE KYRGYZ REPUBLIC

BISHKEK – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) today welcomed a new contribution from the Russian Federation that will be used to support rural livelihoods and strengthen national productive safety nets for the most vulnerable communities in the Kyrgyz Republic.

UN Women presents a film "Cool Five" about young girls successful in their studies and lives.

In Bishkek, on 21 December 2016 at 16:00 at the cinema "Rossiya" UN Women will present a film "Cool Five" about young girls, who have achieved success at a university and their lives.

University of Central Asia Celebrates First Cohort of Graduates from the Certificate Programme in Mining Policy and Sustainable Development

Bishkek, Kyrgyz Republic, 19 December 2016 - The University of Central Asia’s Institute of Public Policy and Administration (UCA IPPA) celebrated the first graduates of its Certificate Programme in Mining Policy and Sustainable Development on 19 December 2016. The eight-week executive programme for civil servants, experts, and civil society representatives involved in extractive industries aimed to develop a pool of informed professionals who can improve the quality of public discussion within the mining sector.

EBRD supports Kazakhstan’s Samruk-Energy with €100 million loan

National holding committed to privatisation programme. The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), a key international investor in Kazakhstan, is providing support to the national energy company, Samruk-Energy, as it embarks on an ambitious programme of privatisation in line with the strategy of its parent holding, the sovereign wealth fund Samruk-Kazyna.

University of Central Asia Hosts Inaugural Open House at Naryn Campus

The University of Central Asia’s School of Arts and Sciences hosted more than 300 visitors during at its inaugural Open House at the University’s first residential campus in Naryn, Kyrgyz Republic on 4 December 2016.

Embassy of Switzerland in Kyrgyzstan awarded journalists in the context of the 16 days’ campaign of activism to end violence against women and girls

Today, on 8 December 2016, the Ambassador of Switzerland to the Kyrgyz Republic, H.E. René Holenstein, presented awards to journalists who won the competition for the best publication, TV/ radio material and multimedia product about violence against women and girls.

University of Toronto and the University of Central Asia sign an academic partnership agreement on education and research collaboration

The University of Toronto (UofT) and the University of Central Asia (UCA) signed a memorandum of understanding to build linkages through curriculum and faculty development, faculty and student mobility and joint research collaborations. The first initiative under this agreement foresees UoT’s Computer Science Department develop UCA’s undergraduate Computer Science curriculum to be delivered at its recently launched campus in Naryn, Kyrgyz Republic.