On June 3-4, 2015, 23 dedicated professors representing 11 universities - members of the Consortium of Universities on NPM in the Kyrgyz Republic actively participated in the 5^th Professional Development Workshop organized with support of the USAID Collaborative Governance Program.

EBRD loan and a grant from the EBRD Shareholder Special Fund help improve water and wastewater services for 29,000 people

Modernisation of water and wastewater systems in southern city will be co-financed by government of Kazakhstan

Joint Kazakh-British 50 MW project, Burnoye  Solar, pioneers private sector participation in renewables

Sir Suma Chakrabarti will co-chair Foreign Investors Council in Kazakhstan, highlight EBRD commitment to Central Asia

An International Monetary Fund (IMF) mission led by Edward Gemayel visited Bishkek from May 21-27, 2015. The visit took as part of a regular dialogue with the authorities to assess the performance of the Kyrgyz economy, following approval on April 8 by the IMF Executive Board of a new three-year arrangement under the Extended Credit Facility (ECF).

GENEVA (27 May 2015) – Kyrgyzstan’s economic, social and cultural rights record is due to be reviewed by the UN Economic, Social and Cultural Rights Committee on Monday 1 June and Tuesday 2 June.

The Kyrgyz parliament is scheduled to begin its first reading tomorrow of a draft law on “foreign agents” which could negatively affect the work of numerous civil society organisations working on human rights and delivering services in Kyrgyzstan.

The Bureau for Investigative Journalism of the IWPR trained journalists of Bishkek and Talas oblast in the field of investigative journalism technologies.

Largest non-banking microfinance institution in Kazakhstan will on-lend funds focusing on MSMEs outside large cities