Content in the English

Switzerland is representing Estonia in visa matters in the Kyrgyz Republic

Kyrgyz citizens and other citizens with resident permit in the Kyrgyz Republic travelling to Estonia can apply for Schengen visa at the Embassy of Switzerland at Bishkek starting from 14 August 2014.

Shamsh Kassim-Lakha to Head the Aga Khan Development Network Representation in Kyrgyzstan

On his appointment as the diplomatic representative of the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) in the Kyrgyz Republic, Foreign Minister Mr. Erlan Abdyldayev received Mr. Shamsh Kassim-Lakhaon July 8, 2014, in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Bishkek.

UCA Board Executive Committee Visit Khorog Programmes and Governor of GBAO

During a two-day visit to Central Asia, the University of Central Asia (UCA) Board Executive Committee and senior members of UCA’s management toured the University’s main campus site and programmes in Khorog, Tajikistan on 5 July 2014. Accompanied by Akbar Ali Pesnani, Head of the Representation of the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) in Tajikistan, the Committee also visited AKDN projects, including Khorog City Park.

Japan International Cooperation Agency in the Kyrgyz Republic - Newsletter #72, May-June 2014

Summer School on Labour Markets in Central Asia

The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) and the University of Central Asia’s Institute of Public Policy and Administration (UCA IPPA) conducted a summer school on Labour Markets in Central Asia from 13 to 25 July 2014 in Issyk Kul, Kyrgyz Republic.

UCA Formally Hands Over Dasht Village Road to Khorog Municipality in presence of Khorog Mayor

Khorog, Republic of Tajikistan, 18 August 2014 – A new 2.5 kilometre road connecting the Khorog Intercity Road to the Dasht Village was completed by the University of Central Asia (UCA). It was officially handed over to the Khorog Municipality and the State Commission Department in the presence of Mayor Faromuz Imomberdiev on 18 August 2014.

Prospects for establishing a national system of accreditation for forensic laboratories in the Kyrgyz Republic

August 21, 2014, Bishkek, Kyrgyz Republic. The one-day "Accreditation of forensic organizations on the international standard ISO 17025: purpose, meaning and characteristics" seminar for specialists of the State Forensic Centre within the Ministry of Justice of the Kyrgyz Republic (SFC KR) and representatives of other expert organizations is held today in Bishkek. The seminar has been arranged within the framework of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Program on Criminal Justice in the Kyrgyz Republic.

Kyrgyz Republic hosts international conference on forensic science services

August 25, 2014, Issyk-Kul region, Kyrgyz Republic – Today, at the “Royal Beach” Hotel in the Issyk-Kul region of the Kyrgyz Republic, a one-day International Conference on improving quality of forensic services is held. The Conference has been organized on the initiative of the State Forensics Centre under the Ministry of Justice of the Kyrgyz Republic (SFC KR) within the framework of the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Criminal Justice Program in the Kyrgyz Republic, with the support of the Government of the United States of America.

Bir Bagytta - 3rd quarterly newsletter July 2014

EBRD signs its largest project in Tajikistan to date

US$ 75 million from EBRD and donors for upgrade of Qairokkum hydropower plant. In its largest project in Tajikistan to date, and one of the largest in the country’s energy sector, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is providing a US$50 million loan to fund the first phase of the modernisation of the Qairokkum hydropower plant. Built in 1957, the plant is the only electricity generating facility in northern Tajikistan and supplies energy to over 500,000 homes in the Sugd region.