Osh, December 9, 2015 - Public Foundation “Smile.KG”, in cooperation with the Osh City Education Department and local partner NGOs, has started the implementation of a new project titled “Yes - to Inclusive Education” with a workshop to discuss issues of disability, improvement of access to education for children with disabilities, and survey to identify priority needs in this area that will be carried out as a part of the project.
On December 4, 2015, the Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) completed the first review of the Kyrgyz Republic’s economic performance under the three-year arrangement under the Extended Credit Facility (ECF).
Khorog, Tajikistan, 4 December 2015 – Construction of the University of Central Asia’s (UCA) campus in Khorog, Tajikistan is on schedule for an accelerated September 2017 opening, says Director of Construction and Facilities Grant Robertson.
Yesterday the city of Bishkek has taken delivery of 420 new waste containers, the first assets acquired under the Bishkek Solid Waste project to modernise solid waste management, forming part of a comprehensive environmental improvement programme for the Kyrgyz capital.
Yesterday, on 19th of November, the opening ceremony of a first-aid station in Kapchygai village and inauguration marking the completion of renovation works in “Jetkinchek” kindergarten in Uch-Dobo village took place in the Ak-Sai rural district of Batken oblast.
The University of Central Asia (UCA) launched three new books at the Ismaili Centre, Dushanbe on 12 November 2015. The books, which focus on the history and cultures of the Pamir region of Tajikistan, include Archaeological Map of the Eastern Pamirs by Mira Bubnova and two volumes in The Musical Arts of the Pamirs series by Nizom Nurdjanov, Fayzulla Karomatov and Bahriniso Kabilova.
Today, on 11 November 2015, the Ambassador of Switzerland to the Kyrgyz Republic H.E. Ren? Holenstein, and the UNDP Resident Representative in Kyrgyzstan, Mr. Alexander Avanessov, have signed an agreement for the implementation of the “Cross-border Cooperation for Sustainable Peace and Development” project in Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan.