In Bishkek, EBRD launches information campaign on the value of external advice for business. The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) today launches a new information campaign in the Kyrgyz Republic about the value of external advice for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). The launch will be marked by an opening speech from the EBRD’s First Vice President, Phil Bennett, who will talk about the importance of know-how for the development of individual SMEs and for the growth of the wider economy.
27 June 2014, Jalal-Abad. Today citizens of Jalal-Abad city and representatives of the Jalal-Abad Mayor’s Office, Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Kyrgyz Republic (MoI), United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), the Embassy of the United States of America in the Kyrgyz Republic, Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs and the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe gathered to lay the first stone of a new police station in the “Sputnik” microdistrict in Jalal-Abad.
Bishkek, Kyrgyz Republic, July 26, 2014—IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, is advising the Kyrgyz government on improving the inspections process for businesses to ease compliance costs and stimulate the growth of small and medium enterprises.
26 June 2014, Tash-Tumshuk, Batken province. Today a renovated police station was opened in Tash-Tumshuk village of Batken province within the framework of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) project “Support to Criminal Justice Reform in the Kyrgyz Republic”.
A report released today by UNHCR shows that the number of refugees, asylum-seekers, and internally displaced people worldwide has, for the first time in the post-World War II era, exceeded 50 million people.
The Honourable Lynne Yelich, Canada’s Minister of State (Foreign Affairs and Consular), met with the University of Central Asia (UCA) leadership in Bishkek on 19 May 2014, as part of her official visit to the Kyrgyz Republic and Kazakhstan.
On June 4, 2014 Kyrgyz National University in cooperation with representatives of the Consortium of universities and with the support of the USAID-funded Collaborative Governance Program and its partner Johns Hopkins University, successfully conducted the First Annual Nonprofit Management Conference: "The Kyrgyz Civil Society in Theory and Practice."
Kyrgyz Prime Minister Joomart Otorbayev visited the University of Central Asia's (UCA) main campus in Naryn on 6 June 2014. He was accompanied by Mr Osmonbek Artykbaev, Minister of Energy and Industry; Mr Abdylda Suranchiev, Minister of Internal Affairs; Mr Abdymamat Murzabekov, Deputy Minister of Transport and Communications; Mr Altynbek Ergeshov, Head of the Department for Organisational and Inspectorial Work and Local Governance of the Apparatus of the Government.
EBRD President Chakrabarti and Akim Esimov sign agreements during President’s visit to Kazakhstan’s largest city. The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) continues to support the programme of modernisation in the city of Almaty aimed at improving energy efficiency and upgrading public utilities and transport.