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September 28 – October 10 – The Kyrgyz Republic Ministry of Youth, Labor and Employment organized workshops on developing an implementation matrix of the National Action Plan for Achieving Gender Equality for 2012-2014 in all provinces of the country. Representatives of the government, local municipalities, regional offices of ministries and agencies, as well as civil society discussed and identified the role of territorial governance bodies in implementation of the National Gender Strategy and the National Action Plan (NAP) for Achieving Gender Equality for 2012-2014. They also developed an action plan on NAP at the local level. The workshops were organized with support of the joint EU-UN Nations “Operationalising Good Governance for Social Justice” project and UNDP “Capacity Development Facility” project. Learn more from Ainura Kaparova, CDF project coordinator (aka@dgov.undp.kg).

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July 21-28 – Experts discussed and tested a unique methodology of conflict-sensitive analysis of bills, which was developed with support of the UNDP project on support to new legal frame work. The methodology is able to reveal potential conflicts that bills can cause in society on stage of their discussion. Lawyers and conflictology experts approbated the methodology on few bills that were actively discussed in society. After discussions experts made some remarks and suggested changes to the methodology. The methodology was developed with support of the UN Peacebuilding Fund. Learn more from Ms. Gulmira Mamatkerimova, Project Manager ( gm@dgov.undp.kg).

New York, 27 September 2012 — Over 40 representatives of UN member states, donors and international development agencies met with the delegation from Kyrgyzstan led by Parliament Speaker Asylbek Jeenbekov, to discuss the current political, economic and social situation in Kyrgyzstan - the first country in Central Asia that has adopted parliamentary democracy in summer 2010.

Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan (May 25, 2012) - United Nations Resident Coordinator, UNDP Resident Representative in the Kyrgyz Republic of Alexander Avanessov met with the President of the Kyrgyz Republic Almazbek Atambayev.

President Atambayev briefly told about policies currently implemented in the country and plans for the coming years, aimed at consolidating stability, improving standards of living, strengthening peace, ethnic harmony and democracy as well as fighting corruption. The President expressed his appreciation of cooperation with the UN and UNDP, important and timely assistance to the country. He highlighted that this assistance is a selfless and significant contribution to the tasks associated with the development priorities of the country.

21 марта 2012 года

На протяжении трех тысячелетий мировой истории — и для 300 миллионов человек сегодня — Навруз объединяет регионы и нации, религии и языки всеобщим участием в обновлении жизни в первый день весны.

Навруз — это праздник для всей семьи и друзей, день праздничных трапез, танцев и пения. В этот день прославляется важное значение взаимного уважения и стремления к гармонии, разделяемое всеми обществами. Это — время очищения и возрождения, возможность повторения пожеланий мира и доброй воли.

The Dag Hammarskjöld Fund for Journalists is now accepting applications from professional journalists from developing countries for its 2012 fellowship program. The application deadline is Wednesday, March 30, 2012.

The fellowships are available to radio, television, print and web journalists, age 25 to 35, from developing countries who are interested in coming to New York to report on international affairs during the 67th session of the United Nations General Assembly.  The fellowships will begin in early September and extend to late November and will include the cost of travel and accommodations in New York, as well as a per diem allowance.

March, 2, 2012

Kyrgyzstan became a full member of the United Nations on March 2^nd, 1992, hence the year 2012 marks the 20 years of existence of the UN in the Kyrgyz Republic. The country participates in world summits dedicated to modern developmental problems, and makes its contributions to the development of joint measures and solutions on the most pressing directions. Numerous important initiatives set forth by Kyrgyzstan have been supported by the UN member states.

On February 21, 2012 jury panel of the photography and poster contest titled Live Better: Right Here, Right Now met in the UN House in Bishkek to evaluate the submitted works. The contest was announced on December 1, 2011 and we stopped accepting submissions on February 10, 2012. Main goal of the contest was to visualize processes, principles, goals and other aspects of local self-governance. Works submitted for the contest will be used as advocacy and educational tools for the general public as well as decision makers.

The following submissions were selected as the best:

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Sept-Oct – Around 200 local councilors took part in trainings in Bishkek city (Chui province) and in every province centers.  The training module was based on international materials adapted to Kyrgyzstan.  Basic competencies such as local policy formulation, decision-making, acting in the best interest of local communities were discussed during the trainings.  Moreover, participants also learned about representative role and oversight function of a councilor especially regarding executive bodies’ activities (Aiyl Okmotu).  The mode of teaching was interactive with a large number of different cases taken from everyday life of local councils, role-plays and experience sharing exercise as local councilors were coming from different districts.  Local councilors expressed a great interest to the subject and found the training very interesting and useful. Learn more from Ms. Damira Sulpieva, DGP LSG component coordinator (ds@dgov.undp.kg).

Уважаемый господин Председательствующий!

Уважаемые участники международной конференции!

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