Democratic Governance

April 16-23 – 30 young people from all seven provinces participated in an eight-day youth camp in "Ak-Tash" guest house, Chui province. The camp was titled "Unity and harmony - a pledge of peace!" and aimed at improving capacity of youth in conflict resolution in their communities and disseminate the knowledge among their peers in the regions. Camp participants also discussed a contingency plan during organization of elections in the country under the project "Infrastructure for the peace - political dialogue and preventive actions". They also learned about mechanisms of interaction between NGOs, government structure and international organizations in conflict situations and during peace building activities. Learn more from Jamilya Arbynalieva, UNDP DGP (Jamilya@youth.undp.kg).

Democratic Governance

On March 15 – A round table to discuss and analyze national experience of strategy development in Kyrgyzstan was organized with support of the EU-UNDP New Legal Framework Project in partnership with the Center of social technologies. Participants of the round table discussed the positive and negative experience of strategic planning in Kyrgyzstan. These lessons learnt will be taken into consideration while developing Parliamentary Development Strategy. Learn more from Ms. Gulmira Mamatkerimova, Project Manager ( gm@dgov.undp.kg).

Democratic Governance 

February 4 – EU-UNDP new legal framework project assisted in organization of a round table in Osh for discussion of the draft law “On Osh city”. Discussion of the bill was initiated by a team of the Parliament Committee on constitutional legislation, state system and local governance. The bill was developed to align it with the new Constitutional provisions and strengthen the role and independence of local governance. The draft law was presented by a member of the team Mr. Tekebaev, mayor of Osh city Mr. Myrzakmatov and by other participants. Deputies of Osh local council, representatives of Osh Mayor’s office, local NGOs and experts provided comments issues of Osh city governance, problems in interaction of local governance with central ministries and agencies, indicated pros and cons draft law and proposed many valuable recommendations. Learn more from Gulmira Mamatkerimova, project manager (gm@dgov.undp.kg).

Suusamyr Valley is the largest rangeland of Kyrgyzstan, where famers from 4 provinces graze their livestock: Chui, Talas, Naryn and Jalal-Abad.
It is represented by all kinds of pastures that can be used for livestock grazing in spring-autumn, summer and winter seasons.

However the excessive anthropogenic pressure on pastures and increased number of livestock during the last five years along with unsystematic use of pastures have brought about their degradation.

Istanbul, Turkey (March 19, 2012) — Deputy Prime Minister Ali Babacan of Turkey and United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Associate Administrator Rebeca Grynspan will open discussions on March 22 in a high-level forum here for development experts, government ministers from both North and South, business executives, and top UN officials to examine the global policy changes required to ensure a sustainable future for people today and for generations to come.

Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan (16 March 2012) – On March 16, 2012 in Ministry of Economy and Antimonopoly Policy of the Kyrgyz Republic the First Programme Board meeting of the UNDP/UNEP Poverty and Environment Initiative was held.  The Committee includes representatives of the strategic ministries and agencies in the sphere of economic and finance, social development, agriculture and environment, and civil society.  The meeting was aimed at discussion of the activities on mainstreaming of poverty and environment issues into strategic plans of the Kyrgyz republic and establishment of working group for integration of environmental priorities and poverty reduction issues into national, sectoral and local development plans.

December 1 - UNDP-UNEP Partnership Initiative for Mainstreaming Sound Chemical Management into  Development Plans and Processes and  UNDP/GEF project “Management and Disposal of PCB” organized a round table discussion of the “Experience of Latvia in Management of Medical, PCB-containing  and Other Hazardous Waste” initiated by Latvian counterparts. Participants of the round table learned about the results of the global medical waste management project and received information about PCB-containing waste management in Latvia. Learn more from Tatyana Filkova (t.filkova@up.elcat.kg) and Mirbek Iliyazov (m.ilyazov@up.elcat.kg).

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.