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The Rector of the Kyrgyz Presidential Academy of Public Administration, Almaz Nasyrov, participated in the joint session of the OSCE Forum for Security Co-operation and the OSCE Permanent Council on Security Sector Governance and Reform (SSG/R) on 14 February 2018 in Vienna, Austria.

The results of the OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek’s four-month research into the effectiveness of the so-called “single window model” used by Kyrgyzstan’s ministries and agencies to streamline the delivery of public services to the residents of the capital city were presented on 6 December 2017. The research was conducted at the request of the Prime Minister’s Office as part of efforts to improve the delivery of public and municipal services in the country...

BISHKEK, 15 December 2017- A six-day training course aimed at strengthening the capacity of government officials from the Kyrgyz Republic to disrupt the financing of terrorist networks, including practical sessions on how to use sanctions pursuant to UN Security Council Resolutions (UNSCR) 1267,1988,1989,2253,2255, 2368 was held from 10 to 15 December 2017 in Bishkek.

The Programme Office in Bishkek supported a one-month training course aimed at improving the skills of the staff of Kyrgyzstan’s State Commission on Religious Affairs (SCRA) in promoting gender equality. The training sessions for SCRA staff course took place from 8 November to 6 December 2017 in Bishkek...

BISHKEK, 14 December 2017- An agreement in which Switzerland commits to allocate CHF 430,000 (approximately EUR 370,000) in support of the OSCE Academy in Bishkek over the next three years was signed by the Swiss Ambassador to Kyrgyzstan, Véronique Hulmann and the Head of the OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek, Pierre von Arx on 14 December 2017 in Bishkek. The grant will be used to strengthen the Academy’s research capacities.

Ensuring equal access to decision-making for persons with disabilities, youth and women was the focus of an event co-organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), the OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek and other partners in Bishkek on 12 December 2017. Over 50

The Kyrgyzstan-based Centre for Public Policy presented the results of its monitoring of the delivery of ten main public services on 1 December 2017 in Bishkek. The monitoring project, supported by the OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek, was conducted over a six-month period and aims at strengthening the capacity of local civil society organizations to monitor the delivery of public services and inform the local authorities about problems.