Osh - On September 22, the Osh Mayor’s Office and Public Union Youth of Osh officially signed the cooperative agreement as a part of the project titled 8x13 (8 municipal services and 13 territory councils) aimed at improvement of people’s confidence in local authorities and cooperation between them. The ceremony was attended by the Mayor of Osh, Aitmamat Kadyrbaev, the vice-mayor, Kutmanaly Abdrakhman uulu, and representatives of other municipal bodies.

The Civil Union for Reforms and Results is launching a project on “External Assessment of Police Performance: Piloting New Approaches.” The external assessment methodology developed by experts will be piloted in three communities of the country.

Bishkek, Kyrgyz Republic, 18 September 2015 – The University of Central Asia (UCA) recently introduced three new books in its Cultural Heritage Book Series at a book launch event in Bishkek.

COPENHAGEN, 18 September 2015 – OSCE parliamentarians will observe the upcoming parliamentary elections in Kyrgyzstan and provide leadership for the OSCE's short-term observer mission.

September 14, Bishkek. Today, a five-day seminar "ISO/IEC 17025 requirements for the competence of testing and calibration laboratories" is being held in  Bishkek for specialists of the State Forensic Centre under the Ministry of Justice of the Kyrgyz Republic (SFC KR) and representatives of forensic services of other state institutions.

The University of Central Asia (UCA) hosted its annual Independence Day football tournament on 30 and 31 August 2015. The qualifying matches were played at the University’s international standard sports facilities at its Naryn campus over two days, with the final hosted on Kyrgyz Independence Day. This is the fourth time UCA has hosted the tournament.

September 10, Bishkek. Today an expert meeting is held in Bishkek to discuss a Concept paper on development of the State Forensic Center (SFC) under the Ministry of Justice of the Kyrgyz Republic for 2015-2018 years, which was approved by Order of the Minister of Justice of the Kyrgyz Republic No. 82 on July 8, 2015.

Recognizing that Central Asia is highly vulnerable to weather- and climate-related disasters, the first Global Framework for Climate Services Workshop for Central Asia will gather regional experts and stakeholders in Bishkek from 8 to 11 September with the purpose to explore how to build a greater resilience through climate services.

The University of Central Asia’s Institute of Public Policy and Administration (UCA IPPA) began its Certificate Programme in Policy Analysis (CPPA) for new participants from Afghanistan in Bishkek on 24 August 2015.

On August 19-21, USAID Collaborative Governance Program (CGP) grantee PF Support to Economic Development and Education organized a training seminar for 20 participants on the theme “Enhancing the capacity of members of Public Councils of state agencies, specialists of the Parliament for civic monitoring of the electronic procurement system”.