September 7, 2017 - Kyrgyz Association of Women Judges will launch a series of guest lectures on the judicial system in the Kyrgyz Republic in more than 24 schools across the country. The first guest lectures will be conducted at school #1 and #3 in Bakay-Ata district of Talas province, and the Arabaev school in Kochkor district of Naryn province. The main goal of the lectures is to improve the knowledge of students about the judicial system and the level of their legal awareness through live communication with judges and to raise the level of public trust in the judiciary.
4 September 2017 – The University of Central Asia (UCA) in partnership with the Cambridge Trust is pleased to announce scholarship opportunities for doctoral study at the University of Cambridge, United Kingdom.
In mid-August, an extended meeting of the Coordination Commission in the sphere of drinking water supply, sewerage and sanitation services in the Kyrgyz Republic was held in Bishkek.
On 22 August 2017, the dairy company Siut Bulak has been sold to a Swiss investor in Bishkek, Kyrgyz Republic. Siut Bulak, whose products are marketed under the brand Dairy Spring, is one of the top dairy industry players in the dairy industry in the Central Asian republic.
The Sainshand wind farm in Mongolia, the third privately financed wind farm in the country, will receive a US$ 120 million project financing package from a group of international investors and financiers.
A new study conducted by BIOFIN has found the value of ecosystem services in the Chon-Kemin Nature Park to be worth US$ 140 million per year – a unique habitat for flora and fauna including the iconic snow leopard.
On July 28, Kyrgyzstan held the fifth session of the interdepartmental expert group on implementation of the UN Convention to Combat Desertification.
On July 18, 2017, an official ceremony was held to inaugurate a cultural center that will benefit over 3’500 residents of Ottuk and Kara-Shaar villages of Ulahol Aiyl Aymak. Leisure and recreation services provided by the cultural center have been improved with the financial support of the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation. The ceremony was attended by residents, representatives of the Ulahol municipality and local council, the Embassy of Switzerland to the Kyrgyz Republic, as well as the implementing organizations Helvetas Swiss Intercooperation and the Development Policy Institute.
Kyrgyzstan, under UNDP support, requests three mln USD from the Green Climate Fund to develop National Policy for the Adaptation to Climate Change.
Kara-Balta – on July 17, 2017, at 15 a.m., the NGO Human Rights Advisory Board will hold a roundtable with the representatives of Kara Balta Mayor’s Office, members of town kenesh (council) and civil society to discuss strengthening the prevention, detection and response to domestic violence. The roundtable discussion will take place in the Kara-Balta Mayor’s Office at the address: 14, Kozhomberdiev Street.