The University of Central Asia (UCA) celebrated its sixth annual graduation ceremony at the Ismaili Centre, Dushanbe on 28 June 2014. Over 175 graduates from the School of Professional and Continuing Education (SPCE) and the Aga Khan Humanities Programme (AKHP) received certificates in professional development and skills building programmes.
Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) project “Support to Criminal Justice Reform in the Kyrgyz Republic”.
The aim of this project is to strengthen cooperation between police and local communities on crime prevention and public safety based on social partnership principles.
EBRD participation in successful placement which will finance logistics infrastructure in Kazakhstan. The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has participated in a bond issuance by Kazakhstan’s national railway company, Kazakhstan Temir Zholy (KTZ). The Bank participated in the longer-term tranche of the Eurobond.
The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) today completed the sixth and final review of the Kyrgyz Republic’s economic performance under the program supported by a three-year, SDR 66.6 million (about US$106 million at the time of approval) arrangement under the Extended Credit Facility (ECF)1.
In Bishkek, EBRD launches information campaign on the value of external advice for business. The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) today launches a new information campaign in the Kyrgyz Republic about the value of external advice for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). The launch will be marked by an opening speech from the EBRD’s First Vice President, Phil Bennett, who will talk about the importance of know-how for the development of individual SMEs and for the growth of the wider economy.
27 June 2014, Jalal-Abad. Today citizens of Jalal-Abad city and representatives of the Jalal-Abad Mayor’s Office, Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Kyrgyz Republic (MoI), United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), the Embassy of the United States of America in the Kyrgyz Republic, Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs and the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe gathered to lay the first stone of a new police station in the “Sputnik” microdistrict in Jalal-Abad.
Bishkek, Kyrgyz Republic, July 26, 2014—IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, is advising the Kyrgyz government on improving the inspections process for businesses to ease compliance costs and stimulate the growth of small and medium enterprises.
26 June 2014, Tash-Tumshuk, Batken province. Today a renovated police station was opened in Tash-Tumshuk village of Batken province within the framework of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) project “Support to Criminal Justice Reform in the Kyrgyz Republic”.