A Parliamentary delegation headed by the Kyrgyz Speaker of Parliament Ahmatbek Keldibekov will tour University of Central Asia (UCA) and other  programmes of the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) during a working trip to Naryn Oblast on 24 October 2011. Mrs Nurjehan Mawani, Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) Representative for Kyrgyz Republic is accompanying the delegation during the visit.

Launch of the Training Curriculum of Prison Service Training Centre for the period of 2011-2015 will take place tomorrow. The Training Curriculum was developed in cooperation with national and international experts in the field of prison staff training in the framework of the European Union and United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime Project  "Support to Prison Reform in the Kyrgyz Republic.

The University of Central Asia’s School of Professional and Continuing Education (SPCE) in Tekeli, Kazakhstan held its 2011 graduation ceremony on 29 September 2011. The ceremony recognized the achievements of some 80 graduates receiving certificates in Accounting Technology, English for Business, Kazakh for Business, Information Technology, and Technical Vocational Education and Training, among other programs.

This year’s Annual Meetings of the IMF and the World Bank presented a first opportunity for CSO representatives and youth leaders to engage with new IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde.

The Head of the European Union’s Delegation to the Kyrgyz Republic, Ambassador Chantal Hebberecht made a three-day visit to the south of Kyrgyzstan from the 19th to the 21st of October. In the cities of Osh and Jalal-Abad, she met with state and local authorities, partners and civil society.

In the period of 24-28 October 2011 the second module of Workshop on Prison Leadership for senior prison staff of the State Service of Execution of Punishment will be held. The main aim of the workshop is to strengthen the capacity of senior prison staff to bring about the necessary change.

An OSCE-supported discussion on the contemporary role of female police officers took place today in Bishkek to mark the first anniversary of the Association of Women Police in Kyrgyzstan.

The University of Central Asia’s (UCA) Mountain Societies Research Centre and the National Centre for Competence in Research North-South (NCCR North-South) launched its Herders’ Manual for the use of pasture committees and livestock herders of the Kyrgyz Republic.

IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, is providing financial risk-management training to institutions in Azerbaijan, the Kyrgyz Republic, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan, helping them reduce their risk of losses.

A two-week training course on the use of information analysis methods organized by the OSCE Centre in Bishkek started today in Bishkek.