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Members of the Swedish Parliament visited Kyrgyzstan to better understand development context, cooperation

Members of the Swedish Parliament met with Kyrgyz Republic officials, innovators, women entrepreneurs, and civil society organizations’ representatives during their visit to Kyrgyzstan, during 9-15 April 2022. The high-level visit was organized for learning and orientation purposes and intended to provide a deeper understanding of development challenges in Central Asia with a focus on the Kyrgyz Republic.

A human destroying or a human creating – one climate story

The impacts of global warming and climate change are adverse and irreversible. Loss of biodiversity, destruction of ecosystems, an increasing number of natural disasters and weather anomalies, threats to human health, and extinction of entire species ...

The concept Kyrgyz Jarany (Kyrgyz citizen) was discussed with journalists of Osh regions

The Ministry of Culture, Information, Sports and Youth Policy of the Kyrgyz Republic, with the support of the joint UN project “Inclusive Governance and Common Civic Identity for Sustainable Peace and Development”, funded by the UN Peacebuilding Fund and implemented by UNDP, UNICEF and OHCHR, held the fifth coordination meeting.

#SpeakUp campaign against harassment has been launched in Kyrgyzstan

An anti-harassment information campaign has been launched on social networks with the support of UNDP under the Joint EU-UN Spotlight Initiative. The initiative is supported by representatives of businesses, activists and journalists. The media campaign includes videos on harassment and a series of illustrations by artist Tatiana Zelenskaya.

Kyrgyzstan takes part in international exhibition Arabian Travel Market - 2022

On Thursday, 12 May, the largest tourism exhibition in the region, Arabian Travel Market 2022 (ATM), ended in Dubai. The event brought together over 1,500 exhibiting companies, including companies from Kyrgyzstan. Kyrgyzstan was represented by the Department of Tourism under the Ministry of Culture, Information, Sports and Youth Policy of the Kyrgyz Republic, Kyrgyz Pamir, Destination Karakol, Jazeera Travel Company, Ak-Sai Travel, Voyager Group, NoviNomad Travel Company, and the Kyrgyz Association of Tour Operators.

The very first "Climate Fresk" in Central Asia took place

Kyrgyzstan hosted the first educational game in the region and the country called Climate Fresk within the framework of the “The Policy Action for Climate Security in Central Asia” project funded by the UK Government and implemented by UNDP in Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan.

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