On 21 of February 2022, Mr. Giorgi Beridze, Lieutenant-Colonel, Project Coordinator of the Law Enforcement in Central Asia (LEICA), visited the OSCE Academy in Bishkek to meet students of MA Programme in Politics and Security and deliver the lecture ‘First EU Project on Counter Terrorism and Combating Radical Extremism in Central Asia.’
22 February, 2022
On 22 February 2022 Dr. Alexander Wolters, Director of the OSCE Academy in Bishkek, and Dr. Adrien Fauve, Director of the French Institute for Central Asian Studies (IFEAC), signed a Memorandum of Cooperation and Collaboration. The goal the partnership is to establish long-term scientific cooperation between the two institutions aimed at the implementation of joint projects and ideas.
22 February, 2022
On 15 February 2022 Dr. Rigina Syssoeva, Astana International University and an Associate Research Fellow at the OSCE Academy, delivered a Public Lecture on “Understanding the International Order of the Post-Soviet Region”. Dr. Syssoeva presented the “Non-hegemonic cooperation” model, developed by the American political scientist Robert Keohane and elaborated that Keohane’s model can be applied to the post-Soviet region.
15 February, 2022
On 4 February 2022, 40 students of the MA Programmes in Politics & Security and in Economic Governance & Development of the class of 2020-2021 received their degrees and graduated from the OSCE Academy in Bishkek. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic the Graduation Ceremony was held in a hybrid format. While Bishkek-based students joined the ceremony in person, students from other countries of Central Asia, Mongolia, Russia and the USA joined via ZOOM.
4 February, 2022
On 1 February 2022 Prof. Dr. Jakob Lempp, Associate Research Fellow at the OSCE Academy, and Professor at the Rhein-Waal University of Applied Sciences, delivered a Public Lecture on "EU and Central Asia Relations". In his presentation, Dr. Lempp talked about EU actions towards Central Asia.
1 February, 2022
On 24 and 25 January 2022, the Transnational Threats Department and the Office of the Co-ordinator of OSCE Economic and Environmental Activities, in co-operation with the OSCE Academy in Bishkek, jointly hosted a two-day workshop on youth crime and drug use prevention in Bishkek.
25 January, 2022
Alimana Zhanmukanova is alumna of 2020, MA Programme in Politics and Security from Kazakhstan. Alimana initiated the project Discussion School RISE to study and discuss essential issues of Kazakhstan.
25 January, 2022
On 18 January 2022 Dr. Michael Lambert, Associate Research Fellow at the OSCE Academy, delivered a Public Lecture titled “Rethinking the Interaction between Cryptocurrencies and Citizen Empowerment in Central Asia”. In the first part of the lecture, Dr. Lambert provided brief information on Cryptocurrency and indicated the strengths and weaknesses of Cryptocurrencies in the context of Central Asian countries.
18 January, 2022
Nuria Kutnaeva is alumna of 2005, MA Programme in Politics and Security from Kyrgyzstan. Director and Founder of the Public Foundation "DigitalTechnology”. Nuria introduced the electronic interoperability system “Tunduk” in the Kyrgyz Republic.
18 January, 2022
On 17 January 2022 the OSCE Academy in Bishkek in cooperation with the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI), and the Europe-Central Asia Monitoring (EUCAM) hosted the Open Workshop on “Energy Transition and Central Asia” in a hybrid format, which participants had a chance to join in-person and online.
18 January, 2022