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ALUMNI SPOTLIGHT: From Intern to International Expert

Today we would like to tell you about Guzal Abdirazakova, an alumna of the OSCE Academy MA Programme in Politics and Security, class 2013, who started her fascinating professional path from the internship and grew all the way up to becoming a Monitoring & Evaluation and Knowledge Management Advisor for one of the biggest programmes of the GIZ Kyrgyzstan.

5 May, 2020
ALUMNI SPOTLIGHT: Working for Development of Afghanistan

We continue our Spotlight series and today we would like to introduce Mohammad Jawed Nazari, an alumnus of 2014 of the MA Programme in Politics and Security from Afghanistan. Since his graduation, Jawed has worked with several international organizations in Afghanistan in the areas of research and evaluation.

1 May, 2020
“Towards the Implementation of the 2019 European Union's Strategy for Central Asia”

On 28 April 2020 the OSCE Academy in Bishkek held its first online public lecture titled “Towards the Implementation of the 2019 European Union's Strategy for Central Asia” delivered by Ana-Maria Anghelescu, Ph.D. Candidate in Political Science at the National University of Political Studies and Public Administration in Bucharest, Romania and currently an Associate Research Fellow at the Academy and Erasmus+ exchange student at the OSCE Academy in Bishkek.

28 April, 2020
Transformation and Development in the OSCE Region

On 24 April the first edition of the OSCE Academy open access compilation series on Transformation and Development in the OSCE Region edited by Prof. Dr. Anja Mihr, DAAD Associated Professor at the OSCE Academy, was published by Springer. This compilation of different articles by authors from across the region is dedicated to looking at the political, economic, and regional transformation processes and developments that are shaped by international and regional policies, social movements as well as influenced by the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). The region ranges from North America to Europe, to Central Asia and to China.

27 April, 2020
Alumna Shares Her Professional Experience and How to Use Design Thinking

On 24 April the OSCE Academy’s alumna Assel Mussagaliyeva (class of 2005) conducted a short interactive lecture on how to use Design thinking for developing one’s career. Assel currently works as a Manager of Industry Consulting Projects for ESSEC Business School in Singapore. She shared some of her insights on how to better navigate the working journey, how to plan job hunting as well as why it is important to find your calling and transform your job into a passion.

24 April, 2020
ALUMNI SPOTLIGHT: A Gender Journey

The next success story is of Regina Sokolova, an alumna of 2014, Politics and Security Programme. She started her ‘gender journey’ as the OSCE Academy Intern at the Gender and Anti-trafficking Unit of the OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe back in 2014. Grassroot experience in the field and touching stories of women’s lives in rural Tajikistan were reflected in her OSCE Academy’s MA Thesis on Gender Politics in Tajikistan. The same year she was employed by the OSCE Counterterrorism and Police Reform Unit, where she was actively involved in the nation-wide Police Reform awareness-raising campaign and promoting the role of women in the law enforcement system.

21 April, 2020
ALUMNI SPOTLIGHT: Future for all Children

We would like to introduce our next success story – meet Umedakhon Pulotova, an alumna of 2017, MA Programme in Economic Governance and Development from Tajikistan. Currently, Umedakhon is working as Project Coordinator in two projects in the health-focused NGO “Ranginkamon” in Khujand, Tajikistan. The organization’s mission is to support the inclusion of children with disabilities in the society through the revitalization of family members of these children, the establishment of rehabilitation centres, education and training of specialists, and the organization of support in order to create an inclusive society.

17 April, 2020
ALUMNI SPOTLIGHT: with Minority Issues throughout the Years and Distances

The next story in our series of Alumni Success Stories is about Azizjon Berdiqulov. Aziz graduated from the Politics and Security program at the OSCE Academy in 2013. He worked with the ODIHR's Election Observation Mission for the 2013 Presidential Election in Tajikistan and afterward started his career with the OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe, where he dealt with anti-corruption and good governance issues. Minority studies and particularly political mobilisation of minorities have long been Aziz's research interests. With the help of the OSCE Academy, he managed to follow-up on his Master Thesis and published his first Policy Brief on the political mobilisation of ethnic minorities in Tajikistan during the Civil War and 2012/2014 Khorog Events (http://osce-academy.net/upload/file/Policy_Brief_24.pdf).

10 April, 2020
OSCE Academy has shifted to Distance Education and Work

From 18 March in accordance with the government's decision, the OSCE Academy is working remotely in order to prevent the spread of COVID-19. This resulted in the postponement of a number of activities planned for March and April, including the admission to the MA Programmes 2020-2021. Administration and relevant departments are working on the development of a new admission scheme and schedule. Current students of the MA Programmes continue their studies distantly in line with their curriculum.

18 March, 2020
Developing Partnership with the University of Central Asia in Naryn

On 13 March the OSCE Academy was represented at the Employers Information Session at the University of Central Asia (UCA) Naryn campus. This event was organized as part of the Cooperative Education programme and served as a platform where undergraduate students could meet their potential employers from private business and IT companies, communication and media organizations, international organizations, banks, and financial service agencies.

13 March, 2020