Couple of recent stories out of Tajikistan, shows engagement of Aga Khan Foundation in civil society development.
FAIR OF EXCHANGE OF MOUNTAIN AREAS DEVELOPMENT EXPERIENCE TO BE HELD IN TAJIK CAPITAL IN JUNE
7 May 2008
Asia-PLUS Daily Blitz
DUSHANBE, May 7, Asia-Plus /Bahrom Mannonov/ — A three-day fair of exchange of advanced knowledge and practical experience in development of mountain areas will be held at the Kokhi Vahdat State Complex in Dushanbe from June 3-5. The fair, organized by CAMP Kuhiston, which is branch of Central Asian Mountain Partnership (CMAP) as well as Center for Development and Environment (CDE), Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC), UNDP, German Agency for Technical Cooperation (GTZ), Tajik Agricultural University, Ministry of Education, Aga Khan Foundation (AKF) and CARITAS. The CAMP Kuhiston administrative officer Mirsulton Mirzosaid said that the main objective of the fair is to provide interested sides, representing various regions and working in different directions, with an opportunity to share advanced knowledge and their experiences in development of mountain areas.
According to him, organizations and individual persons from Tajikistan, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan will participate at the fair. “Organizations will present their products, methods and technologies that could interest other fair participants in suing them,” the administrative officer said. Central Asian Mountain Partnership (CAMP) is financed by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation and is designed and implemented by the Center for Development and Environment (CDE) of the University of Berne. CAMP operated in Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, and Tajikistan from 2000 to 2007. The program was finished in 2007, however, its branches — CAMP Alatoo (Kyrgyzstan), CAMP Kuhiston (Tajikistan) and CMAP Consulting (Kazakhstan) — were established the same year.
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PRIORITIES OF SCHOOL REFORMS DISCUSSED IN DUSHANBE
7 May 2008
Asia-PLUS Daily Blitz
DUSHANBE, May 7, Asia-Plus /Shonavruz Afzalshoyev/ — The Central Institute for Advanced Teaching Studies in Dushanbe hosted a three-day seminar formally titled “Development of School and Priorities of School Reforms” that ended today. The seminar brought together officials from the ministry of education, regional and district education directorates and representatives from local authorities. The seminar participants discussed issues related to decentralization of the education system in Tajikistan within the framework of a module worked out by Shahtut Khonikov and Ghulomnosir Qurbonov from the GBAO Institute for Improvement of Professional Education. The module is based on experiences of a number of European countries and the United States. The seminar was held under support of Aga Khan Foundation’s Education Program as part the Tajik education reforms project funded by Japan Fund for Poverty Reduction (JFPR).
Speaking in an interview with Asia-Plus, the Education Reforms Project Implementation Unit director Saidnouriddin Akobirov said that similar seminars will also be organized for heads of education departments and senior representatives from local authorities in Kulob, Kuhistoni Mastchoh, Ayni, Rasht and Roshtqala district within the next few days.
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