On February 28, 2019, a consultative meeting of partners was held in OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek with the participation of representatives of the Government Office, Security Council of the Kyrgyz Republic, General Prosecutor’s Office of the Kyrgyz Republic, ministries, departments, regional administrations, the mayor’s office of Bishkek and Osh, the business association “JIA” , Aarhus Centers of the Kyrgyz Republic, Public Fund “Abad”, associations of microcredit organizations of the Kyrgyz Republic. The meeting were attended by the Ambassador of OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek, Dr. Pierre von Arx, Eni Gjergji Head of the Department of Economic and Environmental Affairs of the OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek, National and Senior Program Advisors for various projects of the OSCE Programьу Office in Bishkek. The main topics of the meeting were to present work plans of the OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek for 2019, discuss further cooperation with ministries, departments, local authorities and partners, determine priorities for planned activities and establish a sustainable partnership in the implementation of project proposals

Mr. Pierre von Arx presented information on the Advisory Mechanism of the OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek and its objectives, budget cycle and strategic plans for cooperation with partners in the Kyrgyz Republic. Then, the curators (office staff) presented 6 project proposals, which will be implemented by the OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek in 2019. Each project was carefully heard and questions raised by interested participants of the meeting concerning their activities. This meeting is necessary to obtain information about future plans, so that each representative of the invited party voiced, on behalf of his department, wishes of cooperation and concrete proposals for the successful implementation of projects.

At the end of the meeting, the representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kyrgyz Republic thanked the OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek for organizing the meeting and the material presented, and wished the present representatives of state institutions and local authorities success in project implementation.