On July 19, 2019, in the village of Chok-Tal, Issyk-Kul District, with the financial support of the OSCE Program Office in Bishkek, a round table was held on the topic “Actual environmental problems. The importance of the participation of state bodies and the public” organized by the Issyk-Kul Aarhus Centre.

The round table was attended by M. Sarbagyshev, Head of the Chon-Sary-Oy Aiyl Okmotu, E. Payziev, Environmental Advisor of OSCE Program Office in Bishkek, A. Shamsutdinov, Chairperson of the “Clean Issyk-Kul” Public Foundation, and residents of the village of Chok- Tal.

The first speaker was the head of the Chon-Sary-Oy ayil okmotu M. Sarbagyshev, he expressed gratitude to the organizers of the round table, briefly talked about environmental problems, about the work done.

The manager of the Issyk-Kul Aarhus Centre S. Tursunakunov told the participants of the round table about the principles of the Aarhus Convention, about the work of the Issyk-Kul Aarhus Center for 2018.

A. Shamsutdinov,  Chairman of the Clean Issyk-Kul Public Foundation, spoke about the work of a public fund for cleaning of Lake Issyk-Kul from garbage, and showed a video about the state of the bottom of Lake Issyk-Kul.

In the second part of the round table, the participants took part in a cleanup to clean the rural beach from debris. Divers PF “Clean Issyk-Kul” cleaned the bottom of the lake from debris and removed about 500 kg of various debris from the bottom of the lake.

Issyk-Kul Aarhus Centre together with the “Clean Issyk-Kul” Public Foundation will continue to carry out such activities to clean Issyk-Kul lake from garbage.