570 young people of Osh and Jalal-Abad provinces were trained 12 Vocational Schools on the most demanded professions during April-July 2011. They were unemployed youth from poor families aged 16-28, living in distant villages and areas affected by the ethnic conflict in the south of Kyrgyzstan in June 2010. The training was organized in by UNDP, UNICEF and UNHCHR within a joint project “Youth, Livelihood and Peace Promotion”, which was initiated in response to the crisis situation.  The project was funded by the UN Peacebuilding Fund and the Government of the Russian Federation.

On July 19, 2011 during a certificates award ceremony in vocational school #12 a young lady, who was standing among other invited guests, caught eyes of spectators. When she stepped up and delivered her congratulating speech, graduates of the school recognized her as a graduate of the last year’s courses. That day Aziza Suleimanova took part in the ceremony as an employer and hired two girls who completed hairdresser courses to work in her own beauty salon “Elina”.

Сегодня в Посольстве Российской Федерации в Бишкеке состоялась встреча, посвященная результатам сотрудничества Российской Федерации и системы ООН в Кыргызской Республике по оказанию содействия в 2011 году в постконфликтном восстановлении республики. В ходе встречи также рассматривались планы сотрудничества на ближайшую перспективу.

Во встрече принимали участие Чрезвычайный и Полномочный Посол Российской Федерации в Кыргызской Республике Валентин Власов и дипломаты Посольства, Постоянный Координатор системы ООН в КР Александр Аванесов, Руководитель Аппарата Президента КР Жанторо  Сатыбалдиев, Министр иностранных дел КР Руслан Казакбаев и главы учреждений системы Организации Объединенных Наций в КР.

Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan (January 4, 2012) –  In 2011 UNDP Disaster Risk Management Programme helped to reconstruct five pedestrian bridges in three villages of Boz-Uchuk village district of Aksy district of Issyk-Kul province.  For years these bridges/roads in the village had not been maintained and posed risks to the lives of people. A total of 7,5 km of internal roads in the Ichke-Jergez, Novo-Voznesovka and Enchilesh villages  were renovated providing safe access for people to agricultural and pasture lands.