Filmmakers of Kyrgyzstan are launching a new project called “Kyrgyzstan – the country of short length films,” said the director and founder of the studio “Aytysh Movie” Sadyk Sher-Niyaz. Continue reading →

The Azerbaijani Students Union with financial assistance from the State NGO Support Council under the Azerbaijani President launches a project on “Propaganda network of Azerbaijani students studying abroad,” the union said.

The main objective of the project is to raise world awareness about Azerbaijan through Azerbaijani students studying abroad. Continue reading →

Having familiarized with the exposition of a two-story Kazakhstan pavilion at the World Expo 2010 in Shanghai (China), Karim Masimov, the Prime Minister of Kazakhstan, highly assessed its design and execution. K. Masimov also visited the exhibition halls of Japan and China. Continue reading →

International Industrial Fair and Cooperation Exchange will take place in Tashkent, Uzbekistan in October 2010 in two stages.

The Government of Uzbekistan adopted resolution “On measures of organization of International Industrial Fair and Cooperation Exchange in 2010”.

In line with the document, International Industrial Fair and Cooperation Exchange will be held at UzExpoCenter national exhibition complex in two stages.

Sectoral industrial fairs will be held in the first stage in June-July 2010 and International Industrial Fair and Cooperation Exchange will take place in the second stage on 26-30 October 2010.

One of the main tasks of this forum is to inform partners on produced goods and rendered services in Uzbekistan, signing supply agreements, and etc.

Delegates began arriving at the UzExpoCentre in Tashkent today to register for Asian Development Bank’s (ADB) 43rd Annual Meeting of the Board of Governors – the first time the event is being held in Central Asia.

Finance ministers, senior government officials, business leaders, academics, media and members of international organizations and civil society, are among up to 3,000 participants expected at the meeting, which runs from 1 May to 4 May. Continue reading →

International Finance Corporation (IFC) and its partners today marked the official registration of Tajikistan’s first private credit bureau, a long-awaited component of the financial infrastructure and a crucial mechanism for expanding credit for people and small business, according to the IFC Dushanbe Office.

Six microfinance institutions, four commercial banks, and the Association of Microfinance Organizations of Tajikistan became shareholders of Credit Information Bureau in Tajikistan, which was initiated by IFC in partnership with the National Bank of Tajikistan and the Swiss Government. Continue reading →

Members of the Association of Private Tourist Companies and Small Business of Bukhara decided to help Central Asian artisans and craftsman promote and expand their craft. Therefore, Annual Festival “Silk&Spices” was organized in 2000. This year festival will be held on May 6,7,8,9 – 2010. Continue reading →

The main objective of the Trekking Union of Kyrgyzstan (TUK) is promotion of the adventure tourism, trekking and active vacation in the mountains among local people. The main target group is the youth. The emphasis is to impart the protective and respectful attitude to the nature and to encourage active outdoor sports and healthy life style. Continue reading →

First Regional Forum Internet CA-2010, on the development of Internet-sphere in Central Asia, was launched on April 29, 2010, in Almaty, Kazakhstan.
During the forum, more than hundred of the participants will discuss Internet security legislation in the sphere of internet in the region, development of World Wide Web in the national languages, and investments in internet projects, intellectual property, media and new media. Continue reading →

The forum will last for two days: April 27-28. The presidency of Kazakhstan in OSCE has become the central theme of the IX Eurasian Media Forum.

The representatives of the OSCE top echelon, the heads of the world media community, the analytical centers, and other influential international organizations will take part in the work of the IX conference of the Eurasian Media Forum.

The main events of the international life and their reflexion in the world mass media are in the centre of attention of the Eurasian Media Forum.