Calendar of events / 2008 / May / 30
- May 30, 2008. Kyrgyzstan join Swiss import assistance program
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Kyrgyzstan is about to join the Swiss import assistance program, Tajikan Kalimbetova, the Kyrgyz Minister of Finance said summarizing results of the Kyrgyz-Swiss Interparliamentary commission's session on May 29. The program will advance trade relationships between Kyrgyzstan and Switzerland, which as of 2007 made $238.6 million profit. "The both countries possess the required opportunities," Kalimbetova noted. The Swiss import assistance program supports small and medium businesses in countries with transition economies willing to promote their goods in Swiss and European markets.
More information...Type: Summit/Conferences Organizers: Government Participants: Government(s) Theme: Regional Partnership Locations: Switzerland Open press: No - May 30, 2008. Turkmen President receives US Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asia
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President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov and US Assistant Secretary of State Richard Boucher have discussed, May 28, the prospects of developing mutually beneficial cooperation and security issues including in the energy sphere. According to the Turkmen State News Agency (TDH), the sides identified a number of other most important areas of interaction including economy, agriculture, education and healthcare. "The Unites States attaches great importance to developing relations with Turkmenistan playing a key role in Central Asia", Richard Boucher said. The US Envoy expressed his country's readiness to "render all possible assistance to the reforms launched by the Turkmen leader, including the constitutional and legal ones, that are set to become irreversible on the way of democratic transformations".
More information...Type: Meetings Organizers: Government Participants: Government(s) Theme: Regional Partnership Countries: United States Locations: Turkmenistan Open press: No - May 30, 2008. Kazakhstan Development Bank signed memos of coop in Japan
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In the course of a Governmental delegation' visit to Japan on May 19-20 Kazakhstan Development Bank has had a number of meetings with Japan counterparts. The visit was made within the 9th sitting of the Kazakh-Japan Cooperation Committee. Memorandums of mutual understanding with "Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation" and "Bank of Tokyo Mitsubishi UFJ" have been signed following up the results of the meetings, Kazinform cites the Bank's press service. The above-mentioned documents provide development and expansion of bilateral business cooperation with Japan in following spheres: joint realization of investment projects; structural financing of development projects in Kazakhstan and a number of other countries; syndicated loans on the world markets; international trade financing including organization of contracts of structural trade financing; participation in mutual programs on personnel training; consulting/research activity.
More information...Type: Summit/Conferences Organizers: Government Participants: Government(s) Theme: Regional Partnership Countries: Kazakhstan Locations: Japan Open press: No - May 30, 2008—May 31, 2008. Seminar to discuss issues of counteracting human trafficking in Uzbekistan
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Seminar "Counteracting human trafficking in the Republic of Uzbekistan" will be held on 30-31 May in Tashkent. The event has been organized by regional representative office of United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) in Central Asia with support of the Uzbek government. The seminar is directed on further improvement of national legislation, strengthening interaction of state structures and non-governmental organizations in Uzbekistan in the field of fight human trafficking, and studying international experience in this sphere, according to the information of the UNODC Office in Central Asia. It is expected that among participants of the seminar will be representatives of the Ministry of Internal Relations, National Security Service, Office of Public Prosecutor, Supreme Court, Ministry of Justice, Legislative Chamber of Oliy Majlis, National Human Rights Center of Uzbekistan and local NGOs.
More information...Type: Seminars Organizers: UN Agency, Government Participants: Government(s), NGOs Theme: Civil Society Locations: Uzbekistan Open press: No - January 30, 2008—December 31, 2008. Competition on the best coverage of socioeconomic problems announced in Kulob
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The Kulob mayor’s office has announced a competition among local journalists on the best coverage of socioeconomic problems facing the city and the district of Kulob. Journalists of all local publications irrespective of forms of property are invited to participate in the competition, which is dedicated to the 1,150 anniversary of founder of Tajik-Persian classical literature Abu Abdullo Rudaki and the Tajik Language Year that will be marked this year. The winners of the competition will be given prizes in money: 1st place – 1,000 somonis; 2nd place – 500 somonis; and 3rd place – 300 somonis. The award ceremony for the winners will be held at the first press conference of the Kulob mayor in 2009.
More information…Type: Exhibitions/Contest Organizers: Government Participants: Government(s), Mass-Media Theme: Other Countries: Tajikistan Locations: Tajikistan Open press: Yes - June 1, 2007—June 1, 2008. Creative Union of Journalists of Uzbekistan announces "Best journalist of the year" contest
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Creative Union of Journalists of Uzbekistan invites the public correspondents to take part in the "Best journalist of the year" contest. The stories published in the newspapers and magazines, websites, as well as those aired through television and radio from June 2007 to June 2008 will be accepted for consideration. The materials on the recommendations will be presented through the branch offices of the Creative Union of Journalists of Uzbekistan in the Republic of Karakalpakstan, provinces and the city of Tashkent. The journalists are kindly requested to send along with their works the data on the place of their employment, telephone numbers, address and copy of their passports. The diplomas and valuable prizes to the winners of the contest will be handed over at the festive ceremony on the Mass Media Day in Uzbekistan on 27 June 2008. The materials should be sent to the following address: 30, Navoi Str., 100129, Tashkent, the Creative Union of Journalists of the Republic of Uzbekistan. Tel: 144-64-62; 144-37-87. Fax: 144-69-65. E-mail: ijod@sarkor.uz. Web-site: www.journalist.uz.
More information…Type: Exhibitions/Contest Organizers: Mass-Media Participants: Mass-Media Theme: Other Countries: Uzbekistan Locations: Uzbekistan Open press: Yes
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