The event was organized in honor of the World Women's Entrepreneurship Day, which is celebrated annually on November 19 in 144 countries under the auspices of the UN as a global initiative of Women's Entrepreneurship Day (WED), which aims to empower women around the world. This year the forum kicked off on November 12 in Daroot-Korgon village of Chon-Alai district, followed by an event in Gulcha village of Alai district on November 14 and in Osh city on November 16. The event was organized by the Swiss Bai Alai programme, implemented by Helvetas Kyrgyzstan together with the Aga Khan Foundation, as well as the Kurak Women's Forum NGO and the USAID’s Agrosooda project. More than 200 people from Batken, Osh and Jalal-Abad regions took an active part in the forum and were able not only to share their experiences and success stories, but also to hear the success stories of the event speakers: - The Ambassador of the World Women's Entrepreneurship Day in the Kyrgyz Republic, Chairman of the Board of Kurak Women's Forum Ainura Sagynbaeva - Reina Janybekova, Head of the Reina-Kench organic farm. - Creative Director of "Dilbar" Fashion House, Member of the Board of Kurak Women’s Forum Dilbar Ashimbayeva - Maergul Karakozueva, Social Entrepreneur, Founder of Art Hotel and Konok Hostel in Osh - Dilbara Muratova, head of the Issyk-Kul branch of the Kyrgyz Union of Beekeepers "During the forum I received a lot of useful information about business opportunities in different sectors from women who have achieved success. For residents of remote areas like Alai such events are very useful, as we have the opportunity to get firsthand information, as well as gain motivation and overcome our fears" - said Gulbarchyn Azimova, a resident of Zhosholu village in Alai district. In turn, the speakers noted the high interest of the forum participants and awarded the most active participants with certificates for individual consultations on business. -- The Phase II of the Small Business and Income Creation Programme in Alai and Chon Alai is funded by the Government of Switzerland through the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) and implemented by Helvetas Kyrgyzstan and Aga Khan Foundation. For more information on this project, please contact Bai Alai Project Manager Imanaly Turkbaev, Imanaly.turkbaev@helvetas.org, tel: +996 (550) 157 013.
Assignment Title: Conducting eco-campaigns in social media to raise public awareness on proper garbage handling Location(s): Osh, Alay and Chon-Alai districts Assignment periods: October 20, 2021 - 31 May, 2022 Main requirements: · Work experience and necessary competency on the matter on hand · raising awareness of the community on the waste management of the programme target region · Readiness to take up monitoring role after conduction of media-compaign Tasks: · Creating new public pages on social media (Instagram, Facebook, Tik-Tok, Twitter) · Maintenance and promotion of the social pages with the help of contests and games on the topic of proper garbage handling · Search for new materials and regular publications on social media for raising awareness of community on proper garbage handling · Targeted advertising to attract new subscribers and increase social media audience of the created public pages Expected results: · Created public pages in popular social media (Instagram, Facebook, Tik-Tok, Twitter) · Public pages gained 100 thousand subscribers · 120 publications (Instagram, Facebook, Tik-Tok, Twitter) published for raising awareness among community on the waste management · Conducted 4 different competitions to raise awareness of civil society on the waste management. General tasks Provide a detailed action plan for the provision of services, taking into account the tasks set, for discussion and approval by the project team; Provide descriptive reports: - submit the first descriptive report no later than December 20, 2021; - submit the second final descriptive report no later than May 15, 2021; 3. Application Procedure Applicants must send the following documents by email to Beksultan.abdisalamov@helvetas.org no later than October 20, 2021: List of application documents · CVs of the main performers with experience in performing similar tasks; · Data on audience of each blogger/influencer that applicants plans to involve in this task · Action plan, implementation schedule, including a detailed budget. · Contact details from at least two independent references who has knowledge of the applicant’s expertise and relevant work experience; Basic requirements for a potential consultant or potential organization: · Experience of at least 3 years in SMM · Successful experience of developing and promoting social media pages · Experience in working with local non-governmental organizations, international organizations (at least 2 years);
Swiss Bai Alai Programme - “Small Business and Income Creation programme in Alai and Chon-Alai”, Phase II, implemented by Helvetas Kyrgyzstan in a consortium with the Aga Khan Foundation and funded by the Government of Switzerland, invites companies and non-governmental organizations in the Kyrgyz Republic, implementing their activities on promotion women’s and youth issues, especially in rural areas, to take part in an open competition to conduct Forum dedicated to Women’s Entrepreneurship Day and Youth (self) employment in Alai and Chon-Alai districts. As a result of this competition, interested companies and NGOs will be selected for conducting Forum dedicated to Women’s Entrepreneurship Day from November 10 to November 17, 2020. The purpose of the Forum: to promote entrepreneurship among Women and Youth and expand their participation in economic activities in Alai and Chon-Alai districts. Problem of the statement: within the frame of global initiative Women's Entrepreneurship Day (WED) is aimed on expanding rights and opportunities of women all over the world, which is celebrated annually in 144 countries around the world under the aegis of the United Nations. The events that are initiated as part of the entrepreneurship day, create a community of women-leaders, innovators and entrepreneurs, who will further empower women and youth to participate in economic development and decision-making processes. In order to raise increase women’s involvement in entrepreneurship it is necessary to provide useful business information for both youth and women; discussion opportunities and exchanges of experiences in with more successful and experienced entrepreneurs. This will strengthen the potential of new entrepreneurs (through motivation, life examples and successful business cases) in the project area. Hence, project Bai Alai intend to hire a company or an organization to conduct Forum dedicated to the Women’s Entrepreneurship Day. Within the frame of this Forum will be created platform where successful women entrepreneurs and young entrepreneurs from Bishkek and Osh will act as speakers for target groups in Alai, Chon Alai. This platform should create all conditions to provide motivational meetings, exchanges of experiences, which will be aimed supporting women and youth in implementing of business initiatives, as well as to strengthen the families. The platform includes organization of the event and holding Forums in two locations Alai and Chon-Alai districts. Main tasks: · Involve positive role models who could inspire youth and women to better engage in Cattle, Apiculture, Handicraft and Tourism and other businesses, where their potential will be realized successfully; · Expand opportunities of local women and youth through motivation in each sector and other opportunities for their self- realization; · To draw attention of local beneficiaries and participants (especially men, as well as community representatives) to success stories of women and youth, as well as recognition of positive role models represented by women and youth. · Speakers will share their experiences of successful business (entrepreneurial skills/cases), as well as personal experience in overcoming social barriers, stereotypes in society, family and in developing business. · Service provider will cover all logistics and all costs incurred with the implementation of the Forums. All interested companies/organizations to participate in this competition are invited to send proposals in Russian by October 27, 2021 to the following emails: nazira.raimzhanova@helvetas.org and bermet.rayimbekova@helvetas.org Package of documents should include: Technical part: - The detailed technical proposal that includes a proposed Forum format indicating the overall process, quality insurance, time frames, agenda; - A clear work plan, including all results with detailed time frames; - Contact information at least from two referents, confirming the applicant’s competence and relevant work experience. Financial part: - Financial proposal should include budget, including all costs expecting during the implementation tasks - Documents from Tax Agency and Social Fund of an applicant that show that applicant fulfils its obligations in front of these state bodies, copy of the Statute, copy of the registration certificate. For further questions regarding the announcement, please contact: nazira.raimzhanova@helvetas.org Main requirements in selection process: · At least 3 years of experience in implementing such assignments; · Previous experience in providing Forum with focus on Women and Youth; · Previous experience in implementation international projects will be an advantage; · Provide monitoring of public acceptance (the need for this content, the benefits and popularity among audience) before and after providing Forum in Alai and Chon-Alai districts as well as in social media. · Excellent knowledge of Kyrgyz, Russian languages.
The event was attended by members of the Government of the Kyrgyz Republic, heads and representatives of diplomatic missions of foreign states, representatives of international organizations, NGOs and business. Helvetas projects supported their partners and beneficiaries to participate in the forum-exhibition. For example, the "Greentour" project supported Naryn Tourism Association, and the Swiss projects "Bai Alai" and "Winter Tourism Kyrgyzstan" supported "Visit Alai" and "Destination Karakol" public associations respectively. The forum-exhibition program featured a number of different events, including: - an international trade fair; - ethno-bazaar; - the first tourism forum of the Greater Region; - ethno concert program; - concert program of Bollywood stars; - show of collections of national ethno-designers; - discussion on the sustainable development of tourism; - a round table on "The Big Regional Tourist Business in a New Environment"; - tours and info-tours for foreign visitors; - awards for representatives of the tourism industry; - participation in the Letter to the World initiative. During the round table "Large regional tourism business in a new environment," participants were able to learn from the experience of foreign countries to restore and further development of tourism. In addition, a number of topical issues were discussed, such as the development of green tourism, marketing and fundraising, as well as issues of security in tourism. It is worth noting that the Swiss Embassy in the Kyrgyz Republic, as well as the employee of the Swiss Bai Alai project Beksultan Abdisalamov were awarded for their contribution to the development of tourism. *** The Government of Switzerland provides assistance for the development of the Kyrgyz Republic to improve the well-being of the population. Over the last 25 years Switzerland has granted more than CHF 430 million to Kyrgyzstan in the form of technical, financial and humanitarian support. For more information, please visit https://www.eda.admin.ch/bishkek. SWITCH-Asia was launched in 2007 with funding from the European Union and for more than a decade, the Programme has been committed to advancing the progress on sustainable consumption and production (SCP) in many countries across Asia and Central Asia, 19 in the first phase and 24 since 2019. The support of the programme in Central Asia is framed around two strategic components: The Sustainable Consumption and Production Facility – implemented by Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES) and adelphi. The SWITCH-Asia Grant Programme – managed by the Directorate-General for International Cooperation and Development of the European Commission. More information at: www.switch-asia.eu Helvetas Kyrgyzstan is a development organization anchored in Switzerland. Helvetas started its activities in Kyrgyzstan in November 1994, and today organization is running a number of projects in Kyrgyzstan. Our organization is always ready to support and develop relationship with local and international partners. For more information, please visit www.helvetas.org
On August 18, 2021, a wool processing workshop was officially opened in the village of Daroot-Korgon, Chon-Alai district. The ceremony was organized by the public association "Business Women of Alai" (BWA), which is a beneficiary and a partner of the Swiss Bai Alai programme, and the USAID Enterprise Competitiveness Project. In turn, the Swiss Government, as well as the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) provided the BWA equipment for cleaning and processing of wool, as well as the production of felt at a total cost of 1.5 million KGS. This equipment will automate the process of processing wool, reduce production costs and improve product quality, which contributes to improving the profitability of production. "With this equipment we will be able to process more than 58 kg of wool per day, before we had to spend 3-4 days for such volume, respectively, the efficiency of our work has increased several times. In addition, previously we had to order some raw materials in Bishkek and Osh, but now we will be able to receive it locally, which will save us significantly on logistics, and also increase the speed of production of the final product. I would like on behalf of all women artisans of Alai and Chon-Alai districts to express gratitude to the Government of Switzerland, USAID, Helvetas and directly to the projects "Bai Alai" and " Enterprise Competitiveness ", - said Zhibek Turatbekova, executive director of the Chon-Alai branch of the Business Women of Alai PF. At present, BWA is one of the largest employers in the remote Alay and Chon-Alay districts, creating jobs for 269 women-artisans. The association engages local women artisans in the production of carpets, home décor items, felt carpets and handicrafts. It is worth noting that products from the felt workshop are represented in the brand store of BWA in Gulcha village, in the Tumar art salon in Bishkek. The products of BWA are also available in the Nomad Store network in Osh (10 guest houses in Osh, Brio Café, TSUM in Bishkek and Kyial market). It is worth noting that the BWA workshop’s products are also exported to the Russian Federation and Germany. "We are proud of our craftswomen, who glorify not only the Alai and Chon-Alai districts, but the country as a whole. Today's event is a prime example of the need to support our local producers, who are distinguished by their hard work and talent. BWA foundation contributes significantly to the economy, creating jobs, in less than a year they managed to increase the number of their employees from 6 to 34 people, and until the end of this year it is planned to increase this number to 54"- said the head of the district public administration of the Alai district Abykeev Temirbolot Asanalievich. -- The Phase II of the Small Business and Income Creation Programme in Alai and Chon Alai is funded by the Government of Switzerland through the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) and implemented by Helvetas Kyrgyzstan and Aga Khan Foundation. For more information on this project, please contact Bai Alai Project Manager Imanaly Turkbaev, Imanaly.turkbaev@helvetas.org, tel: +996 (550) 157 013.
Greentour seeks proposals from the tourism specialists to fulfill the tasks of coaches on tourism sustainability through providing the following services: - support the project target group (tour operators and accommodation businesses) in preparation for the Travelife – Sustainability in Tourism certification process; - conduct sustainability training and coaching for project beneficiaries in the regions of Kyrgyzstan; - participate in other project activities related to value chain analysis of destinations, training and capacity building, publications and outreach. Level of effort The coach will be engaged on part-time basis and the monthly level of effort will be agreed with Greentour. Required qualifications and experience - Bachelor’s Degree in Tourism and Hospitality, Business Administration, Environmental Studies or related field; - At least 3 years of experience in tourism; - Understanding the concepts of sustainable tourism; - Excellent organizational, communication and technical skills; - Self-starter attitude, willingness to learn and an interest in sustainable tourism; - Oral and written fluency in English and Russian. Working knowledge of Kyrgyz is an asset. How to apply Interested candidates should send their CVs and cover letters to kyrgyzstan@helvetas.org with a copy to Nargiza.kudaiberdieva@helvetas.org by COB August 13, 2021. * Considering the long-term nature and need of this activity, the coaches are expected to work on part-time basis in the end of Year 2 and throughout Year 3 of the project. The service agreements will be signed in accordance with the project periods: Year 2 contracts will cover Nov-Dec 2021, then Jan-Feb 2022. Year 3 contracts will cover April-December 2022, then Jan-Feb 2023. Extension is possible in Year 4 if the need is relevant and budget is available. Download ToR
