Assignment Title: Promotion of “Alai Too Aseli” and “Chon-Alai Baly” cooperatives’ honey products and to find new potential buyers. Location: Osh, Bishkek Assignment periods: March 02– October 30, 2020. Objects: Marketing promotion of products/honey of the “Alai Too Aseli” and “Chon-Alai Baly” cooperatives by participating in and presenting product samples at international festivals, exhibitions, B2B and to find new potential buyers in order to increase the volume of cooperatives’ sales. Basic requirements for a potential consultant/organization : - Current business in the sphere of honey products’ sale and export for at least 2 years; - Experience of collaboration with beekeepers/ cooperatives in supplying honey products, current/valid contracts with target cooperatives is an advantage; - Experience of working with local non-governmental organizations, international organizations is an asset; - Registration of a legal entity (LLC or PF) Candidates should send the listed below documents to the following e-mail: Nurgul.Tashtanova@helvetas.org, no later than February 29, 2020. List of application documents • Certificate of registration of a legal entity; • Letter of interest describing business experience of honey products export for at least 2 years; • Program/announcement of the festival, exhibition, B2B meetings, where the promotion of target cooperatives’ products is to be realized • Detailed budget of expenses, including own contribution. Download detailed ToR
A total of 398 people took part in the trainings, including representatives of local authorities, ayil keneshes, social workers and representatives of the local population. During the event, participants got acquainted with gender-sensitive and socially inclusive approaches, including mapping techniques, the legal framework, tools for developing gender-sensitive and socially inclusive budgeting and services to meet the needs of vulnerable groups. The main topics of the trainings were: Diversity of social groups, the concept of gender, the distinction between gender and sex, gender discrimination, international and national mechanisms for gender equality, gender analysis. Sessions on social inclusion and gender-oriented budgeting were also held. Participants were actively involved in the mapping process of their municipalities to visualize the categorization of local people based on gender, age, ethnicity, etc. Subsequent sessions focused on national legislation and action plans to advance gender equality and review international treaties. At the same time, they noted the positive effect of changes in the country's legislation related to gender issues. “The interests of both sexes should be taken into account. It is very good that the Government provided quotas for women in ayil keneshes. When there are women deputies, they can talk about the interests of many social groups," said A. Abreshova, a deputy of the local kenesh. An important part of the training was devoted to methods and strategies of gender-sensitive analysis on existing administrative documents. The participants actively participated in the discussions. They were interested in topics and noted that existing administrative documents lacked gender and socially sensitive approaches. Moreover, participants used the created platform to discuss the developed documents in order to integrate gender and socially-sensitive approaches into them. “I really like the fact that it became real to conduct a gender analysis in order to assess the extent to which the local budget is gender and socially sensitive. We did not do this kind of analysis before. Of course, I think that this practice should be integrated into the work of our municipality,” said K. Korobaeva, specialist in Aiyl Okmotu. The trainings also explained the synchronization process of development programs, action plans and current budget expenditures. The participants received clear ideas on the objectives of the analysis and realized that processing existing administrative documents was not enough. Desired changes can only be achieved when they are assigned to specific resources for their application. Incorporating the interests of various social groups into development programs and annual budgets is also important for accountability and transparency. Participants noted the importance of training processes for the integration of the above approaches and expressed their opinion on this issue in the following vein: “When some decisions are made at the national level, they are rarely explained and conveyed to local authorities, including increasing the capacity of LSGs in order to increase their potential, knowledge and skills. This is difficult for us, especially when you need to report on the work done. For example, the state announced the launch of digitalization processes, but no relevant trainings were conducted to integrate these innovations. Therefore, we must limit ourselves by uploading information to bulletin boards. But if we had to undergo digitalization training, it would help us better understand this and put it into practice. Today, you have taught us a lot, and this will help LSG bodies not only to review local strategic plans and documents, but also to make progress reports for higher bodies more efficiently.” - Nusupov E., local activist (Cholpon-Ata municipality). The Public Service Improvement Project is funded by the Swiss Government through the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) and implemented by Helvetas Kyrgyzstan and the Development Policy Institute.
Assignment Title: Development of the “With Love by Alay” products catalogue with the purpose of market improvement and brand’s promotion Location: Osh city Assignment periods: November 28 to December 25, 2019 Objective: To develop a catalogue of products with prices indication, including specific characteristics, sizes, colors etc. for products’ visualization improvement and increasing sales, marketing, brand’s promotion. Application Procedure Candidates should send the documents mentioned below to the following e-mail: asel.ikramova@helvetas.org, no later than November 27, 2019. List of application documents Letter of interest describing the concept of the catalogue and filled out table with specific actions to complete tasks Detailed budget of an order Curriculum Vitae (Resumes) of the main executors Basic requirements for a potential consultant or a potential organization: At least 3 years of experience in the field of branding and sales, development of similar promo material, catalogue of handicraft products; Registration of a legal entity (LLC, IE) Creativeness to reach exact understanding of the catalogue concept for sales Working experience with international organizations, private companies involved in handicraft business Download the ToR
ASSIGNMENT DESCRIPTION Assignment Title: Conducting 1 two-days training on advocacy for key partners of 4 VC of Bai Alai programme: livestock, apiculture, tourism and handicraft. Location: Osh city Assignment periods: December 01, 2019 – December 20, 2019. Objects: To train the key partners of the 4 VC on basics of advocacy with the aim of developing an advocacy plan aimed to positively changing of the situation and solving identified actual problems in each sector. Application Procedure Candidates should send the following documents to the following e-mail: Nurgul.Tashtanova@helvetas.org, no later than November 19 2019. List of application documents Certificate of registration of a legal entity; Letter of interest describing the experience of providing similar services; CV of key candidates with experience of conducting trainings on advocacy; 2-3 recommendations from organizations that have received your services; Detailed budget for the trainers’ payment including logistic expenses of trainers. Basic requirements for a potential consultant or potential organization: At least 3 years of experience in the field of conducting similar trainings on advocacy and developing advocacy companies for beginners, including field work in remote regions: Experience in working with local non-governmental organizations, international organizations (at least 3 years); Excellent Kyrgyz language; Registration of a legal entity (LLC or PF) Readiness to start implementing the task from November 29, 2019 Experience with Helvetas and / or the Aga Khan Foundation or with other donor organizations is an advantage The ToR can be downloaded here: Download ToR
In honor of the World Youth Day on November 9 and 10 the largest youth [NON] conference JashtarCamp 2019 was held throughout the whole Kyrgyzstan. JashtarCamp is an annual informal youth [NOT] conference, an open platform for the exchange of opinions held in an interactive format. This year the event was dedicated to "Digital Generation. Professions of the XXI Century" topic, and was held under the slogan "Find yourself in the digital future." The main focus was new technologies, innovations, digitalization and the 21st century’s professions. The program of the event included panel discussions on areas of activity, an avenue of professions, an internship and courses, flash mobs, as well as workshops on robotics. The speakers were specialists in the field of IT technologies and robotics, Internet marketing and new media, animation and design, journalists and media experts, representatives of business and the banking sector, as well as representatives of government agencies and public figures. Among statesmen in Osh, Jalal-Abad and Kyzyl-Kie, Elvira Surabaldieva, a deputy of the Parliament of the Kyrgyz Republic, Nursultan Kubanov, an adviser to the Ministry of Education and Science and the chairman of the Youth Congress, took part. In addition, this year, speakers from Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan were specially invited for the event. The flexible format of the event allowed everyone to attend a variety of presentations and chat with experts. During breaks between performances, participants were also able to get to know experts better, communicate and exchange contacts. There have also been various contests with the presentation of prizes. The event was organized with the support of Youth United for the Future (YOU) project, funded and implemented by Helvetas Kyrgyzstan.
We are proud to announce that a Deputy Director of Helvetas Kyrgyzstan Ms. Damira Raeva received a certificate of honor in a special nomination - Person of the Year, who made a special contribution to the development of tourism in the Kyrgyz Republic. We decided to ask Damira Turarovna several questions in order to better acquaint our readers with her. - Dear Damira Turarovna, thank you for agreeing to a short interview. First of all, let me congratulate you on your victory. Could you please explain us what is Kyrgyzstan Tourism Awards and what is the nomination? - Thank you very much. I would like to note that it is a great honor for me and I am grateful to the organizers for the award, in fact, this is a common victory for our organization. The Kyrgyz Tourism Awards National Award is an annual event organized by the Ministry of Culture, Information and Tourism of the Kyrgyz Republic. This year, my candidacy was nominated in the nomination "Person of the Year, who made a special contribution to the development of tourism in the Kyrgyz Republic." - How did you begin to work in the tourism sector? - In the tourism sector, I started working as a Project Manager for Community Based Tourism Development Project (CBT), which was implemented by Helvetas Kyrgyzstan. Our team consisted of 8 people, and we piloted the first CBT group in Kochkor village in 2000. This initiative was very well received by the local community, we were all very motivated by the result, so we began to spread this experience to other regions of Kyrgyzstan. As a result, we got a network of local CBT organizations interested in developing rural tourism. To date, this network includes 15 local organizations that in 2003 joined the KCBTA Kyrgyzstan Hospitality Association. This project has become one of the successful projects in Kyrgyzstan, since the CBT network has been working steadily to this day, and I hope that it will be successful for a long time. - The CBT project was very successful, but it was in the early 2000s, does Helvetas continue to work in the tourism sector? - In my opinion, Helvetas makes a great contribution to the development of tourism in Kyrgyzstan, especially rural tourism, focusing on sustainability issues, including environmental aspects, analyzing the root problems in tourism and involving local players in the decision-making, which leads to sustainable development as we see in the example of CBT. At this time, Helvetas has also launched a long-term project for the development of sustainable winter tourism funded by the Swiss Government through the State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO), and is also working on the development of rural tourism in Alai and Chon Alai. - What, in your opinion, is lacking today for the development of the tourism sector in the country? - I think that tourism in Kyrgyzstan is developing quite dynamically. This year, Kyrgyzstan was in the top of the world tourist destinations, and we all see a significant increase in the number of tourists from different countries. But this is only the beginning, because according to various expert estimates, we use only about 10% of the country's potential. However, there are still a lot of unresolved issues related to the quality of tour services, outdated infrastructure, and ensuring the safety of tourists. These are very serious problems, for the solution of which we need to make structural changes in the state’s policy, and this is exactly what we lack for the time being. Most issues are resolved locally, spontaneously, and there are no significant system changes. - Will Helvetas continue to work in the tourism sector? - Of course, Helvetas will continue its work in the tourism sector, especially sustainable tourism, including winter tourism. We will make every effort to develop the tourism sector and the country as a whole. - Thank you very much for taking the time to answer questions. Congratulations again on the award and wish you success in your work. - Thank you, I, like the whole Helvetas Kyrgyzstan team, will make every effort to develop not only the tourism sector, but also other sectors of the economy of our country.
