ELECTIONS TO THE WORLD HERITAGE COMMITTEE - CANDIDATURE FORMAT FOR EXPERTS IN THE FIELD OF THE CULTURAL/NATURAL HERITAGE

State Party Kyrgyz Republic

National Commission of the Kyrgyz Republic for UNESCO, Official contact Erkindik blvd.,54, , Kyrgyz Republic, information [email protected] Tel.: +996 312 62 67 61 (fax); 62 46 81; 62 66 46 CV of expert Cultural Heritage Natural Heritage Mrs. Ainura Tentieva is a cultural Mr. Emil Shukurov, an honored heritage expert with extensive scientist of Kyrgyz Republic and experience in working with leading biodiversity conservation coordination and preparation of advocate, is an expert in natural World Heritage nominations, “Silk heritage management. He holds Roads: The Routes Network of PhD in Bioscience and is a doctor of Chang’an - Tian-Shan Corridor” in Geographical Science. At various collaboration with and points of his professional activity, Kazakhstan, being one of them. Emil Shukurov had lead programs Ainura Tentieva has been National and projects such as - WWF- Project Coordinator of UNESCO/ UNESCO project on Natural Japanese Trust Fund Project Monuments Heritage of the Central “Preservation of Silk Roads Sites in Asia; Revival of Environmental the Upper Chuy Valley in friendly traditions in contemporary : Navikat (Krasnaya culture; Central Asian project of the Rechka), Suyab (Ak Beshim) and Global Environment Facility on Balasagyn (Burana)”. conservation of biodiversity of the She has led consultations to WH Western Tien-Shan. He played nominations of: (Tajikistan), pivotal role in preparation and Sulaiman-Too Sacred Mountain submission of Issyk-Kul basin to be (Kyrgyzstan), UNESCO/ JFIT part of World Network of Biosphere Project on Preservation and Reserves, being the head of national Conservation of Ajina Tepa, group for natural objects. At the Tajikistan. rank of National Advisor he assisted She worked at the UNESCO HQ / drafting of the Strategy and Plan for Asia Pacific Section of the World Conversation of Biodiversity of the Heritage Center and managed project Kyrgyz Republic and Strategy on on protection of Cultural Heritage in Sustainable Human Development of , which was joint project the Kyrgyz Republic. Emil of the National Research Institute for Shukurov has chaired the Cultural Properties, Tokyo (Japan) Environmental Movement of and the Institute of History and Kyrgyzstan “Aleine” and had been Cultural Heritage of Academy of member of the Presidential Council Sciences (Kyrgyzstan). for Sustainable Human Mrs. Ainura Tentieva also has vast Development and Council on experience in several UN projects. informational support for Reforms. Holds M.Sc. Engineering and Member of MAB National Programming of Information Committee. Has more than 300 Systems/Optimization methods/ publications on ecology, Numerical methods. zoogeography, geography, Fluently speaks in Kyrgyz (native sustainable development, gender language) English and Russian. and sociology. Fluent in Kyrgyz (native language), Russian, English Publications in the field of cultural and German. heritage: 1. A.Tentieva, “Buddhist Sites of Semirechie in Turkic Sogdian Period” (abstract for the proceedings of the conference “Turkic Sogdian Synthesis and Development of Cultural Heritage”) 2.D. Imankulov., A. Tentieva, paper “Preservation of Silk Roads Sites in Kyrgyzstan: Navekat, Suyab, Burana” (TERRA2003 proceedings) 3.J. Tentiev, A.Tentieva, article “”History of Study of Buddhist Architecture of Early Medieval Cities in Northern Kyrgyzstan” (proceedings of the conference “ and Christianity in Cultural Heritage of Central Asia”)

Duration of the If successful, Kyrgyzstan will voluntarily reduce its term of office to four mandate years.