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JUNE – JULY 2018 ● NUMBER 31( 95) ● THE KYRGYZ REPUBLIC

First Visit of the JICA President to the P A G E 2 - 3 Kyrgyz Republic COUNTRY

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OVOP shop opening in

Japanese cul- ture festival

Bilateral meeting between JICA President and President of the KR. (Photo provided by Press service of the President Office)

th th On the 27 - 29 of June, 2018 JICA gyz Republic, focusing on regional devel-

President Dr. Shinichi Kitaoka visited opment, promoting the private sector and Main airfield Kyrgyzstan for the first time. On the 28th human resource development. of June, Dr. Kitaoka observed OVOP Dr. Kitaoka and Mr. Abylgaziyev witnessed project workshops in Issyk-kul region. the signing ceremony for “The Project for While communicating with female pro- Human Resource Development Scholar- ducers, the importance of supplementary ship (JDS)” and the “The Project for the income for women was raised. This extra Improvement of Equipment of Manas income was made possible through the International Airport”.

implementation of the OVOP project, and Also, Dr. Kitaoka participated in an infor- according to the women, is not only used mal meeting with fellows of JDS, and for everyday spending, but also for educa- highly praised the great success of fellows Best practices tion or buying clothes for their children. who are working in the center of the gov- in dairy sector Dr. Kitaoka also visited dig site in Ak- ernment of the KR. Beshim of the ancient city of Suyab, Dr. Kitaoka noted that Kyrgyzstan was the which is listed as a UNESCO World Her- 100th country that he had visited. "This itage. At the dig site, the President of moment is very important for me. I really JICA discussed the possibility of attract- liked Kyrgyzstan, I was surprised how ing tourists with a KR government offi- similar the Kyrgyz and Japanese people th cial. On the 29 of June, Dr. Kitaoka met were and how Kyrgyzstan intended to with the President of the Kyrgyz Republic, expand the good relationship with Japan Zheenbekov S., and the Prime Minister of and JICA. We will make every effort to Soroban in the Kyrgyz Republic, Abylgaziev M. Dr. effectively implement all our projects in Kyrgyzstan Kitaoka stressed JICA's commitment to Kyrgyzstan." ● continuing cooperation with the Kyr- gyz…...

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Country Report J U N E - J U L Y 2 0 1 8 ● N U M B E R 31( 95) ● THE KYRGYZ REPUBLIC Page 2 PROJECT NEWS The first regional OVOP shop opened in Osh

The project “One Village One Product is an important tool for regional development. Prime Minister of the KR Abylgaziev M. got acquainted with the activity of “One Village One Product” (OVOP) Association. The Government’s priority is regional development. “Con- sidering the importance of the project, we are ready for further cooperation”, - said the Prime Minister. Chief Representative of JICA informed that the project concept is aimed at creating additional work places in rural areas, promoting domestic OVOP regional shop, at Osh City, 1 Bayalinov Street (In Osh Nuru Hotel). products to foreign markets and promoting integrated develop- The first regional work of the OVOP Pro- as dried fruits, jams, prod- ment of the regions. The OVOP OVOP Shop (“Nomad ject and in cooperation ucts made from Association plans to expand its activities in all areas of the Store”) was opened in with donor organizations apricot, cosmetics prod- country. Osh. The Opening Cere- such as WFP, UNDP, ucts, organic cotton yarn, www.knews.kg mony took place on July Helvates in Osh, Jalal- souvenirs, as well as prod- May 28, 2018 3, 2018, in Osh city, where Abad and Batken oblasts. ucts from Issyk-Kul Ob- “A meeting was held between representatives of local After the explanation of last, and will be the hub the Deputy Minister of Foreign authorities, OVOP Com- each new product, the shop to promote local Affairs of the KR, Ms. Kemelova mittee members of Osh guests had a chance to products in the Southern D. and the Director General of the Caucasus, Eastern and oblast, representatives of taste the food products; part of Kyrgyzstan. Central Asia Department of donor organizations, pro- they especially liked aiwa We hope it will play an JICA, Mr. Fujiya”. During the ducers and other related jam made from local important role in promot- meeting a wide range of issues parties were invited. quince. ing local products and related to the further development of JICA technical The guests were intro- “Nomad Store” offers contributing to the devel- cooperation, as well as the duced to the goods pro- local products made of opment of the region’s strengthening of cultural and 19:00)duced within the frame- regional resources such economy.● humanitarian interactions between the Kyrgyz Republic ….. and Japan were disscused. www.akipress.kg May 26, 2018 Japanese culture festival came to Issyk-Kul “A teacher from Japan speaks in fluent Kyrgyz and plays district of the Issyk-Kul region. The komuz”.Takumi Kakihana festival program was as fascinating as worked for two years at the school in Kegeti village, Chui always. Volunteers, together with the region. During this time he children, sang songs, danced and taught the children English played a traditional Japanese game language and learned to play known as "Fukuwarai", where player komuz. “In Kyrgyzstan I helped English local teachers and in with a blindfold must make a portrait some matters they helped me. from pre-prepared fragments. Thus, we exchanged the Besides this, volunteers introduced experience and methodology of the children to the basics of karate, teaching a foreign language”, said the volunteer. and “Kara-Jorgo” physical exercise to www.bilim.akipress.kg Fisherman dance”- “Sooran Bushi”. promote a healthy lifestyle. (Link for June 20, 2018 Festivals of Japanese culture are “Kara-Jorgo” physical exercise, pre- already well known and loved by chil- pared by JICA volunteer dren. They look forward to these events https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e CALENDAR* which take them on a journey to the UKK_kCRPgM ) AUGUST Participants of the festival left with a culture of the Land of the Rising Sun. So, on the 19th of May 2018, a festival pleasant impression of the event. Our supported by JICA volunteers was held volunteers will continue introducing *dates may be changed in one of the schools in the Ak-Suu Japanese culture to children.●

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News Kyrgyzstan Country Report J U N E - J U L Y 2 0 1 8 ● N U M B E R 31( 95) ● THE KYRGYZ REPUBLIC Page 3 The main airfield of the country has been re-equipped

Abulgaziev. The airport's air naviga- already in the possession of the tion equipment supplied under the airport. According to ICAO stand- Japanese loan in 1999 served the ards, the airports of the 9th catego- recommended period and had to be ry, to which "Manas" belongs, must renewed in order to meet flight have at their disposal at least three safety standards. fire-fighting vehicles with a com- The installed equipment represents bined capacity of 36,400 liters of the ground devices located near the water. Beyond that the airport runway. They produce radio signals received snow removal machines Review of the airfield equipment. allowing aircrafts to navigate both for clearing the runway as well as On June 29, under the grant horizontally and vertically before an aircraft tow tractor, potable project for improving the equip- landing, which is especially mean- water vehicles, aircraft air- ment of “Manas” airport, a cere- ingful in bad weather and low visi- conditioning units, container and mony of transfer of the air naviga- bility conditions. luggage carts and other equipment. tion system took place. The cere- In the framework of another Pro- ● mony was attended by JICA Pres- ject’s component, 49 units of ma- ident, Mr. Shinichi Kitaoka, who chinery were transferred to “Manas” was in Kyrgyzstan on a two-day airport in October last year. In par- visit, and the Prime Minister of ticular, one fire truck was provided the KR, Mr. Muhammetkaly in addition to the two which were ……….. ….. Business forum in

TLC of local type will be constructed in

m in Karakoltentiary representative of the Government of the Kyrgyz Republic in region: “Construction of the LTLC is very important for , espe- cially during the year of the region’s development. Currently, farmers in Kochkor store their products in inappropriate conditions and have many losses. With the conditions that LTLC is has set, farmers could sell potatoes in spring at a better price and increase their income. I wish that this project is implemented successfully and becomes an exam- ple, a model for other agricultural cooperatives”. Murashev Nurbek, Minister of Agriculture, Food Ceremony of memorandum signing. Industry and Melioration of the KR expressed sup- The ceremony for the signing of the Memo- port for the project and noted the importance of randum of understanding on the establishment of TLC creation in the KR: “Establishment of trade- the Trade Logistics Center of local type (LTLC) in logistics centers, warehouses for vegetables with the Kochkor district of Naryn region was held. The the application of the world’s best modern practic- memorandum has been signed by the parties im- es and technology in line with international stand- plementing the pilot project for the promotion of ards could solve most of the problems in promoting agriculture logistics through the establishment of agricultural products on internal and international LTLC. The main goal of the pilot project is to devel- markets”. ● op the business model of LTLC based on the agricul- tural cooperative. What is expected: ① LTLC will contribute to in- crease of Kochkor farmer’s income from potato sales, ② LTLC will as follows consolidate small individual deliveries into large quantities, ③ will provide services on washing, storing, sorting, and packing the products. Amanbai Kayipov, Plenipo- Kochkor district. Site, where TLC local type is planned to be constructed. FROM

News Kyrgyzstan Project News J U N E - J U L Y 2 0 1 8 ● N U M B E R 31( 95) ● THE KYRGYZ REPUBLIC Page 4 Japan’s best practices in the dairy sector will be brought over to Kyrgyzstan

technologies. Participants expressed much inter- est in the management and operation of dairy processing factories where founders of the factory are milk producers (farmers) united in a coopera- tive. Thus, everybody in the production chain is interested in increasing the quality of milk and dairy products. As noted by Mr. Zhuzupbek Moldokmatov, Chairman of the “Chui Sut” Asso- ciation of the milk producers: “It is necessary to introduce Japan’s system of cooperation to the dairy industry of Kyrgyzstan”. As a result of the training, participants analyzed Visit to the Fujihira company that produces the mini kits/equipment for the problems in milk production and prepared the livestock husbandry. Action Plan for introducing the gained knowledge A training on the "Improvement of Technol- and the development of the most important sector ogies and Systems of Veterinary and Animal Hus- in livestock husbandry of Kyrgzystan. Moreover, bandry for the Production and Distribution of Raw by the initiative of the Chuy province Governor, at Milk" organized by the JICA project for Market- Council for the development of dairy sector in Oriented Milk Production in Chui Province (MOMP) Chuy province will be established. Participants of was held in Japan. 11 representatives of the dairy the training course in Japan and other relevant sector from Kyrgyzstan took part in the training. representatives of the dairy industry will be mem- Participants were familiarized with Japan’s experi- bers of the Council and will consider important ence in developing and managing of the dairy sector issues of the sector and solve them with joint as well as dairy cow husbandry, feeding and milking efforts. ●

Soroban in Kyrgyzstan!

News from Kyrgyzstan is a bimonthly roban is a material for calcula- newsletter that focuses on JICA’s interna- tion which has more than 600 tional perspectives and its involvement in years of history in Japan and is local economic development. This newslet- quite effective for developing ter details the work of JICA in the Kyrgyz concentration and good memory. Republic. Needless to say calculation skills will also be significantly devel- Editors for Kyrgyzstan edition: Mr. Kazu- hiko Kikuchi, Chief Representative, oped. Ms. Aikerim Doolbekova, PR Assistant Chief Representative of JICA, Kikuchi Kazuhiko: “I am very JICA Kyrgyz Republic Office Important moment. 15 Razzakov str., , Kyrgyz Repub- impressed and surprised that not 2-3 June 2018, SOROBAN only the participants but also lic, Tel +996-312-900270; Fax +996-312- Olympic was held in the “Vitias” waiting students stood up and 900279; E-mail: [email protected] resort center in Issyk-Kul region, calculated with them (see pho- Website : www.jica.go.jp and was organized by Ms. Zhibek tos) silently with concentration. JICA (Japan International Cooperation Sharapova , who graduated from a Mathematics is one of the most Agency) is the world’s largest bilateral aid mini MBA course of KRJC (Kyrgyz- emphasized subjects in Japan”. agency providing various forms of assis- Japan Center for Human Develop- We do hope that in future in tance in over 150 countries around the ment) which teaches the Japanese Olympics, Japanese and Kyrgyz- world. methodology of business manage- stani representatives will get ment. More than 300 students from together and compete, which will 5 -16 years old participated, includ- also serve as a great message of ing students from Uzbekistan, Ka- friendship to the younger gener- zakhstan, Tajikistan and Russia. So- ation! ● history in Japan and is quite effec- tive for developing concentration and good memory, and needless to say calculation skill will be signifi- cantly developed. Chief Representatives of JICA, Kikuchi Kazuhiko: “I am very im- pressed and surprised that not only the participants but also waiting students stood up and calculated with them (see photos) silently with