First students graduate from OSCE Academy in Bishkek
(OSCE)25 graduate students from Central Asia and Europe finished the first course at the OSCE Academy in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, on 5 June 2004. (OSCE) Photo details
BISHKEK, 7 June 2004 - Twenty-five students from Central Asia and Europe received their certificates on Saturday after completing an 18-week postgraduate course at the OSCE Academy in Bishkek. They are the first major alumni to make up the junior experts network of the OSCE in the region.
The course provided the students with practical know-how in the political sciences, focusing on Central Asia and regional co-operation, and was the major pilot phase for the Main Master Programme, scheduled to start in the coming winter semester 2004-2005.
Some of the students, who came from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Italy and the U.K., will continue their studies in this programme, through internships and Master Thesis research.
"The most important thing is that in real life you stand for the values which you have discussed in the classroom," said Ambassador Markus Muller, the Head of the OSCE Centre in Bishkek, addressing the graduates at the ceremony.
"This course was our first step towards establishing the Academy as a truly regional, sustainable project for which we count on our alumni support in future," added Annette Kraemer, the institution's director.
Courses at the OSCE Academy are taught by lecturers and professionals from the Central Asian region, as well as from European partner institutes, international organizations, embassies and non-governmental organizations. The overall programme consists of eight practical modules, providing specializations in conflict management training, in all three OSCE dimensions (politico-military, humanitarian, and economic and environmental) and in approaches to regional co-operation in Central Asia.
For further information on the graduate's background and the main Master Programme Curriculum, please visit the Academy's website, www.osce-academy.net
The course provided the students with practical know-how in the political sciences, focusing on Central Asia and regional co-operation, and was the major pilot phase for the Main Master Programme, scheduled to start in the coming winter semester 2004-2005.
Some of the students, who came from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Italy and the U.K., will continue their studies in this programme, through internships and Master Thesis research.
"The most important thing is that in real life you stand for the values which you have discussed in the classroom," said Ambassador Markus Muller, the Head of the OSCE Centre in Bishkek, addressing the graduates at the ceremony.
"This course was our first step towards establishing the Academy as a truly regional, sustainable project for which we count on our alumni support in future," added Annette Kraemer, the institution's director.
Courses at the OSCE Academy are taught by lecturers and professionals from the Central Asian region, as well as from European partner institutes, international organizations, embassies and non-governmental organizations. The overall programme consists of eight practical modules, providing specializations in conflict management training, in all three OSCE dimensions (politico-military, humanitarian, and economic and environmental) and in approaches to regional co-operation in Central Asia.
For further information on the graduate's background and the main Master Programme Curriculum, please visit the Academy's website, www.osce-academy.net