OSCE and Kyrgyzstan join efforts in developing 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, 22 July 2004 - An agreement that gives a pioneering institute in Central Asia, the OSCE Academy in Bishkek, a formal legal status was signed today in the Kyrgyz capital by Prime Minister Nikolai Tanaev and the Head of the OSCE Centre in Bishkek, Ambassador Markus Mueller.
The Memorandum of Understanding, under which the Academy will be registered as a Public Foundation, will be effective until 30 June 2006 and may be prolonged upon mutual agreement.
According to this agreement the OSCE Academy in Bishkek will be an independent non-profit organization with no membership, founded by physical persons on the basis of voluntary non-state property contributions, and pursuing educational and charitable goals.
"This is a very important step for the OSCE in supporting regional co-operation between Central Asian states with respect to common questions of security," said Ambassador Mueller.
"The agreement is a milestone in the institutional set up of the OSCE Academy, which will start working as an independent regional organization with its own legal status."
As a unique centre for education, research and the development of dialogue in Central Asia, the OSCE Academy will continue to serve in areas such as providing education to young specialists in conflict prevention and resolution and post-conflict rehabilitation.
It will also conduct necessary practical research on regional issues to help build security at national and inter-state levels.
Today's agreement also requires the OSCE, through its Centres in Bishkek, Tashkent, Ashgabad, Almaty and Dushanbe, to provide organizational to the Academy's programmes and assist its co-operation with higher education institutions in Central Asia. It also guarantees equal regional representation in the structures of the OSCE Academy and a proportional approach to students admissions.
The Memorandum of Understanding, under which the Academy will be registered as a Public Foundation, will be effective until 30 June 2006 and may be prolonged upon mutual agreement.
According to this agreement the OSCE Academy in Bishkek will be an independent non-profit organization with no membership, founded by physical persons on the basis of voluntary non-state property contributions, and pursuing educational and charitable goals.
"This is a very important step for the OSCE in supporting regional co-operation between Central Asian states with respect to common questions of security," said Ambassador Mueller.
"The agreement is a milestone in the institutional set up of the OSCE Academy, which will start working as an independent regional organization with its own legal status."
As a unique centre for education, research and the development of dialogue in Central Asia, the OSCE Academy will continue to serve in areas such as providing education to young specialists in conflict prevention and resolution and post-conflict rehabilitation.
It will also conduct necessary practical research on regional issues to help build security at national and inter-state levels.
Today's agreement also requires the OSCE, through its Centres in Bishkek, Tashkent, Ashgabad, Almaty and Dushanbe, to provide organizational to the Academy's programmes and assist its co-operation with higher education institutions in Central Asia. It also guarantees equal regional representation in the structures of the OSCE Academy and a proportional approach to students admissions.