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Promoting women’s economic empowerment in Kyrgyzstan

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Since 2017, the Programme Office in Bishkek has been supporting the development of SMEs in Kyrgyzstan. In particular, to date, the OSCE Programme Office has helped launch and continues to support the work of Entrepreneurship Support Centers in Batken, Osh, Talas, Issyk-Kul and Jalal-Abad provinces. In 2020-2021, on the basis of two ESCs in Batken and Issyk-Kul provinces, the Programme Office developed a project to support women's entrepreneurship, which received the 2022 OSCE Gender Champion Award in the prestigious category "Best Project of the Year". In 2022 the project focused on women entrepreneurs in Issyk-Kul and Djalal-Abad provinces, and in 2023 the focus will shift to Talas and Djalal-Abad provinces. The Programme Office team remains committed to supporting the sustainable development of SMEs and women’s entrepreneurship in Kyrgyzstan’s provinces.
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