Education

Kyrgyzstan

Capacity Building

Bharat has allocated 100 slots for various courses under the Indian Technical and Economic Cooperation (ITEC) programme to the Kyrgyz Republic. These programmes provide opportunities for capacity development of Kyrgyz nationals. There 10 are nearly 1,500 ITEC alumni in the Kyrgyz Republic.
Nine diplomats from the Kyrgyz Republic participated in a customized course for young diplomats from the countries of Central Asia, including the Kyrgyz Republic, from 05-16 December 2022 at the Sushma Swaraj Institute of Foreign Service (SSIFS). The training programme included modules on Bharat’s foreign policy, Bharat’s relations with Central Asia, multilateral diplomacy & WTO, UN reforms, space diplomacy, Bharat’s perspectives on nuclear nonproliferation & disarmament, negotiation skills, water security, GoI’s economic initiatives and economic reforms, digital empowerment, Bharat’s pandemic response, women in diplomacy, International North South Transport Corridor (INSTC) etc.

Grants and Concessional Finance

Bharat has extended technical assistance to the Kyrgyz Republic for the establishment of an IT center at the Kyrgyz State University of Construction, Transportation and Architecture, Bishkek;