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USAID, UNDP, and the Government of Turkmenistan Support Local Government Initiatives

Kazakhstan’s New Generation of Accountants are Recognized by the International Community at the 2005 CIPA Awards

Regional Conference on the Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV in Central Asia

USAID Provides $50,000 to Address the Humanitarian Assistance Needs

U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Announced a Regional Public Health Conference

USAID EDP AND DAIRY SPRING Gear Up for New Karakol Office

US Ambassador Launches a Masters Program in Environmental Management and Engineering

USAID-Funded Conference Shares Experiences on Implementation of Kazakhstan’s Land Code Law

USAID promotes regional trade in CAR

Tajikistan’s President Visits USAID Local Governance Project

USAID, World Bank, and Statoil Support Kazakhstani Delegation to Norway To Learn About Natural Resources Management

Can Tajikistan Compete in the Global Marketplace?

U.S. Navy, USAID, and the Boeing Corporation Donate Modern Scientific Instrumentation and Electronic Test Equipment

USAID and IOM Are Starting a New Anti-trafficking Program

Kazakhstan-U.S. Program for Economic Development

The USAID Commercial Law Project works with Tajik Government on Civil Code amendments

United States and Tajikistan extend cooperation to improve primary and secondary education

Successful Return from U.S. of Tajikistan’s Third Community Connections Group—“Religion in a Secular Society”

Opening of Family Medicine Center in Konibodom

Youth Power Center Launches in Khujand

Environmental Protection Campaign

American Museums Offer Online Resources for Teachers

Successful Return From the U.S. Of Tajikistan’s Fourth Community Connections Group — “Fruit and Vegetable Processing/Food Safety” from the Sughd Oblast

Awards Ceremony for the Winners of the Competition "The World Without Narcotics"

Central Asia Experts Discuss Guidelines for Avian Influenza Surveillance at the Regional Conference organized with the U.S. Government Support

Peaks Regional Conference on School Governance in Central Asia

The United States and Kyrgyzstan’s “Community Connections” Program

Birth Preparedness Schools Open under “Partnership for Healthy Motherhood-Future of Astana”

USAID Supports World Press Freedom

2,000 Kazakh Households Will Represent Kazakhstan in an International Entrepreneurship Survey

US Ambassador John Ordway visits a USAID Safe Motherhood pilot site in Karaganda City Maternity Hospital

U.S. Ambassador John Ordway opens a photo exhibition about the U.S. Government assistance to Kazakhstan at the Karaganda Oblast Universal Library

Journalists Study How to Inform the Society on Tuberculosis Prevention Issues

USAID Helps Involve Communities in the Implementation of the WHO Integrated Management for Childhood Illnesses Program Third Component

USAID Provides Trainings to Nurses on Integrated Management of Childhood Illnesses

New USAID Mission Director for Central Asian Republics

The United States Works with Tajik Specialists to Strengthen and Enhance Surveillance and Response to Avian Influenza

Project HOPE and USAID help to open a TB Training Center at the Turkmen State Medical Institute

USAID Continues to Strengthen Avian Influenza Surveillance and Response in Turkmenistan

USAID Provides Training to Health Specialists on Infection Control and Blood Safety

USAID SUPPORTS THE FIFTH ANNUAL REGIONAL MICROFINANCE CONFERENCE IN DUSHANBE

USAID AWARDS THE WINNERS OF REPUBLICAN CONTEST “THE BEST PROFESSIONALS OF THE YEAR IN ACCOUNTING FIELD – 2007”

USAID Improves Qualification of University Instructors in Economics Disciplines

Project HOPE and USAID Help to Open a Tuberculosis Training Center at the Turkmen State Medical Institute

YOUNG WOMEN LEADERS FROM KHATLON WITNESS U.S. DEMOCRACY FIRST-HAND AT U.S. PRESIDENTIAL RALLY IN IOWA

COMMUNICABLE DISEASE PREVENTERS FROM GORNO-BADAKHSHAN CONFIDENT THEY CAN REDUCE SPREAD OF SICKNESSES, WITH THE HELP OF US EXPERIENCE

USAID’s Participation, Education, and Knowledge Strengthening Project Summarizes its work in Kyrgyzstan

USAID and Project HOPE handed over to the National Tuberculosis Program of Turkmenistan microscopes, laboratory consumables and reagents for the total amount of $22,331

UNITED STATES AND TAJIKISTAN CONTINUE COOPERATION IN EDUCATION

Project HOPE, USAID in collaboration with the Ministry of Health and Medical Industry of Turkmenistan start DOTS implementation in Balkan region.

USAID ANNOUNCES THIRD YEAR OF COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS PROGRAM

USAID Announces the Third Year of Community Connections Programs in Tajikistan and Begins its 2008 Recruitment Campaign

THE U.S. AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT (USAID) MARKS WORLD AIDS DAY

USAID Builds a Demonstration Greenhouse in Ahal Province

Central Asia’s Organizations are building skills to bolster

USAID Improves Qualifications of University Instructors of Tajikistan

USAID Sends Post-Earthquake Assistance to Children of Kyrgyzstan

Training on Continuous Quality Improvement of Health Services within the Project “Partnership: Health Maternity - Future of Astana”

USAID Convenes Regional Energy Experts To Initiate

RETURN OF TAJIK BUSINESS LEADERS FROM THE USAID - SPONSORED STUDY TOUR IN THE UNITED STATES

U.S. Provides More Than $2 million in Assistance to Tajikistan

PRIVATE MONEY DOMINATES FOREIGN AID

International Conference Discusses

USAID-funded project helps to bolster HIV/AIDS prevention in Kazakhstan

USAID CAMFA II and Aglinks Projects Conduct

USAID-funded project helps to bolster HIV/AIDS prevention in Kazakhstan

Minister Provides Answers at Agricultural Processing

USAID Projects Collaborate to Achieve Greater Results

100 Days of Reforms as Part of Doing Business Program

U.S. and Turkmenistan anti-Tuberculosis efforts commemorated on World Tuberculosis Day

Kyrgyz Republic Launches $16 million Millennium Challenge Threshold Program to Improve the Rule of Law

With a National Student Tournament in Economics, Junior Achievement Kazakhstan Graduates from USAID Funding

Kazakh National Medical University Receives State of the Art Equipment for Laboratory Trainings

USAID Assists Tamchi-Bulak Water Users Association (WUA) withRehabilitation of Their Irrigation Infrastructure

USAID-Funded Kyrgyz Agro-Input Enterprise Development Project Organizes a Ceremony for the Opening of the Uсh-Terek Farm Store

The Astana Enterprise Development Center: New Stage

The USAID Quality Learning Project Holds Kick-off Meeting At The Republican Teacher Training Institute in Dushanbe

National Association Of Small And Medium Business Discusses Tax Reform

Food for a Difficult Time

Collaborative Development Initiative Assists Nooken Communities to Use Water Rationally

Regional Experts and Governments Cooperating to Battle Avian Influenza Outbreaks

Contraceptive Technology Update In Kazakhstan Evidence-Based Expert Meeting

Regional Workshop On Improving Health Finance Systems

Collaborative Development Initiative Assists Nooken Communities to Use Water Rationally

Contraceptive Technology: Еvidence-Based Facts

Successful Partnership of Local and International Organizations to Improve Energy Efficiency in Medical Facilities

USAID Supports Professional Accountants and Auditors of Kyrgyzstan

Final Conference of the Project Hope Healthy Family Program

USAID Project On Assistance To Agriculture Launches In Uzbekistan

United States Agency for International Development (USAID) grants heavy agricultural equipment to Uzbek Farmers

USAID/CAR Regional Mission Director William Frej and USAID Kyrgyzstan Country Representative Pat Shapiro Visit Project that Provides Legal Education in the Religious Community

Mobilization of communities to increase population awareness on HIV prevention in Uzbekistan

Round Table On Effective Enforcement Of The Intellectual Property Protection Rules

Contraceptive Technology Update In Tajikistan

PROJECT “I KNOW!” - IMPROVING REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH IN TAJIKISTAN

USAID SUPPORTS THE OPENING OF FAMILY MEDICINE CENTER OF EXCELLENCE IN ISTARAVSHAN

Frontiers Microcredit Organization Marks Its 5th Anniversary

USAID Project Educates Business Leaders on the Principles of WTO Customs Valuation Agreement

USAID and American Councils for International Education (ACCELS) Seek Applications for the Community Connections Program on Library Management

USAID Provides Gas Stoves and Blankets to Protect People from Cold

Central Asia’s energy companies are developing ways to improve energy transmission in the region

WUASP’s active participation in Kunduz/Afghan Agriculture Trade Fair

Kyrgyzstan is on the Way to a New Cycle of Negotiations on WTO Government Procurement

Good Health Is Above Wealth

U.S. AMBASSADOR VISITS SUGHD PROVINCE TO RECOGNIZE FARMER

Food risk assessment – guarantee of state’s food safety

A Regional Conference Marks World Tuberculosis Day in Talgar

A USAID-sponsored Volunteer Receives a Presidential Honor Award for His Service in Central Asia

USAID Helps Introduce Modern Technologies to Track and Manage Tuberculosis Program in Turkmenistan

USAID Awards a Two-Year Cooperative Agreement Project to Address Food Security in Kyrgyzstan

USAID has launched its Stamp Out Pandemic and Avian Influenza (STOP AI) Project in Central Asia

USAID and UNDP Support Turkmenistan’s transition to International Accounting Standards

USAID awards a grant to conduct a tax survey in Kyrgyzstan

USAID SUPPORTS AGRICULTURAL LAND MARKET DEVELOPMENT

USAID-Funded Kyrgyz Agro-Input Enterprise Development Project Organized a Ceremony for the Opening of the “Sigls International” Farm Store

Central Asia’s energy companies discuss a regional energy transmissionplanning model

USAID AND MINISTRY OF HEALTH SIGN MOU ON COOPERATION IN HEALTH CARE

USAID, agriculture and health professionals of the Central Asian countries discuss potential Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) pandemic preparedness

ACCOUNTS COMMITTEE AND THE USAID PROJECT MEET TO OUTLINE THE COOPERATION PLAN ON ENHANCING THE CAPACITY OF EXTERNAL PUBLIC AUDIT INSTITUTIONS

USAID Starts a New Basic Education Project in the Kyrgyz Republic

USAID, Turkmenistan Ministry of Health completes the Keeping Children Healthy campaign in Geokdepe etrap, Akhal velayat

UNITED STATES DEPUTY CHIEF OF MISSION NECIA QUAST VISITS SUGHD OBLAST

USAID Seeks Applications for a U.S. Study Program on Hospital Management

THE UNITED STATES AND TURKMENISTAN OPEN AN INTERNET CENTER AT THE SUPREME COUNCIL ON SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

TAJIK BANK LOAN OFFICERS RETURN FROM UNITED STATES WITH NEW IDEAS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE TAJIK BANKING SECTOR

UNITED STATES DEPUTY CHIEF OF MISSION NECIA QUAST PARTICIPATES IN FIRST GLOBAL HANDWASHING DAY IN TAJIKISTAN

KazNMU and USAID Host Family Healthcare Conference

U.S. Provides $50,000 in Earthquake Relief Assistance

U.S. DEPUTY CHIEF OF MISSION OPENS FAMILY MEDICINE CENTER IN PANJAKENT

U.S. GOVERNMENT EFFORTS TO AVERT FOOD CRISIS IN TAJIKISTAN

Kyrgyz Judicial Branch Will Continue Reforms

LIBRARIANS SHARE IDEAS AND PERPECTIVES ON DEVELOPING TAJIK

Democracy Roundtable

USAID ANNOUNCES 2009 COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS THEMES

USAID helps prevent of HIV and other acquired infections in Kyrgyzstan

USAID Is Mapping Out a New Health Portfolio for Central Asian Republics

The United States Supports Turkmenistan’s Progress towards Meeting International Accounting Standards

Two representatives from the Ministry of Finance of the Kyrgyz Republic will attend a Congress of Professional Accountants and Auditors

TAJIKISTAN'S GOVERNMENT AND INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY ORGANIZE NATIONAL MARATHON FOR WORLD AIDS DAY

USAID Celebrates 15th Anniversary of Partnership with Kyrgyzstan

USAID HOLDS TRAINING ON PROJECT DEVELOPMENT

USAID ANNOUNCES 2009 COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS THEMES

USAID Organized Eighth Meeting of the AgFinance Working Group

New Taxpayers Charter Explains Kyrgyz Taxpayers’ Rights and Responsibilities

Taxation of noncommercial organizations according to the new Tax Code of the Kyrgyz Republic

2009 ALUMNI GRANTS PROGRAM

Kyzylkia Youth Initiative Group Helps Children with Special Needs

USAID and Counterpart Are Helping Communities Launch Four Economic Development Projects

USAID Announces the Fourth Year of the Community Connections Program in Kyrgyzstan and Begins its 2009 Recruitment Campaign

INTERNET ACCESS AND TRAINING PROGRAM

PERCEPTIBLE AID FOR SUGHD PEOPLE

The role of Mass-media in Tuberculosis Control

U.S. AND TURKMEN TRAINING SUPPORTS TREATMENT OF DRUG ADDICTION AND HIV PREVENTION

USAID and Counterpart Build NGO Capacity In Communication Strategies

IMPLEMENTING SOCIAL MARKETING IN TAJIKISTAN WITHIN USAID PROJECT “I KNOW!”

U.S. Support for International Financial Reporting Standards in Turkmenistan

On February 18-20, 2009 USAID and the United States Energy Association’s (USEA) are organizing a workshop for energy transmission operators from Afghanistan and the fiveCentral Asia Republics on Special Protection Systems for Transmission System Operations and Emergencies at the Holiday Inn in Almaty, Kazakhstan.

USAID: Regional Trade Liberalization and Customs Project Launches Trade Magazine

STRENGTHENING MANAGEMENT STRUCTURES AT TAJIK HOSPITALS

USAID Strengthens Avian Influenza Surveillance, Biosecurity, and Response in Kazakhstan

US MISSION DELIVERS FOOD TO REPUBLICAN TUBERCULOSIS HOSPITAL

USAID STRIVES TO SIMPLIFY CUSTOMS PROCEDURES

USAID and COUNTERPART BUILD NGO CAPACITY IN COMMUNICATIONS

USAID Organizes Training in Rural and Agricultural Finance

STATE DEPARTMENT ASSISTANCE COORDINATOR REVIEWS PROJECTS IN KHATLON

USAID’S REGIONAL DIRECTOR VISITS ASHGABAT

FOOD ASSISTANCE TO VAKHSH RESIDENTS

USAID Strengthens Avian Influenza Surveillance, Biosecurity, and Response in Turkmenistan

USAID Supports Fifth International Agricultural Exhibition in the South of Kyrgyzstan

USAID BEGINS SUPPORT GROUPS TO HELP PEOPLE WITH HIGH BLOOD

USAID and its partners commemorate World Tuberculosis Day

USAID HELPS JOURNALISTS JOIN THE FIGHT AGAINST TUBERCULOSIS

USAID ANNOUNCES THE LAUNCH OF A COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS PROGRAM FOR LIVESTOCK VETERINARIANS IN 2009

USAID Combats TB in Uzbekistan

USAID CELEBRATES 15TH ANNIVERSARY OF PARTNERSHIP WITH TAJIKISTAN

Turkmen Economic Specialists Learn Business English through USAID Program

USAID-Supported Concert Highlights Information and Education Campaign on the Prevention and Control of Tuberculosis

STUDENTS DISCUSS SAFE MOTHERHOOD PROGRAMS AT A USAID-SUPPORTED CONFERENCE

Roundtable for NGOs “New legislation on NGO activity”

U.S. AMBASSADOR VISITS USAID FAMILY PLANNING EDUCATIONAL SESSION IN RURAL KHATLON

USAID BEGINS MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH PROGRAM IN SUGHD

Kazakhstan and the United States Pledge Continued Healthcare Cooperation

USAID supports Turkmen Youth to Participate in an International Economics Simulation Contest

USAID Strengthens Avian Influenza Surveillance, Biosecurity, and Response in Uzbekistan

5 Years Of Partnership For Health In Astana

Press Conference To Award “Best Social Partnership Award” Certificates For Officials And Journalists Successfully Dealing With Disabled People’s Issues

USAID SUPPORTS SAFE MOTHERHOOD REVIEW MEETING

USAID CELEBRATES 15TH ANNIVERSARY OF PARTNERSHIP WITH TURKMENISTAN

AMBASSADOR JACOBSON AND FOREIGN MINISTER ZARIFI SIGN MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING ON LOCAL SELF-GOVERNANCE REFORM

USAID PRESENTS DIPLOMAS TO THE FAMILY MEDICINE CENTER OF EXCELLENCE GRADUATES IN PANJAKENT

USAID STRENGTHENS AVIAN INFLUENZA SURVEILLANCE, BIOSECURITY AND RESPONSE IN TAJIKISTAN

USAID funded Turkmen Governmental Delegation Study Tour to U.S.

American Dairy Project Celebrates Milk Production Success

USAID and Kyrgyz Investment and Credit Bank (KICB) Jointly Launch Student Loan Program

USAID’S “BEST MOTHER” AWARD

SIGNIFICANT BUSINESS REFORMS IN TAJIKISTAN SIGNED INTO LAW

USAID FUNDS WORKSHOP ON HIV PREVENTION AMONG DRUG USERS

USAID, TURKMENISTAN TAKE ANOTHER STEP TOWARDS MEETING INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL REPORTING STANDARDS

USAID-supported Turkmen Professors Pass First Accounting Certification Exam

USAID/CAPACITY OPENS NEW CENTER TO PREVENT HIV

USAID and Government of Turkmenistan Cooperate to Support Local Government Initiatives in Turkmenistan.

USAID Project Economic Reforms to Enhance Competitiveness (EREC) conference

USAID Funds a Training Course for Specialists Working with Drug Users

Doing Business Reforms in Kazakhstan

Save the Children delivers Hygiene Kits to Tajikistan Mudslide Victims

TURKMEN ECONOMISTS TO LEARN ECONOMETRICS THROUGH A USAID PROGRAM

Family Physicians Celebrate Their 20th Anniversary in Kazakhstan

USAID PROVIDED MATERIALS ON TB FOR DISTRIBUTION THROUGHOUT TURKMENISTAN

USAID Funds a Training Course for Specialists Working with Drug Users

Turkmen Central Bank Specialists Complete USAID-sponsored Study Tour to Kazakhstan

USAID EREC Project Conducts Training for Accounts Committee of Kazakhstan

USAID AND ACCELS ANNOUNCE COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS PROGRAM FOR SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT IN AGRICULTURE

US AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES SUCCESS IN FIGHT AGAINST HIV

USAID Enhances the Opportunity for Profitable Domestic Poultry Production in the Central Asia

USAID, UNDP, and the Government of Turkmenistan Support Local Government Initiatives

USAID Boosts Capacity of the Sughd Free Economic Zone

USAID EXPANDS PROGRAM TO IMPROVE MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH TO HISSOR

TAJIK LIVESTOCK VETERINARIANS SHARE IMPRESSIONS ON INTERNSHIP IN IOWA

Cooperation – a tool for improvement of vocational training

Call to Action 17 August 2009

New Mission Director for the Central Asian Republics Sworn In

USAID Regional Trade Liberalization and Customs Project (RTLC) supports to simplification of customs procedures

USAID Multidrugresistant TB Program

USAID and Project HOPE Celebrate the Completion of their 5-Year Tuberculosis Control Program in Turkmenistan

USAID-funded HIV/AIDS Project Reviews its Achievements in Central Asia

USAID AND PARTNERS MARK COMPLETION OF A 3-YEAR COMMUNITY-BASED PROGRAM

USAID Supports Top-Reformers in Newly Released Doing Business 2010 Report

USAID held Study Tour on “Markaz Joint Agricultural Initiative” Pilot Project in Batken oblast

A USAID-funded roundtable discusses legislation for non-governmental organizations

USAID-funded Tuberculosis Control Program concludes its work in Uzbekistan

SUMMING UP THE RESULTS OF THE PROGRAM FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF ECOTOURISM IN KAZAKHSTAN

U.S. GOVERNMENT RECOGNIZES TAJIK MINISTRY OF HEALTH FOR 10 YEARS OF COLLABORATION

The USAID Reviews the Results of 10-years of health ZdravPlus project

15 Years of Health Systems Strengthening with USAID

Turkmen public auditors learn to analyze investment projects with USAID support

A NEW APPROACH TO GLOBAL FOOD SECURITY AND HUNGER

USAID-Implementing Partner Collaborates with OSCE

RESULTS OF THE USAID LAND REFORM AND MARKET DEVELOPMENT PROJECT II

USAID Celebrates 15 Years of Support for Strengthening of the Kyrgyz Health System

USAID PROMOTES ADOPTION OF INTERNATIONAL CONVENTIONS ON IMPROVING TRANSPORT FOR INTERNATIONAL TRADE

USAID-funded CAMFA II Project (Central Asia Microfinance Alliance)

AMBASSADOR GROSS VISITS U.S. GOVERNMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS IN RASHT

Ashgabat, August 10, 2009 – On August 7, the Turkmen Parliament, in partnership with the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), Counterpart International, and the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), hosted the “World Practices of Self-government” seminar. The seminar focused on the key principles of effective local governance and service-delivery, including budgeting and financing.

Over 25 participants took part in the seminar. Attending the seminar were representatives of Turkmenistan's Parliament, newly-elected Archinliks (members of local self-government bodies), as well as representatives of the Ministry of Adalat, the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Economy and Development, and the Main State Tax Services. The seminar provided opportunities for the newly-elected local government representatives to identify the best international practices and apply them in their communities and improve service delivery and budgeting processes. The seminar was organized as part of the USAID and Counterpart’s Turkmenistan Community Empowerment Program and was facilitated by USAID-funded local governance expert Ms. Marilynne Davis.

This seminar is one of the many activities made possible by the American people through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). Since 1993, the American people through USAID have provided more than $80 million in programs that support Turkmenistan’s economic growth, social sector, and community initiatives.

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