USAID Helps Kyrgyz National University Hold its First Public Hearing
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Students took active part in the hearing
Photo Credit: Urban Institute |
For the first time in the history of the country’s higher education system, the Kyrgyz National University held a public hearing on its annual budget on April 19. At the university’s request, USAID’s Local Government Initiative Project, implemented by the Urban Institute, supported the hearing, which gathered more than 100 participants from the university administration, faculty, and student body, as well as representatives of the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Finance, the State Anti-Monopoly Agency, and the Parliament. In preparation for the event, the USAID project provided training on organizing a hearing and on the planned budget for the university’s administration, teaching staff, and students. The project also worked with the administration to produce a budget-in-brief document for public distribution (it can be viewed at www.ui.kg).
According to the University Rector Boljurova, “This is the first step toward accountability and financial transparency [of the education system] and also I understand this as an anti-corruption activity of the university administration.”
The Local Government Initiative Project works with local governments in 25 pilot sites across Kyrgyzstan to introduce public hearings and improve asset management, planning, budgeting, and citizen participation.
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