Governing Democratically and Justly

The objective of this program is to assist Government of Tajikistan in their ongoing process of implementing the 2009 Law on Local Self-Government in Towns and Townships, with particular focus on fiscal decentralization and housing and communal services reform. On a sub-national level, the project aims to improve local governments’ capacity in delivering communal services to citizens, particularly clean drinking water. Also critical outcomes will be strengthening citizen participation in local government decision-making, and new public-private partnerships for service delivery. Read more »

Community Connections Project is a cultural and professional exchange visitor program whose broad public diplomacy and development goal is to contribute to democratic and economic reforms in CAR countries of Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan by encouraging active citizen participation in democratic processes and promoting mutual understanding between American and Central Asian people.  Exchanges programs are an effective cross cutting tool that transfers new skills and knowledge a Read more »

The project will focus on creating a dialogue space where civil society groups from different countries of Central Asia can discuss issues relevant to their everyday work, share information, collaborate in training and networking, and conduct joint advocacy activities. Read more »

The overall objective of this program is to strengthen dialogue among communities, local authorities and key private-sector stakeholders in oil-producing parts of Western Kazakhstan. Specifically, the Program will promote constructive dialogue among communities of Mangistau oblast with local (city, rayon, and oblast) civil society organizations (CSOs), government officials, and private

American Bar Association will implement a four year program in Judicial Independence area.  The overarching goal of this program is to strengthen the independence of Kazakhstan’s Judiciary in partnership with the Supreme Court of Kazakhstan, building on that institution’s political will to build public trust and achieve greater alignment with internationally-recognized standards of accountability andperformance, thus improving rule of law in this country. Read more »

The project will be implemented in three substantive components:

• Support to design and implementation of anti-corruption strategy.
• Transparency of budget process and quality of budget draft.
• Accountability and efficiency of budget execution

The goal of the project is to catalyze a generation of young people to actively engage in building a stable, prosperous and democratic Kyrgyzstan by: 

• Inspiring active citizenship among Kyrgyzstani youth
• Preparing youth for the marketplace
• Life skills development for youth living in orphanages 

Through the Ak Zho lproject, CSSC will address the divisions between people across seven villages in three regions of southern Kyrgyzstan by:

• increasing understanding, providing training and facilitated discussionsfor positive conflict resolution,
• encouraging inter-communal cooperation to increase village economic resources for the duration of the project and beyond 

This program works to prevent the re-emergence of violent conflict in southern Kyrgyzstan through more comprehensive and accessible conflict-sensitive reporting and early warning analysis, including: 

• Supporting the dissemination of conflict-sensitive information and analysis of local conflict trends
• Increasing public awareness and understanding of collaborative approaches to inter-ethnic conflict dynamics

Minimizing instability through informed public policy and early warning analysis for citizen protection by:

• Supporting actionable analysis on conflict and instability trends
• Supporting informal and formal community leadership capacity for conflict mitigation