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PRESENTED TO THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES
VIENNA, JUNE 12 , 2015
PROGRESS REPORT
OSCE ACADEMY IN BISHKEK
Graduate education
• European quality MA programme in Central Asia
• MA in Politics and Security
• MA in Economic Governance and Development
Professional trainings
• Build-up knowledge and skills of young professionals
• Contribute to quality of policy-makers and civil society
Dialogue on security
• Encourage and promote dialogue on themes of comprehensive security
• Provide forum for both academic and policy discussions
Research and
publications• Publish and
publicize research and analysis outputs
• Support critical analysis of history, politics and security
KEY ACHIEVEMENTS
Towards stronger
OSCE Academy
More public talks and lectures hosted
More application
s to MA programm
es More policy briefs
published
SOME CHALLENGES AHEAD
Key challeng
es
Outreach in some parts of Central Asia
Afghanistan research
centre to be revisited
Financial sustainability
The MoU with the host
state to be prolonged
MASTERS PROGRAMMES
Two Masters programmes graduated 45 students in 2014
The MA in Economic Governance and Development academic schedule was harmonized with the MA in Politics and Security and its start was moved from January to September
In Spring 2015 total of 1,028 applications were
received for two programmes from 40 different states
GRADUATES OF 2014
Kyrgyzstan; 19
Kaza-khstan; 5
Tajikistan; 7
Turk-menistan; 4
Uzbekistan; 4
Afghanistan; 6
Graduates by citizenship
GRADUATES OF 2014
Men42%
Women58%
Gender ratio
APPLICATIONS TO MA PROGRAMMES
2012 2013 20150
100
200
300
400
500
600
MA in Politics & SecurityMA in Econ. Gov-ernance & Devel-opment
REACCREDITATION
MA in Politics and Security programme is going through relicensing and reaccreditation in 2015
A new curriculum has been developed, proposing: Streamlined curriculum, introducing Security Studies as a
separate course, and decreasing a number of short modules
Increasing time for independent study and research while somewhat decreasing amount of time spent in the classroom
Overall duration of academic study changed from 13 months to 15 months.
INTERNATIONAL INTERNSHIPS
The OSCE Secretariat
Geneva Centre for Security
Policy
Norwegian Institute of
International Affairs, Oslo
The Office of HCNM, the
Hague
The Norwegian Helsinki
Committee, Oslo
PIR-Center, Moscow
Transitions Online, Prague
ACADEMY’S ALUMNI
CITIZENSHIP NUMBER OF GRADUATES
Afghanistan 26Kazakhstan 40Kyrgyzstan 109Tajikistan 58Turkmenistan 24Uzbekistan 37Out of region 14TOTAL 308
ALUMNI IN THE REGION
Central Asia63%
Afghanistan7%
Out of region30%
Alumni living and working as of Jan 2015
SUPPORTING ALUMNI
One scholarship for Masters in Advanced Studies at the Geneva Centre for Security Policy
Two one-year research fellowships at Norwegian Institute of International Affairs
Alumni chapter meetings and annual conference
Travel grants for alumni to take part in professional development events/workshops
PROFESSIONAL TRAININGS
Central Asian School of Journalism
Supported by Finland and
Deutsche Welle Akademie
10-week Summer
School, inc TV, Radio, Online
Human Rights and
Conflict Prevention
A two-week long
Certificate programme
taught in English
Participants from all CA states and
Afghanistan
Public Policy Analysis
Designed for civil servants
and civil society
In demand in Kyrgyzstan and
Tajikistan especially
RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS
Central Asia Policy Briefs series• 19 issues published since Jan 2014
• Covering all aspects of security in the region: Afghanistan, police reform, geopolitics, energy trade, Customs Union etc.
History-writing in Central Asia• In cooperation with the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs
• Involving alumni from each CA state
A Special issue of Central Asian Survey• The papers presented at the annual security conference in September 2014 are under review for publication as a special issue of Central Asian Survey, a peer-reviewed international scholarly journal on the region.
Central Asia Data Gathering Team• Generation of primary data across Central Asian countries
• In cooperation with NUPI and involving researchers from each CA state
DIALOGUE ON SECURITY
Annual Central Asian Security conference, with the theme of “The Helsinki Final Act at 40: Reflections & Prescriptions vis-à-vis the OSCE in Eurasia”
Annual Alumni Conference “Central Asia: Comprehensive Security and Sustainable Development”
More than 10 talks and lectures by scholars, diplomats and political figures
The CSTO Secretary General at the Academy
Mr Ahmed Rashid speaking on Afghanistan
Dr Alexander Cooley (Columbia University, New York)
EXPENDITURE BY ACTIVITIES, 2014
AREA OF ACTIVITY AMOUNT, EUR
MA in Economic Governance and Development
202,114
MA in Politics and Security 255,495
Professional trainings 119,798
Alumni support 39,344
Research and dialogue 112,840
General support costs 206,347
TOTAL 935,938
EXPENDITURE BY SOURCES OF FUNDING
DONOR AMOUNT, EUR
Unified Budget (OSCE CiB) 175,562
Finland (ExB) 38,015
Germany (ExB) 11,170
USA (ExB) 119,456
Denmark 77,125
Geneva Centre for Security Policy 15,920
Norwegian Institute of International Affairs 498,688
TOTAL 935,938
SECURED FUNDING FOR 2015
DONOR AMOUNT, EUR
Unified Budget (OSCE CiB) 180,000
Finland (ExB) 142,442
Germany (ExB) 15,000
USA (ExB) 188,496
Geneva Centre for Security Policy 18,750
Norwegian Institute of International Affairs 566,567
TOTAL 1,111,255
THE END
THANK YOU!
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