https://mt.osce-academy.kg/handle/123456789/299 2025-11-10T21:13:02Z https://mt.osce-academy.kg/handle/123456789/407 Title: Sustainability as an Evaluation Criterion: 4 Years After the Development Project Ends Authors: Narymbaeva, Shirin Abstract: The current research looks at the issue of aid effectiveness, narrowing it down development project’s sustainability. In doing so it evaluates the development project implemented by GTZ four years ago, to find out what brings sustainability with a research question: What happens after project ends? It turns out to be that difficult partnership with the government proves to be the main obstacle as argued by a number of scholars in ensuring the sustainability of the created by development project structures. There is no effective mechanism to work with difficult partner states and DAC principles prefer not to acknowledge despondency of the situation. But even in such a context, working closer to the target group, involving them and inviting them to take responsibility for their own well being shows positive results in the example of farmer cooperatives, micro-credit agencies and vocational schools targeted for employment. Commitment, experience, expertise and knowledge of the development workers combined with absence of bureaucratic barriers to apply acquired during project implementation knowledge was found to play a significant role in explaining success of the project. However, this important dimension is sadly enough overlooked by DAC criteria evaluation and leads to missed opportunities to learn. 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z https://mt.osce-academy.kg/handle/123456789/406 Title: Provision of Humanitarian Aid on Post-conflict Rehabilitation: A Case Study of Kyrgyzstan Authors: Tishabaeva, Lola Abstract: This work discusses the humanitarian aid delivery in general, taking into consideration examples of several cases which happened in different countries where humanitarian crisis appeared and international assistance was required. It speaks about key factors in the relationships among stakeholders which make the delivery of aid and relief less efficient in the conflict affected area. They are: conflict sensitivity, difficult partnership, agency problems, state control and others. The challenges of the efficiency of humanitarian aid programs are applied to case of Kyrgyzstan and contain aforementioned factors. Basing on conducted interviews of NGOs and INGOs operated in the south of Kyrgyzstan and analysis of relevant documentation the paper traces the process of delivery and distribution of aid after the June 2010 events. It reveals the main challenges of the process of 2010 – 2011 post rehabilitation period and the nature of those challenges in Kyrgyzstan. To the mentioned above factors can be added bribery, personal ambitions, technical unpreparedness and desire to self-enrichment which definitely contribute into ineffectiveness of aid programs and projects in the field. 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z https://mt.osce-academy.kg/handle/123456789/405 Title: The Role of Cultural Sensitivity in Development Projects: The Case of the Kyrgyz Republic Authors: Mueler, Chelsey Abstract: Foreign donor agencies implement a significant portion of development projects in less fortunate countries around the world. Along with their expertise, these governmental organizations often bring with them a new perspective; perhaps one that is contrary to the recipient country’s culture. The document to follow will examine the role of cultural sensitivity and inclusion in development projects. This master’s thesis examines six case studies of projects implemented by four donor agencies (i.e. the governments of Germany, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and the United States) in the Kyrgyz Republic. Each case is summarized and viewed from the perspective of cultural sensitivity and inclusion based on Hofstede’s five dimensions of culture. The part that culture plays, however significant, will be analyzed and compared to the success of a development project. Additional information will be provided by: interviews with development experts and researchers; published literature on development theories; and annual reports on projects by the selected foreign governmental organizations. The primary objective is to demonstrate a relationship between the success of a development project and cultural sensitivity expressed by the donor agencies. 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z https://mt.osce-academy.kg/handle/123456789/355 Title: The Impact of Gender Quotas on Women’s Political Empowerment in Kyrgyzstan Authors: Zakharchenko, Natalia Abstract: The introduction of gender quotas as a fast solution to the underrepresentation of women has spread in a “quota fever” during last thirty years across the whole world. Whereas the numerical gains of women represented in the parliament have been proven statistically, the qualitative improvements in transformation of gender relations became the subject of recent case-studies. While some conditions led to the success of implemented measures, in other cases gender quotas proved to contribute to the stigmatization or marginalization of women in politics. Kyrgyzstan with the introduction of the affirmative action tool in 2007 was able to significantly increase the number of represented women in the legislative branch. However, the further research of who these women are, what they do and who they represent has been limited. This paper aims to understand the impact of gender quotas on integration of women in political life of Kyrgyzstan. It analyzes and compares the role of quotas in influencing on descriptive and substantial representation of women MPs in last parliamentary cohorts and argues that a range of indicators showed a sign of substantial improvement with the introduction of gender quotas to the electorate code of the country. 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z