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Part II Kyrgyzstan: Advancements in a Media-Friendly EnvironmentPartnerAim of the cooperation(e.g., transformation of statebroadcaster, technical support,capacity building, etc.)Methods appliedMain results/progress/problemsUS Agency forInternationalDevelopment –USAIDUSAID, along with SOROS andthe UNDP, offers technical assistanceto ElTRUSAID is one of Internews’main partners in offering supportto OTRK and other PSM.No further information on workin the media sector immediatelyavailable.–Organizationfor Security andCooperation InEurope – OSCETechnical support – as part ofOSCE efforts to support thedevelopment of pluralistic andprofessional mediaIn April 2014, the OSCE donatedcomputer equipment to YntymakRadio and TVNo information availableSOROSFoundation– Since 2011, the Soros Foundationand the OSCE have been organizingstudy tours for MPs andbroadcasters to Georgia, Lithuania,and other countries inthe wider region where the transformationto public servicemedia is further advanced.These have resulted in recommendationsand guidelinesbeing established for furtherdevelopment.DW AkademieThe Central Asian School ofContemporary Journalism isa ten-week annual summercourse implemented jointly bythe OSCE Academy and the DWAkademie.A new project begun in 2014offers regional reportersworking for OTRK capacitystrengtheningmeasures.Trainers are brought in from theentire region, first undergoing atrain-the-trainer workshop withthe DWA. Students also comefrom the wider region.There are plans to transform thesummer school into a more permanenttraining venue, possiblylocated within a specific mediaoutlet such as OTRK. Bishkekseems the ideal location sincethe general media climate inKyrgyzstan is the most liberal inthe region.Turkish Radioand TV CorporationTRTCapacity building cooperationwith ElTRPeer-to-peer training, for whichElTR staff were invited to visit TRTstudios in TurkeyNo information availableN.B. All the information given in the tables above is basedon the interviews, observations and document analysis madeby the author of this chapter. The tables provide very roughsummaries of what is being elaborated in the texts. Table 4, inparticular, can only hope to give an impression of the manyand varied activities undertaken by change-agents in thecountry. Many of the issues mentioned here are, of course,subject to change.Edition DW Akademie In the Service of the Public 71