3 October 2018
UNESCO’s International Programme for the Development of Communication (IPDC) supports the project Strengthening Sustainability of Community Media in Kyrgyzstan. It aims to increasing the sustainability and diversity of media choice of twenty five rural communities in Kyrgyzstan. The training organized by Community Media Association of Kyrgyzstan from 3 to 7 October 2018 in Bishkek and Osh.
Over the past decade, community media in Kyrgyzstan have proved their role in the rural development. Nevertheless, about 40% of the rural population do not have or have a limited access to the necessary information. The project proposed a solution to this problem by expanding media pluralism, as a diversity of the media sources and forms, particularly in the community media sector, and its recognition by local as well as central authorities.Community media themselves provides to citizens the necessary information by telling stories in an understandable language to their villages, and discussing local problems and offering solutions. The project audience is 141 thousand mostly rural residents of Kyrgyzstan.
The project will contribute to solving the media sustainability problem in licensing, public and private funding and community media formal recognition by strengthening cooperation among media, local governments, public authorities, and civil society; improve the role of rural media in social development;; and raise awareness on issues of providing social services to disadvantaged families, especially in remote areas.
Based on the UNESCO materials as wel as on specific publications from the International Programme of the Development of Communication, the project will be able to influence:
- Reducing gender stereotypes in the media reports by using Gender-Sensitive Indicators for Media: Framework of indicators for Gauge Gender Sensitivity in media operations and content
- Impact on sustainability, the development of information pluralism and recognition by authorities with the help of UNESCO Community Media Sustainability Policy-Series
- Community Multimedia Center (CMC) "Kulanak" village Kulak Naryn oblast
- CMC "Uchkun" village Uchkun Naryn oblast
- CMC "Meiki" village Zherge-Tal Naryn oblast
- CMC "Kara-Chiy" village Kara-Chiy Naryn oblas
- CMC "Tun-Uk" village Baetov Naryn oblast
- CMC "Nur FM" village Tasma Issyk-Kul oblast
- CMC "Barskoon" village Barskoon Issyk-Kul oblast
- CMC Toktoyan village Toktoyan Issyk-Kul oblast
- CMC "Ulakhol" village Kara-Talaa Issyk-Kul oblast
- CMC "Sumbula FM" village Andarak Batken oblast
- CMC "Sulukta" village Kosh-Bulak Batken oblast
- CMC "Echo Uch-Korgona" village Uch-Korgon Batken oblast
- CMC "Kyzyl-Bulak" village Kyzyl-Bulak Osh oblast
- CMC "Kenesh Nuru" village Kuu-Maidan Osh oblast
- Community radio "Bakay-Ata FM" village Bakay-Ata Talas oblast
- Community radio "Radiomost", Talas city
- CMC "Ak-Kepter" village Kara-Suu Chui oblast
- Community radio "Suusamyr FM" village Suusamyr Chui oblast
- CMC "Konok" village Kyzyl-Tuu Chui oblast
- CMC "Dostuk" village Jal Chui oblast
- Community Radio Kemin FM village Shabdan Chui oblast
- CMC "Ak-Bakai" village Terek-Suu, Jalal-Abad oblast
- CMC Ogon-Talaa village Ogon-Talaa, Jalal-Abad oblast
- CMC "Sary-Bulun" village Kara-Suu, Jalal-Abad oblast
- CMC "Chintamani", Tash-Kumyr town.
- Kyrgyzmedia - the Community Media Association Portal
- Voice of Aiyl Android mobile App for accessing locally develop information (under this project)
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CMC Sulukta: Completion of the maternity program for 2017-2018 ©Community Media Association of Kyrgyzstan
Girls from Bakai-Ata in Arm-Wrestling Competition ©Community Media Association of Kyrgyzstan
CMC "Sary Bulun" informing about Community Meeting on 5 June 2018 in the Kara-Suu village of Jalal Abad region ©Community Media Association of Kyrgyzstan
Rural correspondents from the Community Multimedia Center "Konok" in Kyzyl-Tuu village, Chuy region interviewed the local woman ©Community Media Association of Kyrgyzstan
Fixing a water system in Kara-Suu village, 28 April 2018 ©Community Media Association of Kyrgyzstan
Harvesting in the fields of Kara-Suu village on 1 June 2018 ©Community Media Association of Kyrgyzstan
Field work in Zhayilsky district, 22 May 2018 ©Community Media Association of Kyrgyzstan
Preparing for planting trees in Sary Bulun on 18 April 2018 ©Community Media Association of Kyrgyzstan
Permanent link: http://en.unesco.kz/kyrgyzstan-strengthening-sustainability-of-community-media