On 23 September 2021, the Minister of Health and Social Development of the Kyrgyz Republic, Mr.Alymkadyr Beishenaliev, and the Ambassador of Switzerland to the Kyrgyz Republic, Mr.Olivier Bangerter, signed the agreement for the third phase of the Medical Education Reforms project.

Switzerland will allocate CHF 2.4 million (KGS 220 million) to continue improving professional development of medical personnel. The Ministry of Health and Social Development will continue supporting the project in its activities at all levels.

Thanks to this Swiss project, more than 14’000 practicing doctors, 25’000 practicing nurses, 6’000 residents and 7’000 nurse students will improve their knowledge. The project will also help to strengthen professional medical associations, modernize nursing education and establish an independent competency assessment centre.

Since 2013, the Government of Switzerland has been financing the Medical Education Reforms project with the technical support of the Geneva University Hospitals in collaboration with a local implementing partner “Initiatives in Medical Education”. 

For more details on the project, please contact: Gulzat Orozalieva,

tel.: (0552) 701082, (0312) 398296,  email: ime@ime.org.kg

The “Francophonie Week” is the festival of the French language and cultures of the French-speaking countries, which is celebrated in the middle of March across the world. The organizers and partners have prepared a program for the broad public, which consists of 8 online events.  

French is the fifth language spoken in the world, the third language for business, spoken by more than 300 million people on five continents, and also is known as the language of diplomacy. 88 countries are members of the International Organization of Francophonie, in 29 of which French is the official language.

This year the Francophonie week will be launched in Bishkek on March 23 with the Swiss movie « Le jeu de l'amour et du hasard » (The game of love and chance) to be screened online at 17:30 in Zoom.  

Francophone Week includes various competitions of French song, dance, elocution and reading for children.

There will also be educational webinars: "Studying in France" (25 March at 11:00 am, webcast at Zoom) and "Studying at Francophone Universities" (25 March at 18:00 pm, webcast at Zoom).

The detailed program is presented below:

• French Alliance in Bishkek  - Facebook
  
• French Embassy Kyrgyzstan - webpage, Facebook
• Swiss Embassy Kyrgyzstan – Facebook