Устойчивое развитиеПовышения благосостояниеТорговый хаб Центральной Азии

freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction

Ronald Reagan

Unleashing Silk RoadReaching out to Youth in Celestial Central Asia

Washington DC

November 10, 2010

Leading think-tank in Kyrgyzstan

CAFMI Snapshot

• Education and research institution:

o Established: April 6, 2009

o Staff: 6 full-time, 2 interns & 5 board of trustees

• Media:

o Most quoted think-tank in Kyrgyzstan, cited almost daily across all media

o Facebook page, largest in Kyrgyzstan, 1,760 fans

• International profile:

o 2010 Templeton Freedom Award Winner in the category reaching out to students

o Co-sponsor of Index of Economic Freedom Report by Fraser Institute

o Co-sponsor of International Property Rights Index by Property Rights Alliance

Table of Contents

Philosophy

Tools

Results

Philosophy

• In for the long haul

• We want to sow free-market seeds across Central Asia

Why Student Outreach?

Vision: Central Asia blooming with freedom

Our Inspiration

Central Asia, an oasis of

freedom, prosperity and

peace

The Institute for Humane Studies

Our Tools

Free Market League

•Debate tournament

Discussion seminars

•Privatization

•Propiska

Free Market School & English Liberty Camp

•English language camp

• Instructors from around world

•Definite one week school for free market lovers

Kyrgyzstan: Prosperity and Justice Agenda

•11 chapters

•Each chapter tackles a sore issue facing Kyrgyzstan

•Written by young experts for the country’s youth

Liberty Conferences: ReCamp and IdeaNight

•Platforms for the rapid exchange of ideas

•300 people attended the events in total

Our Tools in Pictures

ReCamp

Our Tools in Pictures

Idea Night

Our Tools in Pictures

Free Market School

Our Tools in Pictures

English Liberty Camp

Our Tools in Pictures

Kyrgyzstan: Prosperity and Justice Agenda, discussion of chapter

Ingredients to Success

Kyrgyzstan

Sowing free-market seeds in youth

Passion

•Classical liberalism

•Make world freer, better

Team

•Solid team

•Idea generator

•Implementer

Masses

•Ideas must become popular

•Make everything pretty, sexy

Sprouting of free-market seeds

Results: We are already reaping harvest

• Established Objectivist Club at American University of Central Asia

• Established Tajikistan Free Market Center

• Our alumni joined CAFMI team

• Our alumni volunteer at CAFMI

• Organized debate tournaments on classical liberal topics in Kazakhstan

Soon…

• More free-market oriented clubs open in Central Asia• Free-market topics enter public discourse• Alumni enter politics

Thus, Unleashing Silk Road

Central Asia: Oasis of

Free Trade, Peace and Prosperity