PRESENTED TO THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES

VIENNA, JUNE 12 , 2015

PROGRESS REPORT

OSCE ACADEMY IN BISHKEK

Graduate education

• European quality MA programme in Central Asia

• MA in Politics and Security

• MA in Economic Governance and Development

Professional trainings

• Build-up knowledge and skills of young professionals

• Contribute to quality of policy-makers and civil society

Dialogue on security

• Encourage and promote dialogue on themes of comprehensive security

• Provide forum for both academic and policy discussions

Research and

publications• Publish and

publicize research and analysis outputs

• Support critical analysis of history, politics and security

KEY ACHIEVEMENTS

Towards stronger

OSCE Academy

More public talks and lectures hosted

More application

s to MA programm

es More policy briefs

published

SOME CHALLENGES AHEAD

Key challeng

es

Outreach in some parts of Central Asia

Afghanistan research

centre to be revisited

Financial sustainability

The MoU with the host

state to be prolonged

MASTERS PROGRAMMES

Two Masters programmes graduated 45 students in 2014

The MA in Economic Governance and Development academic schedule was harmonized with the MA in Politics and Security and its start was moved from January to September

In Spring 2015 total of 1,028 applications were

received for two programmes from 40 different states

GRADUATES OF 2014

Kyrgyzstan; 19

Kaza-khstan; 5

Tajikistan; 7

Turk-menistan; 4

Uzbekistan; 4

Afghanistan; 6

Graduates by citizenship

GRADUATES OF 2014

Men42%

Women58%

Gender ratio

APPLICATIONS TO MA PROGRAMMES

2012 2013 20150

100

200

300

400

500

600

MA in Politics & SecurityMA in Econ. Gov-ernance & Devel-opment

REACCREDITATION

MA in Politics and Security programme is going through relicensing and reaccreditation in 2015

A new curriculum has been developed, proposing: Streamlined curriculum, introducing Security Studies as a

separate course, and decreasing a number of short modules

Increasing time for independent study and research while somewhat decreasing amount of time spent in the classroom

Overall duration of academic study changed from 13 months to 15 months.

INTERNATIONAL INTERNSHIPS

The OSCE Secretariat

Geneva Centre for Security

Policy

Norwegian Institute of

International Affairs, Oslo

The Office of HCNM, the

Hague

The Norwegian Helsinki

Committee, Oslo

PIR-Center, Moscow

Transitions Online, Prague

ACADEMY’S ALUMNI

CITIZENSHIP NUMBER OF GRADUATES

Afghanistan 26Kazakhstan 40Kyrgyzstan 109Tajikistan 58Turkmenistan 24Uzbekistan 37Out of region 14TOTAL 308

ALUMNI IN THE REGION

Central Asia63%

Afghanistan7%

Out of region30%

Alumni living and working as of Jan 2015

SUPPORTING ALUMNI

One scholarship for Masters in Advanced Studies at the Geneva Centre for Security Policy

Two one-year research fellowships at Norwegian Institute of International Affairs

Alumni chapter meetings and annual conference

Travel grants for alumni to take part in professional development events/workshops

PROFESSIONAL TRAININGS

Central Asian School of Journalism

Supported by Finland and

Deutsche Welle Akademie

10-week Summer

School, inc TV, Radio, Online

Human Rights and

Conflict Prevention

A two-week long

Certificate programme

taught in English

Participants from all CA states and

Afghanistan

Public Policy Analysis

Designed for civil servants

and civil society

In demand in Kyrgyzstan and

Tajikistan especially

RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS

Central Asia Policy Briefs series• 19 issues published since Jan 2014

• Covering all aspects of security in the region: Afghanistan, police reform, geopolitics, energy trade, Customs Union etc.

History-writing in Central Asia• In cooperation with the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs

• Involving alumni from each CA state

A Special issue of Central Asian Survey• The papers presented at the annual security conference in September 2014 are under review for publication as a special issue of Central Asian Survey, a peer-reviewed international scholarly journal on the region.

Central Asia Data Gathering Team• Generation of primary data across Central Asian countries

• In cooperation with NUPI and involving researchers from each CA state

DIALOGUE ON SECURITY

Annual Central Asian Security conference, with the theme of “The Helsinki Final Act at 40: Reflections & Prescriptions vis-à-vis the OSCE in Eurasia”

Annual Alumni Conference “Central Asia: Comprehensive Security and Sustainable Development”

More than 10 talks and lectures by scholars, diplomats and political figures

The CSTO Secretary General at the Academy

Mr Ahmed Rashid speaking on Afghanistan

Dr Alexander Cooley (Columbia University, New York)

EXPENDITURE BY ACTIVITIES, 2014

AREA OF ACTIVITY AMOUNT, EUR

MA in Economic Governance and Development

202,114

MA in Politics and Security 255,495

Professional trainings 119,798

Alumni support 39,344

Research and dialogue 112,840

General support costs 206,347

TOTAL 935,938

EXPENDITURE BY SOURCES OF FUNDING

DONOR AMOUNT, EUR

Unified Budget (OSCE CiB) 175,562

Finland (ExB) 38,015

Germany (ExB) 11,170

USA (ExB) 119,456

Denmark 77,125

Geneva Centre for Security Policy 15,920

Norwegian Institute of International Affairs 498,688

TOTAL 935,938

SECURED FUNDING FOR 2015

DONOR AMOUNT, EUR

Unified Budget (OSCE CiB) 180,000

Finland (ExB) 142,442

Germany (ExB) 15,000

USA (ExB) 188,496

Geneva Centre for Security Policy 18,750

Norwegian Institute of International Affairs 566,567

TOTAL 1,111,255

THE END

THANK YOU!