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BISHKEK (TCA) — In March 2017, the project “Voice and Accountability: Citizens’ Participation in Budgetary Processes,” funded by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) and implemented by the Development Policy Institute will be launched in Naryn and Osh oblasts of Kyrgyzstan, the Embassy of Switzerland in the Kyrgyz Republic said on March 10.
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ASTANA (TCA) — The inaugural shipment of Kazakh wheat for the Vietnamese market arrived at the sea port of Ho Chi Minh City on March 4. This pilot delivery was carried out by KTZ Express, a subsidiary of national railways company Kazakhstan Temir Zholy (KTZ), and China-Kazakhstan International Logistics Company Lianyungang LLC, the official website of the Prime Minister of Kazakhstan reported.
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BISHKEK (TCA) — With US $11.9 million from the Government of Japan, Kyrgyzstan on March 7 launched three major programs to build up the country’s civil registry, increase capacity to respond to disasters, and make schools safer. The programs will be implemented by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF), UNDP in the Kyrgyz Republic reported on its website.
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ASTANA (TCA) — Kazakhstan’s Foreign Ministry on March 9 said that the next international meeting on Syria within the framework of the Astana Process will be held on March 14-15 in the capital of Kazakhstan.
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KABUL (TCA) — The Ministry of Energy and Water of Afghanistan on March 7 said that it has considered a number of programs for better management of the country’s water resources as they have major implications for the national development and economic prosperity, Afghanistan’s TOLOnews agency reported.
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ASTANA (TCA) — Urbanization will increase Kazakhstan’s competitiveness in the global arena, Zhaksybek Kulekeyev, an advisor to the director general of the Kazakh Institute of Oil and Gas and a member of the Expert Council under the Government of Kazakhstan, said to the official website of the Prime Minister of Kazakhstan (Primeminister.kz).
