OSCE provides platform for young experts from CIS countries to discuss sustainable development and digitalization

The annual International Summer School “Sustainable Development of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) Member States through Dialogue and Digitalization” is taking place from 18 to 23 June 2019 in Issyk-Kul, Kyrgyzstan.

The week-long intensive school is conducted by the Academy of Public Administration under the President of Kyrgyzstan (APAPKR) with the support of the OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek.

The modules of the school are led by national and international experts and include, but are not limited to, the following topics: leadership and thinking design in the digital era, contemporary risks and threats in cyberspace, analysis of the CIS states legislation in the field of information security, innovation and strategic planning, use of digital tools in the commission of crimes, legalization of criminal proceeds, financing of terrorism and cyberattacks.

The school aims to enhance the role of young people in security sector governance of the CIS region and serves as a unique platform to discuss and better understand issues such as cybersecurity, economic and legal aspects of digital transformation implementation, combating money laundering and terrorism financing (AML / CFT), and further co-operation of the CIS member states in these areas.

Participants of the school include representatives of the Security Council Secretariat under the APAPKR, Master’s Programme students from the APAPKR, the Russian Academy of National Economy and Public Administration under the President of the Russian Federation, the Academy of Administration under the President of Belarus, the Academy of Public Administration under the President of Kazakhstan, the Institute of Public Administration under the President of Tajikistan, as well as the Academy of Public Administration under the President of Uzbekistan.

This summer school is of particular relevance for Kyrgyzstan in light of the proclamation of 2019 as the “Year of regional development and digitalization of the country.”

Members of the CIS are: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan.