OSCE helps enhance capacity of members of the Parliament and its administration staff in Kyrgyzstan

The Jogorku Kenesh is the national parliament of Kyrgyzstan, it consists of 90 members of parliament, including 19 women MPs.

Some 50 newly elected parliamentarians and staff of the administration of the Jogorku Kenesh of Kyrgyzstan took part in a series of orientation seminars during April and May, organized with the support of the United Nations Development Programme in Kyrgyzstan and the OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek.

The seminars aimed to enhance professional knowledge and skills of the newly elected MPs and the staff, thereby strengthening the institutional capacity of the Jogorku Kenesh.

“Over the past many years, our Office provided expert and technical assistance to improve the institutional and human capacity of the Parliament to increase its efficiency, transparency and strengthen public relations”, - shared Alexey Rogov, the Head of the OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek.

The participants discussed in depth about the Parliament’s role in the state, its responsibilities before the people, oversight mechanisms and effective interaction with the Government, issues related to achieving gender equality, and promoting fundamental rights and freedoms of the people.

The work of the OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek aims to advance democratic principles of governance such as openness, accessibility, and accountability, for the benefit of sustainable and democratic development of the host state.