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(l-r) Ainura Temirbekova, Deputy Minister of Culture, Information and Tourism of Kyrgyz Republic, Ambassador Tuula Yrjölä, Head of the OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe and Olim Salimzoda, Chairman of Majlisi Namoyandagon’s Committee on International Relations, Public Organizations and Information during the opening speech, Dushanbe, 2 March 2018.

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The number of households receiving electricity from the Tagoba mini-hydro power plant increased from 16 to 96 households. The secondary school accommodating 206 pupils and staff has also benefitted from access to electricity, Tagoba village, Rasht Valley, Tajikistan, 19 February 2018.

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The project improved the supply of electricity to up to 100 households, three schools and three other public or commercial facilities, Pingon village, Rasht Valley, Tajikistan, 19 February 2018.

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The renovation of the mini-hydro power plants and connection to the national grid enabled use of domestic electrical appliances such as water kettles, stoves and TV sets. The time for collecting fire wood, which is usually the duty of young children, will be reduced, or in the case of Pingon this work is no longer needed, Rasht Valley, Tajikistan, 19 February 2018.

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Ambassador Tuula Yrjölä, Head of the OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe, with residents of the village of Pingon, Rasht Valley, Tajikistan, 19 February 2018.

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(l-r) Zumradi Loik, Deputy Chairperson of the Rasht district, Rahimjon Nabi, First Deputy Chairperson of the Rasht district and Ambassador Tuula Yrjölä, Head of the OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe, during the inaugural ceremony speech, the village of Pingon, Rasht Valley, Tajikistan, 19 February 2018.

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Participants of the OSCE Youth Winter School during an exercise simulating a meeting of the OSCE Permanent Council, Khoja Obigarm, 3 February 2018.

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Participants of the OSCE Youth Winter School representing Austria during the OSCE Permanent Council simulation exercise, Khoja Obigarm, 3 February 2018.

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A participant of the OSCE Youth Winter School asks a question during a discussion on the OSCE’s activities to counter terrorism, Khoja Obigarm, 2 February 2018.

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Participants take part in a team-building exercise, Khoja Obigarm, 2 February 2018.

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Participants of the OSCE Youth Winter School during a presentation on the conduct of diplomatic negotiations, Khoja Obigarm, 1 February 2018.

Energy Security in the Rasht Valley

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In 2013, the OSCE started a project, with the support of the Norwegian government, to renovate a series of Micro Hydropower Plants in the villages of Tagoba and Langar in the Rasht Valley, Tajikistan. The plants were designed to provide energy to homes and schools in a region heavily affected by