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A bright outburst of positive emotions and a powerful stimulus for self-development has been caused by the first in Turkmenistan Go Viral Festival that brought together almost 140 enthusiasts and experts in media, culture and technologies.
Kazakhstan has made amendments to the legislation and tightened responsibility for shooting of and cruelty to animals. However, animal rights defenders believe that they will not have a major impact on the issue without the systemic approach. (more…)
Kyrgyzstan has not decided yet how to control stray dogs. Private funds and charity organisations deal with this problem instead of municipal bodies. (more…)
During the latest expert meeting on CABAR.asia analytical platform, the experts from four countries of the region (except Turkmenistan) discussed cybersecurity issues in Central Asian countries and measures the governments and civil society take to ensure it.
Over a fifteen hundred people have visited the Go Viral festival in Almaty in three days and have taken part in workshops, master classes and quests, expanding their networks and acquiring new knowledge.
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Day 2 of the Go Viral Festival gathered over five hundred enthusiasts, experts, specialists and all those who want to learn something new, change and self-develop.
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Finding business partners, mastering new skills, launching own start-up, or getting inspired for creativity and changes – you can do all these things and even more during the Go Viral regional festival that kicked off in Almaty and gathered over a half thousand people on Day 1. (more…)
Aijan Sharshenova, a political scientist, and Zarina Adambussinova, a social anthropologist, consider several categories of post-Soviet places of memory in order to study the phenomenon of post-Soviet nostalgia in Bishkek, especially for CABAR.asia (more…)
Kazakhstan takes part in six international studies on assessment of school environment and educational progress of students. Moreover, the republic makes regular attempts to get students and teachers prepared for tests. According to experts, this practice cannot affect the overall score of the country significantly.
The problem of clean drinking water remains acute for the population of Uzbekistan. In addition to global warming, frequent droughts, irrational use of water resources, irrigation of irrigated land with fresh, potable water, coupled with the deterioration or absence of water supply networks in some parts of the country, aggravate this problem.