PROGRESS REPORT PRESENTED TO THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES

PROGRESS REPORT PRESENTED TO THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES VIENNA, JUNE 12, 2015

OSCE ACADEMY IN BISHKEK Graduate education • European quality MA programme in Central Asia • MA in Politics and Security • MA in Economic Governance and Development Professional trainings • Build-up knowledge and skills of young professionals • Contribute to quality of policymakers and civil society Dialogue on security Research and publications • Encourage and promote dialogue on themes of comprehensive security • Publish and publicize research and analysis outputs • Provide forum for both academic and policy discussions • Support critical analysis of history, politics and security

KEY ACHIEVEMENTS More public talks and lectures hosted More applications to MA programmes More policy briefs published Towards stronger OSCE Academy

SOME CHALLENGES AHEAD Outreach in some parts of Central Asia Afghanistan research centre to be revisited Key challenges The Mo. U with the host state to be prolonged Financial sustainability

MASTERS PROGRAMMES �Two Masters programmes graduated 45 students in 2014 �The MA in Economic Governance and Development academic schedule was harmonized with the MA in Politics and Security and its start was moved from January to September �In Spring 2015 total of 1, 028 applications were received for two programmes from 40 different states

GRADUATES OF 2014 Graduates by citizenship Afghanistan; 6 Uzbekistan; 4 Kyrgyzstan; 19 Turkmenistan; 4 Tajikistan; 7 Kazakhstan; 5

GRADUATES OF 2014 Gender ratio Men 42% Women 58%

APPLICATIONS TO MA PROGRAMMES 600 500 400 MA in Politics & Security 300 MA in Econ. Governance & Development 200 100 0 2012 2013 2015

REACCREDITATION �MA in Politics and Security programme is going through relicensing and reaccreditation in 2015 �A new curriculum has been developed, proposing: Streamlined curriculum, introducing Security Studies as a separate course, and decreasing a number of short modules Increasing time for independent study and research while somewhat decreasing amount of time spent in the classroom Overall duration of academic study changed from 13 months to 15 months.

INTERNATIONAL INTERNSHIPS The OSCE Secretariat Geneva Centre for Security Policy Norwegian Institute of International Affairs, Oslo The Office of HCNM, the Hague The Norwegian Helsinki Committee, Oslo PIR-Center, Moscow Transitions Online, Prague

ACADEMY’S ALUMNI CITIZENSHIP Afghanistan Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Tajikistan Turkmenistan Uzbekistan Out of region TOTAL NUMBER OF GRADUATES 26 40 109 58 24 37 14 308

ALUMNI IN THE REGION Alumni living and working as of Jan 2015 Out of region 30% Central Asia 63% Afghanistan 7%

SUPPORTING ALUMNI �One scholarship for Masters in Advanced Studies at the Geneva Centre for Security Policy �Two one-year research fellowships at Norwegian Institute of International Affairs �Alumni chapter meetings and annual conference �Travel grants for alumni to take part in professional development events/workshops

PROFESSIONAL TRAININGS Central Asian School of Journalism Human Rights and Conflict Prevention Supported by Finland Deutsche Welle Akademie A two-week long Certificate programme taught in English Designed for civil servants and civil society 10 -week Summer School, inc TV, Radio, Online Participants from all CA states and Afghanistan In demand in Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan especially Public Policy Analysis

RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS Central Asia Policy Briefs series History-writing in Central Asia • 19 issues published since Jan 2014 • Covering all aspects of security in the region: Afghanistan, police reform, geopolitics, energy trade, Customs Union etc. • In cooperation with the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs • Involving alumni from each CA state A Special issue of Central Asian Survey Central Asia Data Gathering Team • The papers presented at the annual security conference in September 2014 are under review for publication as a special issue of Central Asian Survey, a peer-reviewed international scholarly journal on the region. • Generation of primary data across Central Asian countries • In cooperation with NUPI and involving researchers from each CA state

DIALOGUE ON SECURITY �Annual Central Asian Security conference, with theme of “The Helsinki Final Act at 40: Reflections & Prescriptions vis-à-vis the OSCE in Eurasia” �Annual Alumni Conference “Central Asia: Comprehensive Security and Sustainable Development” �More than 10 talks and lectures by scholars, diplomats and political figures

The CSTO Secretary General at the Academy

Mr Ahmed Rashid speaking on Afghanistan

Dr Alexander Cooley (Columbia University, New York)

EXPENDITURE BY ACTIVITIES, 2014 AREA OF ACTIVITY AMOUNT, EUR MA in Economic Governance and Development 202, 114 MA in Politics and Security 255, 495 Professional trainings 119, 798 Alumni support 39, 344 Research and dialogue 112, 840 General support costs 206, 347 TOTAL 935, 938

EXPENDITURE BY SOURCES OF FUNDING DONOR AMOUNT, EUR Unified Budget (OSCE Ci. B) 175, 562 Finland (Ex. B) 38, 015 Germany (Ex. B) 11, 170 USA (Ex. B) 119, 456 Denmark 77, 125 Geneva Centre for Security Policy 15, 920 Norwegian Institute of International Affairs TOTAL 498, 688 935, 938

SECURED FUNDING FOR 2015 DONOR AMOUNT, EUR Unified Budget (OSCE Ci. B) 180, 000 Finland (Ex. B) 142, 442 Germany (Ex. B) 15, 000 USA (Ex. B) 188, 496 Geneva Centre for Security Policy 18, 750 Norwegian Institute of International Affairs 566, 567 TOTAL 1, 111, 255

THANK YOU! THE END