CORE Co-operation with the OSCE Academy in Bishkek
Acting at the request of the German Ministry of Foreign Affairs, CORE
has made a significant contribution to the establishment of the OSCE
Academy in Bishkek.
The Academy was officially opened in December 2002, following the
conclusion of a Memorandum of Understanding between the Ministry of
Education and Culture of the Kyrgyz Republic and the OSCE Centre in
Bishkek. From the very beginning, CORE has been among those who have
encouraged this multilateral project. Long before the opening, CORE had
made a substantial contribution to the political process that led to its
creation. In particular, CORE Researcher Anna Kreikemeyer developed the
first detailed concept paper outlining a draft model of the Academy
This was to serve both Kyrgyz authorities and the OSCE as a key point of
reference in the further planning of the Academy - both conceptual and
practical. CORE staff members Frank Evers, Andrea Berg and Wolfgang
Zellner also participated in the formulation of guidance papers for the
Academy.
In 2003, CORE was invited by the OSCE Academy itself, the OSCE Centre in
Bishkek and the OSCE Conflict Prevention Centre in Vienna to make a
further contribution to the Academy's ongoing development. CORE is one
of a number of European think-tanks and scientific partner institutions
co-operating with the Academy in this respect. The others include the
Austrian Study Center for Peace and Conflict Resolution at the Peace
Centre Burg Schlaining, the Geneva Centre for Security Policy and the
Netherlands Institute of International Relations Clingendael.
CORE was able to establish close working contacts with Mrs. Anara
Nasyrova who was initially the Co-ordinator and later became the
President of the OSCE Academy, the former Minister of Education and
Culture of the Kyrgyz Republic, Prof. Dr. Ishengul Boljurova, and the
former Head of the OSCE Centre in Bishkek, Ambassador Aydin Idil. CORE
staff visited Bishkek in February 2003 to participate in intensive
consultations and deliver lectures. Since then, CORE has co-operated
closely with the first director of the Academy, Annette Krämer, her
successor Tim Epkenhans, the current director of the OSCE Centre in
Bishkek, Ambassador Markus Müller, the staff of the Vienna Conflict
Prevention Centre and representatives of the various national
delegations involved in the project. The curriculum-development
expertise CORE has acquired in establishing courses in European security
policy allowed it to participate in designing the postgraduate master's
course "Political Science (Central Asia)", which is offered by the OSCE
Academy in Bishkek. CORE is further involved in the work of the
Advisory Board, the Curriculum Development Group and the Admission
Committee of the Academy. Three CORE senior lecturers teach on the
above-mentioned master's course.
CORE's involvement in the OSCE Academy in Kyrgyzstan is directed by
Frank Evers with the assistance of Andrea Berg, Anna Kreikemeyer, Delia
Rahmonova-Schwarz and Wolfgang Zellner.
Further links:
OSCE Academy in Bishkek: http://www.osce-academy.net/en
Austrian Study Center for Peace and Conflict Resolution at the Peace
Centre Burg Schlaining: http://www.aspr.ac.at/
Geneva Centre for Security Policy: http://www.gcsp.ch/
Netherlands Institute of International Relations Clingendael: http://www.clingendael.nl/