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On October 19, 2026, a session dedicated to strengthening the capacity for safe transboundary water resources management and mitigating the consequences of transboundary mudflows and floods in Central Asia was held in Tashkent as part of the Regional Dialogue. The event gathered heads and representatives of national mudflow and flood protection services, ministries for emergency situations of the region's countries, national hydrometeorological services, as well as international organizations and financial institutions (a total of 23 participants, including 13 women).
Turkmenistan – Ashgabat – 19 October 2026 – Mergen Kepbanov, Director of the Regional Environmental Centre for Central Asia (CAREC) Project Office in Turkmenistan, discussed strengthening cooperation with national partners and promoting regional knowledge exchange on climate policy and sustainable development at a project development capacity-building workshop.
Tashkent, October 19, 2026 — Heads and representatives of national hydrometeorological services and national mudflow and flood protection agencies from Central Asian countries are discussing joint approaches to the safe management of transboundary water resources and the reduction of natural disaster risks at the Regional Dialogue on Strengthening Capacity for the Safe Management of Transboundary Water Resources in Central Asia and Mitigating Transboundary Mudflow and Flood Risks.
Every year, Kyrgyzstan welcomes about 13 million tourists, but the vast majority of them visit the same places: Issyk-Kul, Ala-Archa, and the valleys around Bishkek. Dozens of villages, where production workshops operate with the support of the “One Village, One Product” (OVOP) program, are usually left off the tourist itineraries—even though it is precisely there that the items tourists later buy at the bazaar as souvenirs are made.
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