A round table discussion on the issues of “Institutional development and new opportunities for promotion of the media in Ferghana Valley” is scheduled to be held on 25 January in the Kyrgyz city of Osh.

The discussion will be attended by representatives of the media in Ferghana Valley, international organizations, local NGOs and State structures. According to NANSMIT Monitoring Service, 9 Tajik journalists from Sughd province are going to join the participants.

Among the topics for discussion are institutional development of the media, new perspectives and opportunities for cooperation, and support from local and foreign NGOs. Participants are going to present outcomes of projects and activities implemented within the framework of the media program financed by Eurasia Foundation Central Asia (EFCA) in 2007.

The EFCA program targeted to development of independent media included training sessions for media managers, business advisory services for the media, and grant support to the media in Ferghana Valley with the purpose to create socially-oriented media products, strengthening financial sustainability and professional growth.

The program is supported by the UK Embassies in Kazakhstan and in Tajikistan, and by the US Agency for International Development (USAID).

NANSMIT Monitoring Service