The IWPR Central Asia team continues to work online with a particular attention on building the capacity of the region's media community. We believe this is critical to mobilize resources for countering the pandemic.
We are pleased to share our work with you, and inspire you to continue your personal development despite challenges.
We are pleased to share our work with you, and inspire you to continue your personal development despite challenges.
CABAR.asia Media School platform: ready for the new academic year
The work on updating our platform was completed. Now, the new website design is more convenient for smartphones' users. We launched a new analytical journalism course, prepared a range of online specialization courses on the timely topics, and added the feedback function directly on the website.
Courses
Coronavirus in Central Asia
Coronavirus Map of Central Asia
This online map shows constantly updated statistics from the region's countries.
Multimedia
PLAN B: SELF-RESCUE
Documentary
Documentary
The documentary was created by the "Bashta" project's authors: Azat Ruziev, Tilek Beishenaly uulu and Nurzhamal Dzhanibekova, with the technical support of the IWPR Central Asia Office within the framework of the mentoring program of the New Media and Digital Journalism project.
Plan B: Self-Rescue is a short documentary about Kyrgyz volunteers, who teamed up and now help healthcare workers day and night in this difficult fight against the coronavirus.
They prepare food for doctors, help them in hospitals, and some drive around the city with an oxygen concentrator to rescue dying people who cannot be reached by an ambulance.
Plan B: Self-Rescue is a short documentary about Kyrgyz volunteers, who teamed up and now help healthcare workers day and night in this difficult fight against the coronavirus.
They prepare food for doctors, help them in hospitals, and some drive around the city with an oxygen concentrator to rescue dying people who cannot be reached by an ambulance.
- Svetlana SakharovaFacebook user, commented the movie:When I see such young people, there is a faint hope that someday this country will prosper. The question is when.
Everything will end, and the people in power will crawl out of their holes and talk about how they helped their country to fight the epidemic.
However, these boys and girls will be forgotten.
I wish I were wrong... - Botagoz OmarovaFacebook user, commented the movie published on Kloop page:Powerful work! There is practically no voiceover. Noises and syncs. The ending is powerful; I hope the woman survived as well as the man who had no place anywhere. The editing is gorgeous. Several scenes were amazing. Close ups are very cool. Thank you for your professional work, and a separate respect for the volunteers.
- @tatyana_hovaInstagram user, commented the movie on Bashta page:Azat, thank you for your work, it hurts to watch, it brings tears, it is scary, people are losing loved ones, everyone can lose, the inaction of the authorities… is just genocide
Expert Meetings
REGIONAL MEETING
"Borders of State and of Living Space:
the Border Problems in Central Asia"
There is the term Lebensraum in geopolitics, which denotes the borders of the living space of a particular people, country and state. Central Asia is a region where the states' borders and Lebensraum do not only coincide de jure, but also bizarrely overlap de facto. The incomplete border delimitation provokes the sporadic incidents in the so-called border areas between the Central Asian countries.
Non-governmental Non-profit Research Institution "Knowledge Caravan" together with IWPR Central Asia discussed the empirical and conceptual aspects of this problem.
"Borders of State and of Living Space:
the Border Problems in Central Asia"
There is the term Lebensraum in geopolitics, which denotes the borders of the living space of a particular people, country and state. Central Asia is a region where the states' borders and Lebensraum do not only coincide de jure, but also bizarrely overlap de facto. The incomplete border delimitation provokes the sporadic incidents in the so-called border areas between the Central Asian countries.
Non-governmental Non-profit Research Institution "Knowledge Caravan" together with IWPR Central Asia discussed the empirical and conceptual aspects of this problem.
The State Budget of Tajikistan During the Pandemic: Problems and Solutions
The speakers discussed the issues of public administration efficiency (the work of the state institutions) during the pandemic. Just like in the whole world, the COVID-19 pandemic is putting pressure on Central Asian governments and exposing the weaknesses of state institutions, putting Central Asian economies in a difficult situation.
The Efficiency of the Kyrgyz Government Amidst the Pandemic
The meeting participants discussed the issue of the public administration efficiency (the work of the state institutions) in Kyrgyzstan during the pandemic. What problems did the Central Asian countries face and what solutions did the governments propose? To what extent did the work and solutions made by the state prove to be effective in countering the pandemic and the following crisis?
New Formats
We continue exploring and trying out new tools for delivering analytics to a larger audience on social networks: cards, memes, and surveys.
Online Marathons
Online Marathon «Facebook | Telegram»
The online marathon on Telegram and Facebook was held on July 15-22. The participants learned the specifics of working in these social networks: how to register an account/channel, build communication with their audience and create quality and demanded content. They also completed practical tasks and received feedback from a trainer on ZOOM platform.
The trainer was Jamilya Maricheva, the journalist, editor, producer, with 16 years of experience in media; in recent years she specializes in open data, digital in media and organizational work. Jamilya is PROTENGE.kz project creator (the project explains state spending very simply and understandable); she worked as a publishing editor of HOLANews.kz.
38 participants were selected for the marathon from 91 applicants. Of these, 8 participants were from Kazakhstan, 14 from Kyrgyzstan, 8 from Tajikistan and 8 from Uzbekistan.
The trainer was Jamilya Maricheva, the journalist, editor, producer, with 16 years of experience in media; in recent years she specializes in open data, digital in media and organizational work. Jamilya is PROTENGE.kz project creator (the project explains state spending very simply and understandable); she worked as a publishing editor of HOLANews.kz.
38 participants were selected for the marathon from 91 applicants. Of these, 8 participants were from Kazakhstan, 14 from Kyrgyzstan, 8 from Tajikistan and 8 from Uzbekistan.
Online Marathon AR
CABAR.asia Media School held a three-day practical online marathon on the future of journalism with the development of augmented reality (AR) on the example of creating personal masks and filters on Instagram.
100 applicants from Central Asia applied and 19 of them were selected to participate in the marathon.
At the end of the marathon, two participants (1, 2) received Facebook approval and published their first basic filter masks and are now working on the data masks. In addition, the works of the rest of the participants are in the process of revision or awaiting approval from Facebook.
The trainer was Edil Bayyzbekov (Kyrgyzstan), AR/VR trainer, data analyst, journalist, front-end developer and video producer.
100 applicants from Central Asia applied and 19 of them were selected to participate in the marathon.
At the end of the marathon, two participants (1, 2) received Facebook approval and published their first basic filter masks and are now working on the data masks. In addition, the works of the rest of the participants are in the process of revision or awaiting approval from Facebook.
The trainer was Edil Bayyzbekov (Kyrgyzstan), AR/VR trainer, data analyst, journalist, front-end developer and video producer.