Students from Kyrgyz mountains attend webinar14.03.2014The three-month, online training course called, “Sustainable Mountain Development in Kyrgyzstan,” concluded with 25 school-aged participants in its final webinar on 11 March 2014. The certificate course was organized by Ekois with support from the Central Asia Mountain Partnership Hub. The purpose was to use innovative an extra-curricular, inter-active learning method combined with an awareness-raising, outreach effort to convey the importance of mountains and drivers for mountain development. Elbegzaya Batjargal of the Central Asia Mountain Partnership Hub, who took part in the final webinar on 11 March, warmly greeted participants and highlighted the importance of having strong knowledge and thorough understanding of the problem in order to find solutions. She also shared her hope that the training course contributed to laying the foundations for informed decision-making at the local level. “I liked the course; learned so much and a lot of new info on the unique roles of our ecosystem in Kyrgyzstan. Though it was difficult for me to conduct an interview and write an essay, the overall experience was rewarding and I’ve got not only new knowledge, but new skills and new virtual friends as well,” said Bektur Erkinali Uulu, who lives in remote Batken province. The course also benefited the parents of the course participants. “Our family has been looking forward to every new webinar with great eagerness. My daughter surprised us by formulating her thoughts so logically and systematically with new confidence and competence working with science. We’ve experienced the importance of technological advancements and IT progress for people like us in remote mountain villages and as such we request the organizers to continue this activity,” said Astra Kishenbaeva, mother of Tancholpon, a 12-year-old course participant. The Central Asia Mountain Partnership Hub plans to replicate the experience and scale it up to regional level in the mountains of Pamir and Altai. In April, the Hub plans to conduct one of its regular series of Shared Learning Sessions in which the lessons learned and challenges faced during this initial pilot experience will be presented to those interested. |
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