Increasing Publc Awareness on Environmental Issues

In order to increase public awareness of climate change and other environmental concerns, the Global Civil Initiatives has conducted three months long environmental education and the environmental awareness campaigns in the Issyk-Kul region of Kyrgyzstan and the Jomi distirct of Tajiksitan, which targeted school children, students, local communities and government authorities.

Master class by peers on the environmental issues in the Jomi district of Tajikistan

These events proved to be very important as educating children and young adults about environmental problems is crucial to long-term success. This will help them foster a sense of responsibility and "proactive citizenship," so that when they become adults they will make choices that help the environment rather than harm it. Many schools, however, do not currently teach their students about environmental issues.
Global Civil Initiatives considers integrating environmental education into current science classes or teaching environmental science as a separate discipline is one of the best ways to educate children and teens about environmental problems, particularly if the classes involve some sort of "hands-on" learning, like starting a garden or caring for an animal.

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Наш Новый Проект по Устойчивому Развитию

Глобальные Общественные Инициативы (ГОИ), продолжает работу над проектом по устойчивому развитию. Целью проекта является вклад в улучшение экономического состояния Кыргызстана и повышение благосостояния населения. В рамках проекта будут поддерживаться инициативы по развитию экологичесого туризма, развитие малого и среднего предпринимательства, и многие другие, которые в конечном итоге положительно скажутся на повышении качества жизни населения.

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Series of training “ Gender and Budget"

Global Civil Initiatives, Inc. (GCI) in partnership with other civil society organizations  conducted a row of  seminasr-training “ Gender and Budget-From Concept to Implementation and Monitoring” focusing on Social Protection. The main objective of the training is to raise awareness of the local communities on gender sensitive budgeting of the local governments.

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Глобальные Общественные Инициативы (ГОИ) в партнёрстве с рядом общественных провели многодневные запланированные семинары из серии:  «Гендер и Бюджет-От Концепции к Реализации и Наблюдению»  Фокус: Социальная Защита
Данные семинары-треннинги организован для работиков общественных организаций с целью ознакомления участников с концепцией гендерного бюджета, понятиями гендерной экспертизы бюджета и показать, как общественность может участвовать в гражданском мониторинге бюджетных процессов.

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Workshops " Say No to Violence"

With the goal of preparing youth to prevent violence against women, the Global Civil Initiatives, Inc. (GCI) has conducted a one day workshop “Say No to Violence” in the Issyk-Kul area of Kyrgyzstan. The workshop involved school children and the teachers. The problem of violence against women cannot be addressed fully without the involvement of all the actors directly or indirectly responsible for the issue. The youth can play a leading role in raising awareness of this concern.

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Семинары:" Скажи Нет Насилию"

С целью подготовки молодёжи к предотвращению насилия против женщин, организация «Глобальные Общественные Инициативы», провела серию семинаров в школах иссык-Кульского района Кыргызстана и в южных  районах Таджикистана. В семинаре приняли участие школьники и учителя. Проблема насилия против женщин не может быть решена без участия всех сторон прямо или косвенно ответственных за этот вопрос. Молодёжь может занять в этом вопрсое лидирующую роль, повышая информированность населения.

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Citizenship, Leadership and Service

 Under the program” Citizenship, Leadership and Service” the Global Civil Initiatives, Inc, (GCI) has recently conducted a series of youth trainings in the rural regions of Kyrgyzstan. One of the sessions was devoted to “Climate Change and the role of Youth”.  According to the UN findings, “The impacts of climate change are already being experienced across the globe in the forms of floods, droughts, and an increased frequency and intensity of severe weather events.” Every year Kyrgyzstan experiences floods and mudslides that take away livelihoods of thousands of people. The innovative approach of GCI to inform the young children of their responsibility and civic engagement drew their attention, motivated for actions and taking the leadership roles. Inspired by the program, the young children pledged to plant trees in their communities and take care of them until they grow to the stage of self-sustainability.

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We are entering a second year of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). A lot has been said and papers produced by UN and governments, however too little is being done by us- people on the ground. It does not seem like people in the communities that we are working in are participating enthusiastically in the widespread implementation of the SDGs.  The question is how can we engage our communities to make the Sustainable Development Goals their local goals and actively share objectives for all of people? How can individuals and collectives contribute to achieving the “Agenda 2030”? How can we involve on-the-ground actors in the process of SDGs implementation and solve current and emerging problems related to rapid climate change, famines, mass-migration, fundamentalism, resource wars, biodiversity loss, economic volatility, political disability, terrorism and other challenges. Only with active participation of people and communities around the world we can achieve the set Agenda.
From our side we shall enhance and make more effective collaboration between the public and private sector and civil society at local, national, regional and global scale.