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"Multilingualism and tolerance”

Roundtable transcript

On December 10, the Bishkek Press Club held a roundtable on the topic "Multilingualism and Tolerance" within the framework of the project "Increasing Tolerance Among Young People in Conflict Prevention" with the support of the OSCE Center in Bishkek. Representatives of governmental agencies, nongovernmental and international organizations, members of the Jogorku Kenesh of KR and journalists participated in the roundtable.

List of participants:

Moderator: Muratbek Imanaliev, president of the Institute for Public Policy

Ishenbai Abdurazakov, social activist KR
Valery Vishnevsky, chairman of the Slavic Foundation of KR of the Assembly of the People of Kyrgyzstan
Vera Vygovskaya, executive director of the public association "Egalité"
Azimzhan Ibraimov, Acting Director of the Department of the State language Development
Ivan Kamenko, program director of PA "Egalite"
Lira Karagulova, head of the public association "Mejkulturnoe obrazovanie" ("Intercultural Education")
Irina Karamushkina, member of the Jogorku kenesh of KR
Kadyraly Konkobaev, professor of the Kyrgyz Technical University "Manas"
Begaly Nargozuev, member of the Jogorku Kenesh of KR
Svetlana Pak, executive secretary of the Assembly of the People of Kyrgyzstan

Also, participants of the project "Increasing Tolerance among Young People in Conflict Prevention" were in attendance.

The full text of the transcript is available here

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