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The role of NGOs in lowering the tendency towards conflict among young people

Roundtable transcript

On the 21st of May, in the Bishkek Press Club a Roundtable was held on the topic: "The role of NGOs in lowering the tendency towards conflict among young people", within the framework of the project "Preventing Conflicts Among Secondary School Students in Bishkek" supported by OSCE Centre in Bishkek. Participants of the Roundtable included representatives from the government, non-governmental and international organisations and teachers.

Moderator: Nazgul Turdubekova, director of the Public Fund "Child rights' defenders league"

List of participants:

Chinara Aitbaeva, leader of the Public Union "Our Century"
Almaz uluu Atay, coordinator of rights programme Public Foundation "Egl"
Galina Vasileva, head of the Centre protecting the rights of school children in Bishkek
Aijan Kadyrova, lawyer, Public Union "Law Centre"
Ivan Kamenko, executive director of Public Foundation "Egalitee"
Lira Karagulova, director of Public Union "Cross-cultural Education"
Perizat Osmonova, consultant of Public Union "Centre for social integration"
Vladimir Shkolniy, senior lecturer at the Slavonic University in Kyrgyzstan
Lydia Shulgina, executive director of the Public Union "Centre for Social Integration"

Also, there were participants in the project "Preventing Conflicts Among Secondary School Students in Bishkek."

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