On March 27, AUCA, the Faculty of Anthropology and International Development, hosted another lecture in the NGO's and International Development class. The lecture featured Chyngyz Aidarbekov, a former Ministry of Foreign Affairs and currently Chairman of the Committee on International Affairs, Defence, Security and Migration of the Jogorku Kenesh of the Kyrgyz Republic.

The authors of the yearbook are experts: Leyla Delovarova (section on Kazakhstan), Tatiana Zlobina (section on Kyrgyzstan), Dmitry Poletaev (sections on Russia and Turkmenistan), Saodat Olimova (section on Tajikistan), Lyudmila Maksakova (section on Uzbekistan).

  On March 6, AUCA, the Faculty of International and Comparative Politics, hosted another lecture as part of the Ambassador Talks series. The lecture featured Maksat Tentimishov, former director of the 4th Political Department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kyrgyz Republic.

My name is Oybek Turaev, Software Engineering, 2024 – graduate year. My exchange semester at Bard College, New York, was deeply rooted in my commitment to broadening my academic horizons and immersing myself in a diverse educational environment.

      At the heart of academic exploration and global engagement, our university had the honor of hosting yet another enlightening series of Ambassador Talks. The International and Comparative Politics department arranges the event in close cooperation with the President's Office at the American University of Central Asia.

The Spotlight Initiative recently hosted an award ceremony at the AUCA to celebrate the graduates of the kNOwVAWdata online course. Launched in 2022, the course is part of the regional program to address violence against women (VAW) and promote gender equality in Central Asia.

About the speaker:Dr. Kyaw Moe Tun, an Oxford and Yale alumnus, returned to Myanmar in 2014 to empower the youth and foster responsible leadership through liberal arts and sciences education. In 2017, he founded Parami Institute to offer innovative programs for Myanmar college graduates.

The #QyzTalks event dedicated to the International Day of Girls was held at AUCA on October 7th.

In honor of the International Day of Girls, which is celebrated annually on October 11, UNICEF, together with partners of the Girls project, held an event "QyzTalks.

In August of this year, AUCA graduates - Askar Sydykov, Uluk Kydyrbayev, Director of the MBA program, Saikal Anvar kyzy, as well as leaders of the business communities of Kyrgyzstan - Dastan Abdyldayev, Rustam Baltabayev and Gulnara Kalikova, together with other participants from Central Asian countries, took part in the regional program "Leadership Academy for Development" (LAD), which was held in Almaty, Kazakhstan.

The Central Asia Regional Information Network (CARIN) Workshop, which explored environmental research and collaborative initiatives, was held from September 13-17, 2023, in the Issyk Kul region of the Kyrgyz Republic.