Program for Public Education and Information

Kyrgyzstan

USAID

OSC increased public participation in a mass privatization program by delivering public education support to local partners that included public relations training and media outreach. OSC introduced the first-ever weekly interactive television broadcast, “Call-in Thursday,” winner of two national awards for journalistic excellence. OSC created the State Property Fund Roundtable Group, a weekly meeting of journalists, economic reform experts, and government officials. OSC also organized the International Conference on Privatization in the Kyrgyz Republic.