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Dear colleagues, the Public Opinion Research Institute is resuming Expert Meetings in 2024. The first expert meeting took place on October 4, 2012.

Our Guest: Dr. Anar Somuncuoğlu was born in 1975 in the Kostanay region of the Republic of Kazakhstan. In 1997 she graduated from the Department of Econometrics at Gazi University in Ankara, Turkey. In 2000, she graduated Master's program in Economics at Hacettepe University (Ankara, Turkey). In 2009 she defended her Doctorate in International Relations at Ankara University. From 2000 to 2010, she worked in the field of strategic research at such leading Turkish think tanks as the Eurasian Center for Strategic Studies ASAM and the National Security Strategies Studies Centre TUSAM. Since 2010, she has been teaching at the Department of International Relations at Hacettepe University (Ankara, Turkey).

We will inform you about the venue a little later by email or by phone after registration.

Sincerely,
Director of the Public Opinion Research Institute
Botagoz Rakisheva

On November 22, 2023, online (ZOOM)/offline workshop “Household and community access to energy in the Fergana Valley – a multidimensional survey-based assessment in three CAREC countries” was held in Namangan, Uzbekistan. During the seminar, the results of surveys conducted by the CAREC Institute, the Asian Development Bank Institute together with the Public Opinion Research Institute in three countries – Kyrgyz Republic, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan - were discussed. At the seminar, Ph.D., Director of the Institute, National Consultant of the Asian Development Bank Botagoz Rakisheva presented the results of this research

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Video of the Workshop: https://elearning.carecinstitute.org/learning-modules/workshops/2461.html

Agenda of the Workshop:

Time (Uzb)	Introduction Moderator: Representative of the Turan International University Akhadkhon Najmitdinov, Co-Founder of the Turan International University (TIU), Kabir Jurazoda, Director at the CAREC Institute, Namangan official (TBC)
9:30-10:30	1. Session: Energy issues, policies, initiatives Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, the Kyrgyz Republic and beyond
	Moderator: Hans Holzhacker (Chief Economist at the CAREC Institute) - Shakhboz Akhmedov, Country Manager Uzbekistan of Sungrow Power Supply Ltd., Co-Founder of Sustainability Nexus Solutions - Daler Qubodbekov, Project Officer, Energy Sector, ADB Tajikistan Resident Mission - Kamalbek Karymshakov, PhD, Economist, Kyrgyz-Turkish Manas University - Dimitris Symeonidis, Founder at the Decentralized Solutions Global Network, Central Asia Researcher at CERTH (Greece), affiliation with the Central Asia Bureau for Analytical Research - Vera Economou, Lead ESG Group Competence Center, coordinator of ESG experts across Network Banks at Raiffeisen Bank International
10:30-12:30	Q&A, Discussion
12:30-13:00	Break
13:00-14:00	2. Session: Household energy access in the Fergana Valley – the project
	Moderator: Ulmas Ibragimov, Dean at the Turan International University
	Introduction: Hans Holzhacker
14:00-14:20	Technique and results of the project: Botagoz Rakisheva, Director of the Public Opinion Research Institute, Astana, Kazakhstan
14:20-15:00	How to promote clean heating: Dina Azhgaliyeva, Senior Research Fellow Asian Development Bank Institute, Tokyo, Japan
15:00-15:30	Q&A, Discussion
15:30-16:00	Concluding remarks: Hans Holzhacker
16:00-16:20	Moderator: Representative of the Turan International University Akhadkhon Najmitdinov, Co-Founder of the Turan International University (TIU), Kabir Jurazoda, Director at the CAREC Institute, Namangan official (TBC)

Source of video material and some photos: https://t.me/s/tiu_university

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