Partnership, Coalition Building and Association Development 

NGO in Partnership  

In this difficult economic environment, many entrepreneurs have created small businesses as a means 

to create jobs for themselves others. While the intention is good, they often lack the appropriate 

business management skills and knowledge, to found a viable business. In order to solve this problem, 

members of three Batken NGOs XXI Kylym Baldary, Ustat, and Kanykei Ene attended a number of 

Counterpart and the Batken CSSC trainings including Project Design, Financial Sustainability, 

Strategic Planning, Microbusiness Basics, and Social Partnership. The three formed a consortium to 

accelerate the formation of Small and Medium Business in Batken region. They designed the project 

Opening Own Business, which was funded by Europe Aid in April 2003 with $11,950. The 

consortium is providing trainings in the development of business ideas and expanded training to 

include one day seminars for official establishments, state organs, local authorities, financial 

establishments and NGOs in Batken, Isfana, Sulukta, Pulgon, Kyzyl Kya. Altogether over 70 people 

were trained. This project became has motivated further business development and stands as a model 

for intersectional cooperation. 

Community Mobilization 

Working Together for a Big Payoff 

Dayres' district (180 households) is located 60 km. from the Kerben rayon center. On April 22 heavy 

rain destroyed a 500 meter road running through the village and the main drainpipe preventing 

irrigation problems. Receiving consultiontations and training in Human Resources Management, 

Strategic Planning, Social Partnership, Fundraising, Project Design, NGO Management, Financial 

Sustainability, and Formation of Interested Environment from the Kerben CSSC, the members of the 

NGO  Yntymak Dayres mobilized citizens to repair the damage. 29 people participated in the road 

repair work with $35 contributed from a local sponsor to subsidize labor costs. Then the community 

worked to restore the drainpipe by hand.  18 community members worked for two days to complete 

the repairs.  The local farm Dayres sponsored the drainpipe repairs with $115 for welding supplies. 

Further, 55 members of the community and residents of Dayres  district cleaned 700 meters of the 

irrigation ditch. With just $150 in funding and in one month, the NGO Yntymak Dayres mobilized 

people to fix the road, repair the drainpipe and clean the irrigation ditch.  

Community Demands Change, Gets Clean Water 

People in the Archa Beshik area of Bishkek (100 households) have not had proper access to water for 

the past ten years. The local residents requested the local NGO Arysh  support their initiative to lay 

pipelines after hearing about Arysh's  success in working on similar issues with a neighboring 

community. The NGO helped establish four community initiative groups and trained them in skills 

such as NGO and Community, Project Design, Fundraising, and Human Resources Management. For 

the start up of the water pipeline campaign, the initiative groups raised $730. Arysh  contributed 

$3,000 US dollars to lay 500 meters water pipe; the city administration contributed $3,900 to lay 200 

meters water pipe. People actively participated in public works. On May 16 the water project was 

completed and opened for use. The project's success was in the local newspaper Slovo Kyrgyzsytana. 

Repair of the School Roof in Tashtak Village  

Tashtak  village in the Jalalabad region has 1350 residents (around 270 households) and a school with  

capacity for 800 students.  PCA exercises revealed the condition of the local school to be a priority 

problem, with a community action plan developed calling for roof repairs to take place during the 

summer holidays. In anticipation of the repairs, the initiative group, working with the local NGO Lola 

Bah began looking for funding from international donors. As a result of participation in Counterpart 

trainings such as Project Design, Fundraising, NGO and Community, Advocacy, Social Partnership, 

and Joint Monitoring and Evaluation, the NGO and initiative group developed the project proposal 

Repair of Roof of Tashtak School, which was funded by the Asian Development Bank with $2,300.  

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