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Regional Art and Culture Programme in Central Asia

Project completed
The programme builds on a vision that the strengthened and pluralistic cultural sector contributes to developing and empowering the civil society. The programme aims to protect and to enlarge a social space where democratic values can be expressed and intercultural dialogue happen. lt has the potential to allow marginalised voices to be heard and new or unpopular ideas to be shared.

Country/region	Topic	Period	Budget
Central Asia Tajikistan	Culture / development awareness Conflict & fragility Conflict prevention and transformation nothemedefined Culture & recreation Conflict prevention Development awareness	01.01.2016 - 31.03.2020	CHF 2’393’500

The project in brief

Background	The cultural life in Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan evolved from the initial attempts to build national identities to the nowadays demands towards global trends and modern directions. New independent a/c institutions emerged. This resulted in a growing circulation of ideas and partnerships. Artists in Central Asia are considered as intellectuals and thinkers and their voices are respected and appreciated. The lack of financial support and the limitation of free expressions by the centralised governments make their work full of challenges and frustration, but their voices become more strong and provocative.
Objectives	Encouraging diverse artistic and cultural creation in Central Asia that positively contributes to a peaceful, inclusive and democratic transformation process.
Target groups	Arts and culture institutions and individual artists Audience of arts and culture institutions and general public
Results	Results from previous phases: Arts and culture institutions and individuals are doing more, better and richer work thanks to the Programme's support People living in peripheral communities with restricted access to a cultural/artistic offer had benefited strongly from work that had reached beyond capitals There is a deepening commitment to cooperate across divides, honour cultural diversity and showcase shared values
Directorate/federal office responsible	SDC
Credit area	Swiss cooperation with Eastern Europe
Project partners	Contract partner International or foreign NGO Private sector Foreign private sector North Swiss Private Sector
Budget	Current phase Swiss budget CHF 2’393’500 Swiss disbursement to date CHF 2’238’714
Project phases	Phase 4 01.01.2016 - 31.03.2020 (Completed) Phase 3 01.03.2012 - 30.06.2016 (Completed)

Further technical details

Sector according to the OECD Developement Assistance Commitiee categorisation	OTHER SOCIAL INFRASTRUCTURE AND SERVICES GOVERNMENT AND CIVIL SOCIETY Unallocated / Unspecified OTHER SOCIAL INFRASTRUCTURE AND SERVICES Unallocated / Unspecified
Sub-Sector according to the OECD Developement Assistance Commitiee categorisation	Culture and recreation Civilian peace-building, conflict prevention and resolution Promotion of development awareness (non-sector allocable) Culture and recreation Promotion of development awareness (non-sector allocable)
Cross-cutting topics	Crisis prevention
Aid Type	Mandate without fiduciary fund Project and programme contribution SDC direct implementation
Project number	7F05029