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Visegrad Regional Seminar on Global Development EducationPrague, 24th - 25th March 2011

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Project: Global Development in the context of socio-economictransformation of Central Asia and the South Caucasus,

Institute of Eastern Studies, Adam Mickiewicz University, PoznanFinanced by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, PR

Anna Cieslewska (Institute of Applied Social Science, University of Warsaw)

Visegrad Regional Seminar on Global Development Education

Prague, 24th - 25th March 2011

.Central Asia & Caucasus Map



A main goal of the project:

Raising awareness regarding the socio-economic development of the regions of the

South Caucasus and Central Asia



Main reasons of the project’s implementation:

Relatively little knowledge of the Polish society on socio-economic processes in Central Asia and South Caucasus

Inadequate presence of topics related to the socio-economic development concerning the southern regions of the former Soviet Union in the programs of Development Education

Differences in the transformation process of the above mentioned regions and the Central & Eastern European region (Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia)


Prague, 24th - 25th March 2011 Main issues of the project:

Despite the differences between regions as well as countries, we can distinguish several problems common for the South Caucasus and Central Asia (also for the other parts the former USSR Block including Visegrad countries)

unemployment migration abroad as well as mass migration to urban areas low level of public services (health, education and the others) poverty and social inequality problems with access to water (mainly in Central Asia) unstable political situation in some countries (refugees crisis) corruption


Prague, 24th - 25th March 2011 TWO PHASES OF THE PROJECT:I phase 2009

Part one:

seminar: The issues of socio-economic transformation in the South Caucasus (Participants: scholars and NGO workers)

1 day workshop for students

Part two

seminar: The Socio-economic development of Central Asia (Participants: scholars and NGO workers)

1 day workshop for students



A game: „The migrant - workers from Central Asia”



II phase 2010Part one:

(3 trainings for students):

Theory: 1. The set of lectures concerning the socio-economic situation in the South Caucasus and Central Asia.

Practice: 2.Training skills workshop3.Trainings modules regarding the socio-economic development of the South Caucasus and Central Asia.

Part two:

20 workshops in 10 high schools carried out by students based on the previously designed modules (about 500 secondary students participated in the workshops).



Exercise: the socio-economic maps of Central Asia and the South Caucasus



The trainings modules:

1) “Migrant workers from Central Asia”2) “The Normal Life”: workshop shows the economic situation of an average family in Central Asia on the example of Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan3) “Bazaars and the informal economy in Central Asia on the example of Kyrgyzstan”4) “A map of the socio-economic problems in Central Asia”5) “A map of the socio-economic problems of the South Caucasus”6) “Glossary of Development Terms - concerning development in the context of Central Asia and the South Caucasus” 7) “Refugees in the South Caucasus” 8) “Equal opportunities for all”: workshop considers the issue of income inequality in the South Caucasus



Thanks for your attention

We hope to arouse interest regarding the socio-economic issues of Central Asia and the South

Caucasus in the other Visegrád countries

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