Kalikova & Associates gives advice on how to fight corruption Managing Partner Gulnara Kalikova and associate Magomed Saaduev contributed to Global Renewable Energy Guide 2010, by authoring a chapter on Kyrgyzstan. Global Renewable Energy Guide 2010 provides overviews of renewable energy sectors of 38 countries of the world including Kyrgyz Republic and addresses government regulation of renewable energy sector in different countries, legislative incentives to renewable energy facilities, and some statistical data related to renewable energy. You can find the English text of the chapter on Kyrgyzstan here.
On January 26, 2010, the Ministry of Economic Regulation of the Kyrgyz Republic in cooperation with the Secretariat of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) organized a training Workshop on Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs) at the Business Center “Russia”.
The workshop was organized with the support of Secretariat of Business and Investment Development Council under the Government of the Kyrgyz Republic, Kalikova & Associates Law Firm, which is one of the founders of the Public Foundation “PPP and Investment Promotion Center”, International Financial Corporation (IFC), German Technical Cooperation (GTZ) and Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA).
The specially invited UNECE experts and expert from Kazakhstan PPP Center presented the essentials of PPPs, peculiarities of implementing PPP projects and shared with their experience related to implementation of PPPs in foreign countries in diverse sectors of economy. The Managing Partner of Kalikova & Associates, Gulnara Kalikova, made a presentation on “Legal Regulation of PPPs in the Kyrgyz Republic”, and told about current legal framework on PPPs, drafting a new PPPs Law and importance of drafting high quality legal framework for the implementation of successful PPPs projects in Kyrgyzstan.
About 100 representatives of the state, municipal, private sectors, business associations, international organizations and non-governmental organization took part in the workshop. All of the participants considered it necessary to further develop PPPs in Kyrgyzstan to improve the quality of management, operation and maintenance of infrastructure facilities.