Staff Changes and Development 

In order to improve the effective implementation of the program and promote the localization 

process a new management structure for Counterpart was developed and its approbation started. 

In the last quarter, Organizational Development Manager A. Ataev and Grant Manager M. 

Rozyev left Counterpart and O. Ataeva, V. Kosarev and B. Jumaeva were hired as Organizational 

Development, Monitoring and Evaluation Coordinator and Grant Manager accordingly.  

The Organizational Management Advisor Eric Blender joined Counterpart Turkmenistan. 

Senior Health Advisor, Mered Annamukhamedov, Program Manager Irina Dedova and 

Community Outreach, Jeren Khakyeva participated in Regional Community Outreach Workshop 

in April.  

Jeren Khakyeva, Community Outreach Coordinator, attended the advanced regional trainings in 

Almaty on Fundraising in May and Social Partnership in June.  

Pavel Kharitinov, Informational Technology Advisor, and Nargiza Meylieva, Lebap CSSC 

Manager, attended the advanced regional training on Fundraising in Almaty in May.  

Vladimir Kosarev, Monitoring and Evaluation Coordinator, participated in the INTRAC 

conference  Growing Civil Society in Central Asia: International and Local Perspectives in 

Almaty. 

Khadjarbibi Yelamanova, Manager of Ashgabat CSSC, participated in seminars:  NGOs Role In 

Public Opinion Formation In The Sphere Of Natural Resources Management  and  The Forming 

Of Public Opinion And Social Significant Intelligence  in Tashkent organized by the USAID 

funded project  Improvement Of Natural Resource Management In Central Asia Region . 

A course in Turkmen language was conducted for staff.  

The Counterpart staff with the facilitation of Management Advisor and Acting Country Director 

participated in a workshop on the decision making process and delegation of responsibilities 

within the network. 

Training Highlights 

During the reporting period 16 trainings were conducted for 274 participants from 178 NGOs. Out of 

16 trainings 6 were conducted in Lebap and Dashoguz velayats. Three trainings were conducted in 

Turkmen language. A training of trainers on  NGO and Community  was conducted for the new 15 

Turkmen speaking trainers (4 from Dashoguz; 5 from Lebap; and 6 from Ashgabad). During the 

quarter each CSSC started hosting monthly trainers meetings.  

Organizational Development 

The organizational development action plan for the year of 2002 2003 was developed with the 

Dashoguz and Lebap CSSCs.  

Hiring procedures were updated and an interview process was developed and introduced. 

A salary survey in Ashgabad was conducted to review the staff salaries. 

Job descriptions for staff were reviewed with extensive consultation from the Deputy Regional 

Director and Regional Program Manager.  

During the reporting period three case management meetings were conducted to identify potential 

problems of CSSCs and target NGOs.  

Community Outreach 

During this quarter the Community Outreach program implemented activities in three specific 

regions: Ahal, Lebap, and Dashoguz:  

From June 20 23 a training on PCA was conducted in Ashgabad for fifteen NGOs and initiative 

groups from Ashgabad city, Akhal, Balkan, Lebap, Mary, and Dashoguz velayats. The PCA 

training module was then adapted according to the local specifics. 

The Ashgabad CSSC continued to facilitate the PCAP process with the local NGOs Women 

Resource Center of Turkmen University,  Ecological School of Farmer, and Family, Mercy and 

Health  in selected communities in Buzmein city with the Orphans' School, Cementnyi gorodok 

Residences, the Buzmein Dormitory for Women Workers, and the Peasants' Union of Gavers 

etrap of Akhal velayat.  

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