Community Outreach 

On May 3, The Local Grant Committee considered 6 projects and approved 3 projects. 

The CSSC assisted during PCAs at the following organizations: 

Khorezm branch of Uzbek Association of Reproductive Health in Makhalla Yangi Turmush 

of Khivinskiy rayon 

Shavat Women Center Ikhlos in Mahalla Kangli of Shavatskiy rayon 

The following CAPs were developed: 

April 1, Mahalla Ichan Kala of Khivinskiy rayon initiated by the Initiative Group Ichan Kala. 

   Mahalla Yangi Turmush of Khivinskiy rayon initiated by the Khorezm branch of Uzbek 

Association of Reproductive Health. 

May 31, Mahalla Kangli of Shavatskiy rayon initiated by the Shavat Women Center Ikhlos. 

On April 5, the CSSC organized and conducted a roundtable devoted to how NGOs and 

Makhallas are solving problems together. 24 NGO representatives, representatives of Oblast and 

City Khokimiyats, representatives of 13 Makhalla Committees of Urgench city and other state 

structures participated in the Roundtable.  

On April 26, the CSSC Manager met with Khokim of the Khivinskiy rayon to discuss NGO 

development in Khiva city and Khivinskiy rayon. Khokim showed a readiness to help local 

NGOs. 

6. Samarkand Civil Initiative Support Center (Partner) 

Activity Overview 

On April 12, the CSSC Manager participated in a meeting with 15 Samarkand NGOs and a 

delegation of the Parliament Assembly of OSCE. The purpose of the meeting was to get 

acquainted with the activity of NGOs in the region and discuss the cooperation of local NGOs 

with European Union. 

On April 25, a meeting of representative of the German Association of Adult Education Wolfgan 

Schur with interested parties was organized to encourage networking and future cooperation. 

On May 17, the regular NGO Club meeting was conducted. 16 NGOs as well as representatives of 

the Oblast Justice Department participated. The purpose of the meeting was to share information 

and present current Counterpart Consortium projects in Samarkand. As the result the work group, 

an NGO Fair organization was created. 

On June 21, the regular NGO Club meeting was conducted. 36 NGO representatives participated 

in the meeting. Representatives of the Soros Foundation presented Soros Programs. A Statement 

about the NGO Club and Ethical Code was presented. Also, the plan for the NGO Fair was 

presented. 

Internal Capacity Building 

On April 12, Counterpart Consortium branch CSSC in Samarkand was registered with the 

Juridical Department of Samarkand Oblast, and on May 13, the CSSC was registered with the 

Oblast Taxation Department and Statistical Department. 

On April 25 26, the Hub Center Program Director, Dina Mukhamadieva, and the OD 

Coordinator, Akmal Roustamov conducted an organizational development assessment of the 

CSSC. 

On May 10, the Hub Center Financial Manager, Khamid Kashaev, and Grant Manager, Oybek 

Boltaev, conducted a mock audit with the CSSC. 

The CSSC staff participated in the following personal development projects and workshops: 

T. Salimdjanova   Advanced Fundraising, Tashkent 

   E. Amirkulov   Facilitation skills development, Tashkent; Legal regulation of NGO, 

Tashkent; Strengthening practical skills to work with NGOs, Samarkand; Monitoring and 

Evaluation (Regional training organized by Eurasia Foundation), Almaty; 

K. Gulyamova   Facilitation skills development, Tashkent; Advanced Fundraising, Tashkent; 

The CSSC trainers participated in the following personal development projects and workshops:  

   S. Khusanova   Legal regulation of NGO, Tashkent; Human Resource Management, 

Samarkand 

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