The French Alliance in Bishkek, jointly with the Embassies of France, Switzerland, Belgium and the EU Delegation in Kyrgyzstan are happy to announce the week of the Francophonie, which will be held from March 23 to 28, 2021. The festival will include educational, cultural and entertainment events in online format.
The “Francophonie Week” is the festival of the French language and cultures of the French-speaking countries, which is celebrated in the middle of March across the world. The organizers and partners have prepared a program for the broad public, which consists of 8 online events.
French is the fifth language spoken in the world, the third language for business, spoken by more than 300 million people on five continents, and also is known as the language of diplomacy. 88 countries are members of the International Organization of Francophonie, in 29 of which French is the official language.
This year the Francophonie week will be launched in Bishkek on March 23 with the Swiss movie « Le jeu de l'amour et du hasard » (The game of love and chance) to be screened online at 17:30 in Zoom.
Francophone Week includes various competitions of French song, dance, elocution and reading for children.
There will also be educational webinars: "Studying in France" (25 March at 11:00 am, webcast at Zoom) and "Studying at Francophone Universities" (25 March at 18:00 pm, webcast at Zoom).
On 12 November, 2021, the Minister of Health, Alymkadyr Beishenaliev, and the Swiss Ambassador to the Kyrgyz Republic, Olivier Bangerter, have visited the renewed Health Management Resource Center under the Ministry of Health.
Health managers are responsible for managing entire health facilities and coordinating the service delivery processes. The Center was established in 2019 in Bishkek to support their training. Switzerland has allocated more than 7 million soms for the renovation and equipment of the Center, including computers, projectors, and interactive whiteboards.
During his welcoming speech the Minister of Health thanked the Government of Switzerland for more than 20 years of support to the health sector in the form of technical, financial and humanitarian assistance. "We plan that this Resource Centre will work with interested partners to increase professional level of health managers," said Minister Alymkadyr Beishenaliyev.
The health of the population and the quality of health services depend on the knowledge and skills of these managers; “our aim is that ordinary citizens are better served in the health system and this center will make a difference,” said the Swiss Ambassador Olivier Bangerter.
The Center will train health managers according to the needs for effective management they have identified. It will also offer an electronic archive on domestic and foreign best practices in health management and leadership skills.
The Center is created within the Swiss Health Management Strengthening Project, which has been working since August 2020 in cooperation with Euro Health Group (Denmark) and Public Fund “Health System Initiatives” (Kyrgyzstan).
