Tajikistan is often associated with a number of beautiful places and breath-taking scenery, endless pure rivers, lakes, magnificent mountains, interesting cuisine and hospitality of the locals. No wonder tourists from around the world strive to see and experience the natural beauty of the country.

Building on the success of the previous calendars devoted to beautiful Tajikistan, and with the aim to promote tourism in Tajikistan the Swiss Cooperation Office invites local professional and amateur photographers to participate in the contest, which will result in selecting of a limited number of photos that shall reflect the numerous touristic features (nature, people, cuisine and architecture) of Tajikistan. We are convinced that all interested contestants have a great deal of such photos to offer, which would show what Tajikistan has in store for tourists. Photographs submitted are expected to vividly reflect Tajikistan from the touristic perspectives. 

Selection criteria:

• artistic quality/professionalism
• technical quality/high resolution
• content/reflection of the subject

Selection process:

The yearly calendar “Tajikistan” has become a ‘trade mark’ of the Swiss Cooperation Office in Tajikistan, therefore the selection of winning photographs will be done internally by the staff of the Office.

Requirements to contestants:

• personal info in brief
• info on the photographs: date, place, captions
• language: Tajik or Russian
• quantity of photographs submitted: 5-7
• minimal resolution: 300 d/i
• size: minimum 2 MB

All photographs meeting the above requirements should be submitted in the electronic form either by email or hand carried in a media device (CD or memory stick).

Honorarium: The prize per one selected photograph is 960 Tajik Somoni

How to apply:

• if submitted in a media device: to be in a sealed envelope indicating the subject PHOTO CONTEST CALENDAR and containing contact info of the applicant to the following address: Swiss Cooperation Office in Tajikistan - Dushanbe, 3 Tolstoy street; Tel: (+992) 446 00 54 55; 446 00 54 
• if submitted via e-mail: dushanbe@eda.admin.ch with cc to: risolat.faizmamadova@eda.admin.ch with the subject line indicating PHOTO CONTEST CALENDAR

Deadline for submission of the complete application package:

October 14th , 2021

The Government of Switzerland through its Swiss Cooperation Office in Tajikistan launched the third phase of the Access to Justice Project. It will last from August 2021 to July 2025 and implemented by UNDP and HELVETAS Swiss Intercooperation in close partnership with the Ministry of Justice. This initiative is the continuation of the successful Swiss support to the Government of Tajikistan in developing a new state-free legal aid system in Tajikistan.

Access to Justice supports the justice system in Tajikistan in order to empower the vulnerable members of the society to have access to a free legal aid system. People in rural areas of Tajikistan don’t generally benefit from the advantages of the justice system due to a lack of legal awareness and knowledge of their rights. This leads to many family-related legal issues, especially when the marriages are only religious and not legally registered.

Switzerland is one of the key donors supporting the justice sector in Tajikistan and has a long-standing experience in promotion of the access to justice, civil registry system reform, and judiciary reform initiatives. The continuation of the Access to Justice Project, phase 3, will solidify the achieved progress, contribute to the sustainable development of the state legal aid system and ensure the most vulnerable people in Tajikistan access to free legal aid.