Visegrad Regional Seminar on Global Development Education Prague, 24 th - 25th March Project: Global Development in the context of socio-economic transformation of Central Asia and the South Caucasus, Institute of Eastern Studies, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan Financed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, PR Anna Cieslewska (Institute of Applied Social Science, University of Warsaw)

Visegrad Regional Seminar on Global Development Education Prague, 24th - 25th March Central Asia & Caucasus Map

Visegrad Regional Seminar on Global Development Education Prague, 24th - 25th March 2011 A main goal of the project: Raising awareness regarding the socio- economic development of the regions of the South Caucasus and Central Asia

Visegrad Regional Seminar on Global Development Education Prague, 24th - 25th March 2011 Main reasons of the project’s implementation:  Relatively little knowledge of the Polish society on socio- economic processes in Central Asia and South Caucasus  Inadequate presence of topics related to the socio-economic development concerning the southern regions of the former Soviet Union in the programs of Development Education  Differences in the transformation process of the above mentioned regions and the Central & Eastern European region (Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia)

Visegrad Regional Seminar on Global Development Education Prague, 24th - 25th March 2011 Main issues of the project: Despite the differences between regions as well as countries, we can distinguish several problems common for the South Caucasus and Central Asia (also for the other parts the former USSR Block including Visegrad countries)  unemployment  migration abroad as well as mass migration to urban areas  low level of public services (health, education and the others)  poverty and social inequality  problems with access to water (mainly in Central Asia)  unstable political situation in some countries (refugees crisis)  corruption

Visegrad Regional Seminar on Global Development Education Prague, 24th - 25th March 2011 TWO PHASES OF THE PROJECT: I phase 2009 Part one:  seminar: The issues of socio-economic transformation in the South Caucasus (Participants: scholars and NGO workers)  1 day workshop for students Part two  seminar: The Socio-economic development of Central Asia (Participants: scholars and NGO workers)  1 day workshop for students

Visegrad Regional Seminar on Global Development Education Prague, 24th - 25th March 2011 A game: „The migrant - workers from Central Asia”

Visegrad Regional Seminar on Global Development Education Prague, 24th - 25th March 2011 II phase 2010 Part one: (3 trainings for students):  Theory: 1. The set of lectures concerning the socio-economic situation in the South Caucasus and Central Asia.  Practice: 2.Training skills workshop 3.Trainings modules regarding the socio-economic development of the South Caucasus and Central Asia. Part two:  20 workshops in 10 high schools carried out by students based on the previously designed modules (about 500 secondary students participated in the workshops).

Visegrad Regional Seminar on Global Development Education Prague, 24th - 25th March 2011 Exercise: the socio-economic maps of Central Asia and the South Caucasus

Visegrad Regional Seminar on Global Development Education Prague, 24th - 25th March 2011 The trainings modules: 1) “Migrant workers from Central Asia” 2) “The Normal Life”: workshop shows the economic situation of an average family in Central Asia on the example of Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan 3) “Bazaars and the informal economy in Central Asia on the example of Kyrgyzstan” 4) “A map of the socio-economic problems in Central Asia” 5) “A map of the socio-economic problems of the South Caucasus” 6) “Glossary of Development Terms - concerning development in the context of Central Asia and the South Caucasus” 7) “Refugees in the South Caucasus” 8) “Equal opportunities for all”: workshop considers the issue of income inequality in the South Caucasus

Visegrad Regional Seminar on Global Development Education Prague, 24th - 25th March 2011 Thanks for your attention We hope to arouse interest regarding the socio- economic issues of Central Asia and the South Caucasus in the other Visegrád countries