1. Poverty Practice Meeting Issyk Kul, Kyrgyzstan

2. «Central Asian Gateway» Portal Regional portal provides comprehensive information on various development issues relevant to Central Asian region

3. «Central Asian Gateway» Portal  Content  12 sections and more than 2 000 links to documents  Own analytical reviews (over 100 pages)  News, Events, Announcements  CA HDR Corner (new!)  Online Services  Forum on Development Issues (network e-discussions)  News and Events Calendar  Experts and Consultants database  E-newsletters distribution (more than 2 000 subscribers)

4. Resource Structure Country overview, Poverty reduction, Health, Education, Environment, Civil society, Democratic Governance, Gender in development, ICT for development, Regional partnership, Economic reforms, SME Central Asian HDR, National Strategies, Local government, Private initiatives, National statistics agencies, Training opportunities, Regional Think Tanks, Job Opportunities, etc.

5. Forum / e-discussions place Forum is aimed at open e-discussion of important socio-economic development issues and serves as a tool of knowledge sharing and formation of interest based virtual communities Major current discussions: Regional Integration, Country Issues, MDGs Achievements Over 200 messages on 30 thematic discussions

6. Experts & Consultants Database Currently over 35 CVs in Russian and English languages of qualified experts interested in consultancy assignments in Central Asia

7. Central Asian HDR Corner About the CA HDR Documents Library News and Events database Forum (internal and external) Polling

8. Suggested Structure for “our” corner MSME/PSD CoP corner Members/experts Resource platform (Documents Library) Knowledge management and learning (specific experience) News, Events Forum (internal and external) Polling

9. Suggested next steps Bratislava and CAG team will draft the structure and share with all members The virtual corner will be a “living” place.

10. WWW.CAGATEWAY.ORG