Center for the Study of the Religious Situation under the State Commission for Religious Affairs of the Kyrgyz Republic carries out research, educational, and monitoring activities in the field of religion.
Main objectives:
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the formation and development of a national system for studying, monitoring, and analyzing the religious situation;
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improving preventive measures to avoid and preempt conflicts on religious grounds;
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enhancing the qualifications of employees of state bodies and local self-government bodies on religious issues, training specialists, and raising the religious and religious-studies literacy of the population;
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providing consultations on issues in the religious sphere, developing proposals and recommendations for the prevention, prophylaxis, and response to problematic issues and conflicts of a religious nature.
Structure
Research Department
The Research Department is a structural subdivision of the Center for the Study of the Religious Situation under the State Commission for Religious Affairs of the Kyrgyz Republic (hereinafter, the State Commission), which carries out research and monitoring activities in the field of religion.
Department objectives:
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the formation and development of a national system for studying, monitoring, and analyzing the religious situation;
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providing consultations on issues in the religious sphere, developing proposals and recommendations for the prevention, mitigation, and response to problematic issues and conflicts of a religious nature;
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improving preventive measures to avoid and preempt conflicts on religious grounds.
Sector for International Cooperation and Educational Programs
The Sector for International Cooperation and Educational Programs is a structural subdivision of the Center for the Study of the Religious Situation under the State Commission for Religious Affairs of the Kyrgyz Republic, carrying out international, educational, and scientific activities in the field of religion.
Sector objectives:
- implementation of national and international research projects, programs, agreements, grants, and other forms of cooperation with national and foreign universities, institutions, organizations, and foundations;
- development and implementation of a national system of educational programs to raise the level of religious and religious-studies education;
- facilitating the formation of a group of experts to develop concepts for new educational programs, as well as mechanisms for their design and implementation.
Leadership
Абакиров Кубанычбек Жаныбекович
Deputy Director / Head of Department
Шерматов Шүкүр Жаныбаевич
Director
Бегимкулова Айжан Сурановна
Head of Sector