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Acknowledgements List of Abbreviations Introduction First Day Zhoomart Otorbaev (Deputy Prime Minister, Kyrgyzstan) Brian Pratt (Director, INTRAC) Anne Garbutt (Regional Manager Former Soviet Union, INTRAC) Ara Nazinyan (Deputy Director, Counterpart Consortium Central Asia) Questions and Discussion Programme Groups Group 1: Democracy and Human Rights Group 2: Community Development Group 3: Social Welfare Including Healthcare Group 5: Community Development Group 6: National Poverty Strategies Plenary 'The Role of Politicians and Mass Media in Programme Evaluation' Nataliya Ablova Marat Sultanov Second Day Plenary 'M&E of Citizens' Rights' Alexander Tsoi Tolekan Ismailova Aliya Unusova Work in Country Groups Group: Kazakhstan Group: Turkmenistan Group: Kyrgyzstan Group: Uzbekistan Group: Tajikistan Evaluation of the Conference Appendix 1 - Presentation by Counterpart International Appendix 2 - Programme Groups: Case Studies in M&E Appendix 3 - Reports and Recommendations from Group Work on Day One Appendix 4 - Conference Programme Appendix 5 - List of Participants

About the Author

Charles Buxton is a capacity building specialist for the International NGO Training and Research Centre, based in Central Asia.