Civil Society in Central Asia

Internet Access Centers in Central Asia

320 Online Resources Internet Access Centers The International Research & Exchanges Board (IREX) has administered Internet programs in the NIS since 1991 and began administration ofthe USIA-sponsored Internet Access and Training Program (IATP) in 1995. The IATP program is a broad one, with country coordinators being responsible for: Developing training materials and curricula, Internet resources, and local language on-line development; Assisting local institutions to establish on-line presence, including Web sites, electronic publications, and Iistservs; Training and supervising a staffthat consists oftrainers, web masters, systems administrators, and other program personnel; Implementing program outreach and publicity to targeted audiences, including local alumni ofUSIA-programs; Administering open grants competitions; Coordinating the work of"Internet Working Groups." IREX is administering IATP programs in the capitals ofall the fonnerly Soviet Central Asian republics except Tajikistan. (Other cities with IREXf[ATP programs are Yerevan, Baku, Tbilisi, Chisinau, Minsk, and Kyiv.) Through the IATP, lREX has established several public "Internet Access Sites" in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Uzbekistan. The number ofthese sites win expand as the IATP develops; visit the IREX Web site (www.irex.org, or specifically, www.irex.org/programs/iatpiiatpsites .htrn) for the most current listing. The following Central Asian Internet Access Sites had been established as ofearly 1999. Almaty Almaty Power Engineering Institute ul. Baitursynova, d. 126, kom. 228 TellFax: 3272-67-79-00 The National Library ofKazakhstan pro Abai, d. 14 Tel: 3272-69-65-86 Contact: Vladimir Shatskikh E-mail: vshatskikh@nlpub.iatp.kz Kazakh State University ul. Timiriazeva, d. 70, kom. 22 Tel: 3272-47-19-70 Contact: Anna Parentieva E-mail: anna@guiness.iatp.kz Kazakhstan Institute of Scientific and Technical Infonnation (KasGozINTI) ul. Bogenbai Batyra, d. 221 Tel: 3272-42-33-02 Fax: 3272-42-80-59 Contact: Ualisher Tukaev E-mail: Root@kazgu.iatp.kz Online Resources 321 Bishkek The National Library ofthe Kyrgyz Republic uL Sovetskaia, d. 208 Tel: 3312-26-47-39 Contact: Igor Lebedev kieran@nlpub.freenet.bishkeksu http://freenet.bishkeksulmain.html Education Information Center ul. Tynystanova, 257,kab. 202 Tel: 3312-22-86-90 Contact: Eugene Dronov E-mail: eugene@eac.freenet.bishkeksu Kyrgyz-Russian Slavic University ul. Kievskaia, 44, kom. 11113 (computer labs: kom. 210,317) Tel: 3312-22-16-77 Contact: Konstantin Arsienko E-mail: kot@freenet.bishkeksu Kyrgyz-American School ul. Abdymamunova, 205 Tel: 3312-26-23-42 Contact: Konstantin Arsienko E-mail: kot@freenet.bishkeksu Kyrgyz-Turk "Ala-Too" University 10 mikrorayon, ul. Kamskaya 10 Tel: 3312-42-76-96 Contact: Gokhan Ozgur E-mail: metu@atu.freenet.bishkeksu Resource Center at InterBilim society ul. Razzakova, 16 Tel: 3312-66-04-25 Contact: Vladimir Folomeev E-mail: vfolom@ccpub.freenet.bishkeksu Jalalabad lalalabad State University Tel: 3323-13-46-56 Contact: Zamir Raev E-mail: zamir@japub.freenet.bishkek.su Osh Osh State University Tel: 3322-22-29-12 Contact: Victor Tsoy E-mail: tvs@osupub.freenet.bishkeksu Tashkent Academy of State and Social Construction Uzbekistanskaia,45, 10th floor Tel: 3712-45-69-21 x 151 Contact: Tuligoon Nishenbaev E-mail: tnishenb@assc.ac.uz http://www.assc.ac.uz Institute of Cybernetics Akadmicheski Gorodok Tel: 3712-45-87-04 Contact: Zilfira Adillova E-mai}:zukhra@iss.ac.uz http://www.ic.ac.uz The Institute ofRegional and Strategic Studies Khaklar Dustligi 4 Tel: 3712-45-14-52 Contact: Maxim Emm E-mail:max@iss.ac.uz http://www.iss.ac.uz University ofWorld Economy and Diplomacy Buyuk Ipak Yuli 54, kor. B, kom. 34 Tel: 3712-67-83-03 Contact: Alex Vostrikov, Trainer E-mail: alex@freenet.uz http://www.uwed.ac.uz ...