Central Asia

In Central Asia IMS supports activities that improve access to professional media content, as well as strengthen knowledge and skills amongst media workers. Difficult economic conditions and political environments pose challenges to the development of independent media in the countries of Central Asia. Nevertheless, the demand for professional media content from the general public is strong, as clearly shown by the results of the research and activities undertaken by IMS in the region.

Youths at the core of media development in Tajikistan

Youth in Tajikistan. Photo: Jane Møller Larsen/IMS

16.06.2011
For almost a decade IMS has been actively involved in media-development in Central Asia. A recent IMS-visit to Tajikistan demonstrated a serious need for support to new journalism initiatives instigated by young people in a country dominated by state media

At the seminar in Kyiv, Alan Tskurbaev from Vladikavkaz gives his comment on covering the Beslan school hostage crisis. Photo: Henriette Borg Henriksen/IMS

06.02.2009
Six months after the war over South Ossetia, journalists and editors from all across the Caucasus are ready to look beyond political disputes and re-establish professional contacts and

Freedolina.net homepage now offering access through the internet to the "Open Valley" TV programme produced with support from IMS.

26.11.2008
This month, IMS partners in the Fergana Valley in Central Asia have launched a trans-boundary TV-program. The program is broadcast as well as being accessible through the Internet to provide fact-based insights in the

Dusan Reljic, Senior researcher at the German Institute for International and Security Affairs and consultant to IMS on the CA report, presented the IMS report at an event in Kazakhstan. Helene Bach, IMS programme coordinator, also took part in the launch (right). Photo: IMS.

10.11.2008
"IMS succeeded in bringing a very sensitive topic to debate in public fora in Central Asia, says Dusan Reljic. who was the driving force behind the IMS report "Political Extremism, terrorism and the media in Central Asia, just published by IMS. The report was launched in Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan in October, as the report draws on case examples from these two countries

25.09.2008
How do media cover acts of terrorism or political extremism? With examples from Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan, IMS is launching a report that presents empirical data and analysis of the coverage of extremism and terrorism by media in Central Asia. The report is pioneering this field, as facts about the actual media coverage remains scarce on a global scale and is the first of its kind in Central Asia

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Youths at the core of media development in Tajikistan

Caucasus media call for closer cooperation

IMS supports TV production in Fergana Valley

Political extremism on the public agenda

Extremism, terrorism and the media in Central Asia