Publication: Applying Community of Practice Peer-to-Peer Learning Approach in Rural Kyrgyzstan
Date
2018-05
ISSN
Published
2018-05
Author(s)
Saetova, Lilia
Uulu, Zhanybek Ybraiym
Kisunko, Gregory
Abstract
Lack of financial resources prompted
many LSG to seek effective ways to mobilize and utilize
local resources to improve living standards of the
population, however, there was no platform to share best
practices with other LSG. The project has assisted the
Government in establishing such platform, collecting and
sharing best practices. SUPPL – a demand-driven,
recipient-executedproject designed based on successful
pilots. An earlier pilot project confirmed a
significantunmet demand for the Public Finance Management
(PFM) capacity building of rural municipal servants and
elected officials, and showed a good fit with the innovative
peer-to-peer (PTP) learning approach. To satisfy this unmet
demand, the Bank jointly with the Kyrgyz Republic State
Agency for Local Self-Government and Interethnic Relations
(SALSGIR) and with support from the KyrgyzMinistry of
Finance (MoF) implemented a project with USD 1.1 million
recipient executed grant through the ECA PFM Trust Fund. The
project envisaged development and implementation of the PTP
learning platform to engage all 453 rural LSG in the
country. The main development objective of theSUPPL project,
which became effective on June 19, 2015, was to support the
Government in establishing countrywide Communities of
Practice (COPs) of LSG financial officers, elected heads of
LSG units and budget committee chairpersons of local
councils. The project supported the use of the COP platform
to increase capacity of the respective LSG representatives
through innovative PTP learning approach.
Citation
“Saetova, Lilia; Uulu, Zhanybek Ybraiym; Kisunko, Gregory. 2018. Applying Community of Practice Peer-to-Peer Learning Approach in Rural Kyrgyzstan. Europe and Central Asia Knowledge Brief;. © World Bank, Washington, DC. http://hdl.handle.net/10986/30660 License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.”