Almagul Osmonova

Director of  “Taalim-Forum” Public Foundation, expert in the field of education and sustainable development. Teaching experience at the Kyrgyz National University, American University of Central Asia. Head of the gender programme of the Soros Foundation-Kyrgyzstan, consultant of the World Bank Higher Education Project, expert on early childhood development and consultant on monitoring in the ADB projects, developer and author of publications for teachers and books for children. Master of Science degree in Sustainabble Development (UK), higher education in history and sociology at the Kyrgyz National University, internship in sociology and gender studies at Cornell University and University of Buffalo (USA).

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Enhzaya Batmunkh

From 2021 to now, She has been working as a business analysis specialist for the Medle.mn lesson content library and learning management system at the Educational Information Technology Center. She is a teacher of Physics and Information Technology. She has been working in the field of education for 9 years. In the years 2014-2021, She worked as a methodologist in charge of teacher ICT skills support training and then as a methodologist in charge of e-learning for teachers at the Institute of Teacher Professional Development (Now the General Authority for education in Mongolia.) She specializes in teaching general education teachers by developing and testing methodologies for effective use of open educational resource materials, programs, and tools in training.

Erdene Lhagvasuren

a Head of the Research Department of Education Policy Planning at the National Institute of Education Research under the Ministry of Education and Science of Mongolia. He has many years of experience as a maths teacher, training and education manager and school principal. He advises on the implementation of the Cambridge International Programme and related organisations, general education schools, teachers and parents. An advisor to the International General Education Programme of the Minister of Education and Science of Mongolia. Current research activities focus on national values in Mongolian national education.

Abduvohid Safarov

Director of Anahita Public Organisation (Tajikistan); has over 20 years of experience in working with international organisations, local NGOs and international donors; has coordinated various projects including research on education in remote rural areas, support for rural women and protection of biocultural rights of indigenous local communities in Tajikistan. A graduate of Tajik State University with a degree in linguistics, he is currently pursuing Masters degree in law.

Aisuluu Zhamangulova

the CEO, ideological inspirer and co-founder of MUGALIM Online School. She is a certified project manager. For the last 10 years she worked as a project manager in the cross-functional department of a financial company. She managed a project to create an online platform for effective employee training, which has trained more than 1000 employees to date.

Madina Samakbaeva

Chairman and co-founder of the Techaim Public Foundation, whose activities are related to empowering girls and women in choosing a career in STEM and the official representative of the Khan Academy International Educational Platform in Kyrgyzstan. Coordinates the UNICEF Girls in Science project at the Innovation College of the American University of Central Asia. Actively works to promote STEAM education and environmental education among schoolchildren and students in Kyrgyzstan.

Azhybek Nurlanov

the Partnership Development Manager of the Sanarip Insan and ilimbox project of the Kyrgyz Branch of the Internet Society. He has experience in the development and implementation of educational projects to promote digital education, creation of electronic educational resources, design and development of educational programmes, as well as the integration of technology into the educational process. The ilimbox and Sanarip Insan projects develop and adapt international educational materials for the local learners and update educational materials on local digital platforms.

Alima Ibrasheva

Academic Director of BMG UpSkill, has significant experience in higher education, Information and Analytical Centre of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Nazarbayev University. She is a recognised expert, participant of projects of the World Bank, USAID, UNESCO, European Education Fund, OECD. During her work at the National Centre for Professional Development "Өrleu" Ibrasheva ensured as a member of the top management team the radical modernisation of the system of professional development of teachers, contributing to the updating of training content and development of research on the effectiveness of professional development of teachers. She was awarded the "Ibrai Altynsarin" bage for significant successes in the organisation and improvement of educational and upbringing processes. A member of the Kazakhstan Education Researchers Association (KERA).

Asylbek Madaliev

the founder of the educational center "Sanarip Mugalim", where the teachers are trained in new methodologies and ICT skills. More than 10 years of experience in the field of education. As part of the established center, more than 6,000 teachers underwent online and offline training, more than 700 teachers took part in the exchange of experience with visits to other countries. 

Jyldyz Doolbekova

Project Manager; has extensive experience in grant management, monitoring and evaluation; an expert in biocultural diversity conservation, community resilience and well-being, women and youth leadership, mobilisation and knowledge sharing and networking in Central Asia. She has worked for the Central Asia Programme of the Christensen Fund (San Francisco, California) as Special Advisor, Programme Manager and Regional Coordinator.  Prior to that, she managed the Aga Khan Humanities Project's Faculty Development Programme and University Projects (AKHP, Dushanbe, Tajikistan) aimed at developing, testing and implementing interdisciplinary courses in Central Asian universities. She holds a PhD in History; a Master's degree in International Relations from the International University of Kyrgyzstan and a degree in History from the Kyrgyz National University.

Gulnara Ibraeva

is a PhD candidate in sociology, an analyst with experience in socio-economic, political and cultural research, and an expert in strategic planning, monitoring and evaluation. She has considerable experience of working with international organisations, government agencies and civil society organisations not only in the Kyrgyz Republic, but also in Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Ukraine, Georgia, and Turkmenistan. Over 20 years of teaching experience at various universities in Kyrgyzstan, including the National State University, Bishkek Humanitarian University, Academy of Public Administration under the President of the Kyrgyz Republic, Kyrgyz-Turkish Manas University, American University of Central Asia (AUCA).

Tungalagtuya Khuukhenduu

Director of Nomadic Nature Conservation NGO in Mongolia, holds a Master's degree in Biological Science from the National University of Mongolia, is a PhD student at the Faculty of Education, Mongolian National State Pedagogical University, and has experience in the following areas: research; educational programmes for rural schools; assisting herder communities and women's groups in obtaining sustainable livelihoods; and publishing educational materials and books.

Mehrigul Ablezova

Associate Professor of Sociology at the American University of Central Asia (AUCA). He teaches courses in research methods, statistics, economic sociology, globalization, and the sociology of religion. Applied sociologist whose research interests and practice lie in the field of economic sociology and are related to issues of social and economic inequality, market society and moral economics. Her work has been published in Theory and Society; "Family, relationships and society"; "Home and Migration"; "Central Asian Study", as well as in numerous reference scientific reports. She received her BA in Business Administration from AUCA and her MA in Sociology from Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana, USA.

Chinara Omurkulova

Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Consultant for the Taalim-Forum, has more than ten years of experience in monitoring and evaluation of education projects, experience in conducting sociological research and teaching at Bishkek State University. 20 years of experience in managing and implementing international development projects onf innovative education in Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan as Director of the Representative Office of the Council for International Research and Exchanges, Deputy and Acting Manager of the USAID project. For more than 15 years, she has been engaged in public activities in supervisory boards of a number of local and international non-profit organisations, as well as a member and chairperson of the Public Council of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Kyrgyz Republic. She interned at the Institute of Social and Political Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences and at the Sociology Department of Columbia University. Graduated from the Faculty of History of Lomonosov Moscow State University.

Battsetsetseg Semjaan

lead researcher of the project in Mongolia, coordinated the work of field researchers in conducting qualitative and quantitative research in 4 regions of the country and the city of Ulaanbaatar. She teaches at the Mongolian National Pedagogical University. He teaches courses in the economics of education, statistics and research methods in education. She has experience in developing qualitative and quantitative research in the field of education and professional textbooks for secondary schools and universities.

Jovidsho Juraev

the lead project researcher in Tajikistan, has led and participated in more than 20 research projects in the region, a key expert in the development of the National Strategy for Reforming the Social Protection System in Tajikistan for the period 2018-2023, the draft National Programme for Reforming Local Self-Governance in Tajikistan for the period 2019-2024, the draft National Programme for Reforming Local Self-Governance in Tajikistan for the period 2019-2024. Since 2011, the head of the National Association of Professional Social Workers, has been involved in the establishment and development of the Department of Social Work at the Tajik National University in Dushanbe. A member of Comparative and International Education Society, in 2022 presented the results of research in Tajikistan at the CIES conference in Washington DC.