Conferences and seminars

Since 2005, Center on Export Controls (CEC) has been organizing and conducting

international and national workshops, training, conferences and briefings in the field of non-proliferation, export controls, biosafety and biosecurity, intellectual property, procurement and customs issues.  Since its establishment, the Center has been closely working with the US Department of Commerce and Department of Energy in the framework of the US State Department’s Export Control and Related Border Security Assistance Program (EXBS). Within this program, CEC conducted technical workshops on the National Control List, licensing, workshops on WMD Commodity Identification Training and others.

During the period of February 2009 – March 2014 and in cooperation with the International Science and Technology Center (ISTC) and Canadian Government, the Center conducted a series of workshops in the field of biosafety and biosecurity: EC for Biological Materials in KR: an International workshop, Biosafety workshop, STPBT and TDG workshops, BACAC conferences.

The Center on Export Controls has extensive experience of providing event management and support services at home and abroad:

9 December 2021
Workshop on implementation of the Course on Export Control and the Master's program on Strategic Trade Control

On 9 December 2021, Bishkek hosted a Workshop on implementation of the Course on Export Control and the Master's program on Strategic Trade Control (STC) at the Kyrgyz National University named after Jusup Balasagyn.

March 26-28 2014
Organization of the Fifth Annual Conference of the Biosafety Association of Central Asia

The three -day conference was attended by officials and experts from European Union, Great Britain, USA, Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Armenia, Georgia, Moldova, Afghanistan, Pakistan and Mongolia. Tbilisi, Georgia.

June 10-12 2015
Organization of the International Meeting and Workshop of Central Asia-Afghanistan Regional Customs, Standards and SPS Working Groups

Commercial Law Development Program (CLDP), US Department of Commerce, Astana, Kazakhstan

October 10-14 2011
Organization of the Interpol International Seminar on Bioterrorism

International Science and Technology Center and Canada's Global Partnership Program (GPP). Almaty.

September 18-20 2012
Fourth Annual Conference of the Biosafety Association of Central Asia and the Caucasus.

International Science and Technology Center and Canada's Global Partnership Program (GPP). The three -day conference was attended by officials and experts from European Union, Great Britain, Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Armenia, Georgia. Almaty, Kazakhstan.

September 15-16 2015
Workshop on IP Adjudication in the Kyrgyz Republic

US Department of Commerce, Commercial Law Development Program (CLDP) in cooperation with the State Intellectual Property and Innovation Service of the Kyrgyz Republic (Kyrgyzpatent) and the Judicial Training Center of the Supreme Court of the Kyrgyz Republic. Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan.

July 27-31 2015
Workshop on Government Procurement in the Kyrgyz Republic

Best Practices and Lessons Learned, Commercial Law Development Program (CLDP), US Department of Commerce in partnership with the PPMD of the Kyrgyz Ministry of Finance

September 9-11 2014
Regional Customs Working Group Workshop

US Department of Commerce, Commercial Law Development Program (CLDP) in cooperation with the State Customs Service of the Kyrgyz Republic. Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan.

February 6-7 2014
Kyrgyzstan Customs IP Workshop

US Department of Commerce, Commercial Law Development Program (CLDP) in coordination with the State Intellectual Property and Innovation Service (Kyrgyzpatent), the State Customs Service of the Kyrgyz Republic

April 18-19 2013
Event Manager for the Workshop on Adjudication of Intellectual Property Infringement Cases

Commercial Law Development Program (CLDP) in cooperation with Kyrgyzpatent.

June 11-12 2013
Workshop on International Best Practices in Public Procurement

Commercial Law Development Program (CLDP) in partnership with the PPMD of the Kyrgyz Ministry of Finance

October 16-17 2012
Regional workshop on "Customs and other measures to protect intellectual property rights"

The experience of the United States and the Kyrgyz Republic, Commercial Law Development Program (CLDP) in partnership with the State Intellectual Property and Innovation Service of the Government of the Kyrgyz Republic (Kyrgyzpatent) and the Customs Service under the Government of the Kyrgyz Republic.

December 10-14 2012
Legal-Regulatory Enhancement Event

The Research Foundation of State University of New York University at Albany, SUNY. Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan.

May 15-16 2012
Workshop on Strategic Trade Control Legal-Regulatory Enhancement

Research Foundation of State University of New York University at Albany, SUNY

September 20-21 2011
Kyrgyzstan IP Workshop

Commercial Law Development Program (CLDP) in cooperation with the State Customs Service of the Kyrgyz Republic

June 6-7 2011
Handicrafts Market Access Training workshop

Commercial Law Development Program (CLDP)

February 8-11 2010
Event Manager for the four-day workshop: Biosecurity and Biosafety: Principles and Practice

International Science and Technology Center (ISTC) in coordination with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Canada within the framework of the Global Partnership Programmer (GPP). Bishkek.