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Public Diplomacy Commercial Partnerships and Entrepreneurship Program (Kyrgyz Republic)

National Competition for the European Entrepreneurship Promotion Awards 2025 (Cyprus)

Deadline: 31-May-25

The U.S. Embassy Bishkek Public Diplomacy Section (PDS) of the U.S. Department of State has announced an open competition to implement a program to foster greater commercial ties between the United States and the Kyrgyz Republic by promoting economic growth and local employment.

The program aims to support economic growth in the Kyrgyz Republic by creating market opportunities for U.S. businesses and investors, strengthening connections between U.S. and Kyrgyz businesses, encouraging a more informed Kyrgyzstani consumer base for U.S. products and business opportunities, fostering entrepreneurship skills and ecosystems, offering community-based employment and financial literacy programs to discourage outmigration, and promoting intellectual property (IP) protections.

By focusing on these priorities, the program will create more partnership opportunities for U.S. businesses and investors in the Kyrgyz market by building a workforce and business ecosystem more adept at working with American partners.  Furthermore, the program will support the development of entrepreneurs, including women and youth, and increase their knowledge on American entrepreneurship best practices, including those related to e-commerce, safeguarding IP, business planning and pitching, and attracting venture capital.  Ultimately, these efforts will result in a greater presence of U.S. companies and products in the Kyrgyz Republic, contributing to the overall stability and prosperity of both nations.

Although the economy of the Kyrgyz Republic is growing, the country faces challenges generating sustainable job growth and productivity, exacerbated by limited opportunities for local entrepreneurs, insufficient workforce skills, and barriers to global market access. This contributes to insufficient employment opportunities for skilled workers, outmigration, and difficulty for U.S. companies to enter the Kyrgyz market. Furthermore, Kyrgyz entrepreneurs are often unable to secure intellectual property (IP) protection due to widespread trade of counterfeit products and an insufficient IP regulatory framework, which further disincentivizes U.S. companies from entering the market.

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For more information, visit U.S. Embassy in the Kyrgyz Republic.

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