On 23 May 2022, the Delegation from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Finland, headed by Ms. Marja Liivala, Director-General; and accompanied by Ms. Sirpa Oksanen, Director; Mr. Anssi Leino, Counsellor; Mr. Matti Väänänen, Senior Adviser; and H.E. Mrs. Soili Mäkeläinen-Buhanist, Ambassador of Finland to the Kyrgyz Republic; visited the OSCE Academy within their official trip to Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan.

On 20 May 2022, Ms. Ziming Rao, Adjunct Professor at Webster University in Tashkent and an expert in accounting and finance, visited the OSCE Academy and delivered a guest lecture to students of the MA in Economic Governance and Development Programme. During the lecture, titled “The Nuts and Bolts of Business Plan: a USAID Project to assist SMEs in Issyk-kul Region,” Ms. Rao explained why the business plan is important and what the structure and content of a good business plan should look like.

On 19 May 2022, young diplomats from Germany visited the OSCE Academy as part of their trip to Kyrgyzstan and met the Director of the OSCE Academy, Dr. Alexander Wolters, and students of the MA Programmes.

On 16 May 2022, Dr. Udo Steinbach, Director at the MENA Study Center of the Maecenata Foundation, together with Dr. Anja Mihr from the HVGP (Berlin) and the OSCE Academy Bishkek, and Dr. Brigitte Weiffen from The Open University (UK) and Chair of IPSA Research Committee 34 “Quality of Democracy” hosted the conference „The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) and its impact on Human Rights compliance along the‚ New Silk Road. “ The conference was comprised of four sessions which included a panel of two speakers each with ample time in the end for engagement with the online and in-person audience through a Q & A and discussion.