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Best Practices in TVET Policies Coping with COVID-19 Crisis: UNEVOC Network East and Southeast Asia Cluster Countries Year of publication: 2020 Author: Jihee Choi | Hanbyul Lee | Kunjoo Lim | Hyunsik Choi | Jongtaek Han Corporate author: UNESCO International Centre for Technical and Vocational Education and Training (UNEVOC) | Korea Research Institute for Vocational Education and Training (KRIVET) This book presents the best practices with regard to TVET policies to cope with COVID-19 crisis. It includes 8 cases of manuscripts from 6 countries in total. The topics covered range from the national TVET policies responding to COVID-19 crisis to open and digital learning, migrant female workers, and TVET strategies to deal with youth unemployment. 
Integrated Approaches to Literacy and Skills Development: Examples of Best Practice in Adult Learning Programmes Year of publication: 2021 Corporate author: UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL) Since the first coronavirus case was reported to the World Health Organization in December 2019, millions of youth and adults around the globe – especially those with low literacy skills – have faced increased challenges to securing meaningful work and safeguarding their livelihoods. A more integrated approach to youth and adult learning and education, combining basic literacy, vocational and life skills, is needed now more than ever.This publication showcases selected examples of integrated youth and adult learning and education programmes featured in the UNESCO Effective Literacy and Numeracy Practices Database, also known as LitBase. Implemented in various social, cultural and economic contexts around the world, the programmes featured herein reveal not only the transformative potential that enhancing the quality of youth and adult learning and education can have, but also lay bare the hurdles and potential pathways to consider when planning effective integrated programmes.Integrated approaches to literacy and skills development: Examples of Best Practice in Adult Learning Programmes is useful not only for policy-makers, providers and educators who plan to implement integrated adult education programmes but also for those trying to help the most vulnerable groups reach their highest potential. 
Pandemic May Expose Social Protest in Central Asia Year of publication: 2020 Author: Alexey Malashenko Corporate author: Russian International Affairs Council The coronavirus has become a serious test of the strength of the political systems of Central Asian countries. Despite the severe socio-economic impact of the pandemic, stability has been ensured. But in the long run, quarantines and tight restrictions will remind of themselves and expose old problems. Among the most acute are unemployment and the threat of violent extremism. Moreover, both problems are related. 
Radicalization in Central Asia: Have We Managed to Avoid It? Year of publication: 2020 Author: Milan Lazovic Corporate author: Russian International Affairs Council Central Asia is a very multifaceted, multi-ethnic, multi-confessional region, where many cultures, national traditions and ways of life intersect, united by a common factor - religious. The authors of the chapter on the role of religion in Central Asia in the book "Religion, Conflict, and Stability in the Former Soviet Union", prepared by the analytical center "RAND Corporation", touched upon a very important, significant and influential topic on the region. Experts note that, despite the success of Central Asia's attempts to avoid large-scale radicalization, there is a risk of its expansion today. 
Human Rights in Uzbekistan Need Their Own Navruz Year of publication: 2021 Author: Steve Swerdlow Corporate author: Central Asian Bureau for Analytical Reporting (CABAR) Tashkent's old authoritarian habits hinder positive progress. On the eve of Navruz, human rights lawyer Steve Swerdlov, in an article for CABAR.asia, discusses the need for changes in the legal sphere of Uzbekistan. 
Development of Environmental Education Against the Background of Climate Change in Tajikistan Year of publication: 2021 Author: Khurshed Abdukodiri Corporate author: Central Asian Bureau for Analytical Reporting (CABAR) As well as for the whole world, the consequences of climate change are to some extent already noticeable in Tajikistan. In order to build a full-fledged strategy for adaptation to climate change as soon as possible, it is necessary to develop environmental education. 
Domestic Violence in Tajikistan: What Measures Are Needed to Be Taken in Order to Help Victims? Year of publication: 2021 Author: Shokhsanam Shodiyeva Corporate author: Central Asian Bureau for Analytical Reporting (CABAR) In this article, the author discusses the current state of affairs in Tajikistan in the field of preventing domestic violence, and the measures taken. In addition, according to the authore, it is necessary to criminalize domestic violence in order to more effectively deal with rapists. 
A Delicate Balance of Language Conflict in Uzbekistan Year of publication: 2020 Author: Eldar Asanov Corporate author: Central Asian Bureau for Analytical Reporting (CABAR) | Institute for War and Peace Reporting (IWPR) In an article for CABAR.asia, an Uzbek researcher Eldar Asanov discusses identity, nationalism, and historical memory in the realm of a rather vexed language issue in today’s Uzbekistan. 
Language Balance in Uzbekistan: An Acceptable Status Quo Year of publication: 2019 Author: Yuriy Sarukhanyan Corporate author: Central Asian Bureau for Analytical Reporting (CABAR) | Institute for War and Peace Reporting (IWPR) «It is incorrect to speak about the competition between the Uzbek and Russian languages in Uzbekistan. They both occupy a certain niche in public and state life, neither of them can threaten the positions of the other, since they develop in parallel and isolation from each other,» – notes an international relations specialist from Tashkent and a participant in the cabar.asia school of analytics, Yuri Sarukhanyan. 
Language Policies of the Central Asian States Year of publication: 2020 Author: Nurbek Bekmurzayev Corporate author: Central Asian Bureau for Analytical Reporting (CABAR) | Institute for War and Peace Reporting (IWPR) The policy brief “Language Policy of the Central Asian States” is presented jointly by IWPR and CABAR.asia. The publication outlines the ways of the formation of state languages in the countries of Central Asia, analyzes their functioning along with the Russian language, draws conclusions and forecasts for the future, and provides recommendations for improving language policy.The publication is intended for young experts and consultants, researchers, management decision makers, and a wide range of readers.