{"id":1124,"date":"2017-07-10T16:39:52","date_gmt":"2017-07-10T10:39:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kglabs.org\/?page_id=1124"},"modified":"2026-05-14T21:51:42","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T15:51:42","slug":"unite-community","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/kglabs.org\/ru\/unite-community\/","title":{"rendered":"Unite Community"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n<p>Unite Community is the Foundation&#8217;s convening programme. It operates the Foundation&#8217;s hackathon series, ecosystem tours, peer-exchange roundtables, and the institutional partnerships that keep Kyrgyzstan&#8217;s technology community connected to regional and global counterparts. Convening creates the conditions in which the Foundation&#8217;s evidence and capacity work can land \u2014 without it, even the best research and training do not move into the hands of practitioners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"callout\">\n  <div class=\"l\">\u2014 What convening produces<\/div>\n  <p>Sustained convening across more than a decade has produced an institutional record that other actors can draw on: a documented peer network, a body of partnerships that survives staff transitions, and a list of named participants who have stayed involved with the Foundation&#8217;s work as their own careers have evolved.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Hackathons<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The Foundation has run five major hackathons since 2015, each with a sectoral focus and named partners. The full record is on the <a href=\"\/timeline\/\">Timeline<\/a>. Documented outputs include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n  <li><a href=\"\/hackathons-and-competitions\/garage48-bishkek-2015-forty-eight-hours-auca-first-hackathon\/\">Garage48 Bishkek 2015<\/a> \u2014 first 48-hour hackathon at scale; AUCA campus; Estonian mentors Jaanus Sakkis and Kai Isand; winner Segmently advanced to the Slush Conference, Finland.<\/li>\n  <li>Media Hackathon 2017 \u2014 co-organised with the Youth Council C5+1; partners AUCA, US Embassy, Internews Kyrgyzstan; theme &#171;Safe City, Safe Environment&#187;; twelve competing teams including <a href=\"https:\/\/kloop.kg\">Kloop Media<\/a>.<\/li>\n  <li><a href=\"\/hackathons-and-competitions\/travel-and-tourism-hackathon-2016-from-ideation-to-pitching\/\">Travel and Tourism Hackathon 2016<\/a> \u2014 AUCA + Ololohaus; supported by the US Embassy and USAID Business Development Initiative; winner Team Challengers (Trelper).<\/li>\n  <li><a href=\"\/hackathons-and-competitions\/ecommerce-and-fintech-hackathon-2019-three-pre-events-three-days-two-winners\/\">E-Commerce and FinTech Hackathon 2019<\/a> \u2014 funded by GIZ Trade Facilitation Central Asia; 170+ applications, 12 finalist teams; winner RofDev with AgroSale.<\/li>\n  <li><a href=\"\/hackathons-and-competitions\/future-agro-challenge-2015-tilek-toktogaziev-bishkek-athens\/\">Future Agro Challenge 2015<\/a> \u2014 global agri-tech competition; KG Labs received the FAC Host of the Year third-place award at the Global Entrepreneurship Congress, Medell\u00edn; national winner Tilek Toktogaziev.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Tech Ecosystem Tours<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The Foundation&#8217;s <strong>KG Tech Ecosystem Tours<\/strong> programme connects international visitors with Kyrgyzstan&#8217;s technology companies, startups, and ecosystem actors. Documented hosted visits include Christophe Viguerie (Tech&amp;Co Thailand) and Maxime Schmitt (NextSteps Systems Thailand) in May 2018; Paul Bragiel (Bragiel Brothers, Silicon Valley) in September 2018 \u2014 see <a href=\"\/startup-ecosystem\/kg-labs-ecosystem-tour-september-2018-paul-bragiel-on-founders-obstacles-and-attracting-investment\/\">the Bragiel visit<\/a>; and Columbia University SIPA students in May 2018, hosted jointly with ISOC Kyrgyz Chapter and the High Tech Park.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Convening Series<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The Foundation runs sustained convening series in specific policy domains:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n  <li><strong>FinTech Series 2018\u20132019<\/strong> \u2014 four events with NPS Elcart and the Interbank Processing Center, plus three case battles in 2019 covering QR payments and remote identification. <a href=\"\/hackathons-and-competitions\/fintech-events-stimulating-fintech-kyrgyzstan-september-2018\/\">Series record &rarr;<\/a><\/li>\n  <li><a href=\"\/community-and-events\/techwomen-and-ges-alumni-talks-bishkek-november-2016\/\">TechWomen Alumni Talks<\/a> \u2014 multi-year programming with the US State Department&#8217;s TechWomen alumni network.<\/li>\n  <li><a href=\"\/community-and-events\/forum-of-cities-bishkek-may-2017-what-smart-cities-look-like-in-practice\/\">Forum of Cities, Bishkek 2017<\/a> \u2014 Smart Cities panel co-curated with the Civic Initiative on Internet Policy, Tajikistan.<\/li>\n  <li><a href=\"\/research-and-evidence\/kg-labs-meets-mercator-fellows-on-international-affairs-may-2018\/\">Mercator Fellows meeting<\/a>, Bishkek 2018 \u2014 institutional briefing with the Foundation&#8217;s ecosystem database.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Sister Initiatives<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Where convening produces enough sustained engagement that a separate institution becomes warranted, the Foundation&#8217;s leadership has helped found one. Sister institutions co-founded by KG Labs leadership include the <strong>Internet Society Kyrgyz Chapter (ISOC KG)<\/strong>, the <strong><a href=\"\/ai-governance\/abaca-business-angels-association-central-asia-opening-2022\/\">Association of Business Angels of Central Asia (ABACA)<\/a><\/strong> with Rinat Abdrasilov in June 2022, and the <strong>Kyrgyz Go Federation<\/strong>. See <a href=\"\/our-partners\/\">Our Partners<\/a> for the institutional network.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-kg-neutral-100-color has-alpha-channel-opacity has-kg-neutral-100-background-color is-style-wide\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-kg-neutral-400-color has-text-color\" style=\"font-size:0.875rem\">Unite Community sits alongside the Foundation&#8217;s other operational programme areas: <a href=\"\/build-skills\/\">Build Skills<\/a>, <a href=\"\/promote-smart-policies\/\">Promote Smart Policies<\/a>, <a href=\"\/research\/\">Research<\/a>, and <a href=\"\/raise-awareness\/\">Raise Awareness<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Unite Community is the Foundation&#8217;s convening programme. It operates the Foundation&#8217;s hackathon series, ecosystem tours, peer-exchange roundtables, and the institutional partnerships that keep Kyrgyzstan&#8217;s technology community connected to regional and global counterparts. 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