{"id":88,"date":"2016-06-30T09:37:21","date_gmt":"2016-06-30T09:37:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kglabs.org\/?page_id=88"},"modified":"2026-05-15T12:45:46","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T06:45:46","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/kglabs.org\/ru\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About KG Labs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n

KG Labs Public Foundation is an independent, Bishkek-based research and advisory organisation working on the responsible development of digital technology, artificial intelligence governance, and digital public infrastructure in Kyrgyzstan and across Central Asia. The Foundation was registered on June 5, 2015<\/strong> by the Ministry of Justice of the Kyrgyz Republic and re-registered on October 10, 2016<\/strong> in its current institutional form. Our work sits at the intersection of policy research, professional capacity-building, and ecosystem convening \u2014 translating regional realities into evidence that supports informed decisions by government, civil society, the private sector, and international partners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What We Stand For<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Three commitments anchor everything KG Labs does. They are not aspirations; they are the standards we apply to our own work and the work we choose to support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u2014 Responsible Technology<\/div>\n

We assess digital systems by what they do to the people they affect, not by the sophistication of their design. Responsible deployment requires accountability frameworks, transparency standards, and human oversight that match the scale at which the technology operates.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\u2014 Informed Participation<\/div>\n

Civil society, academia, and the private sector engage best with technology policy when they have the vocabulary, the evidence base, and the institutional standing to do so. Closing the participation gap is a precondition for closing the governance gap.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\u2014 Central Asian Voice<\/div>\n

Central Asia is an under-represented voice in global technology governance conversations to which it belongs. We work from the region, not about it, contributing experience as insiders to international processes that benefit when our perspective is part of them.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

How We Work<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The Foundation operates across three interconnected functions: producing original evidence<\/strong> through research and country-level assessments; building professional capacity<\/strong> through training, curricula, and institutional support; and contributing to policy<\/strong> through briefs, consultations, and implementation advisory. The Mission page sets out the theory of change in more detail and links each function to current programmes and outputs. Read the Mission →<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Where We Focus<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Our current programmes are organised across five operational areas, each addressing a distinct dimension of the responsible-technology landscape in Central Asia:<\/p>\n\n\n\n