AKIPRESS.COM - A kindergarten designed for 100 children aged between 2.5 and 6 years was inaugurated in Besh-Koruk village in the rural municipality of Aleksandrovka in Chui on March 19.

The opening of the kindergarten became possible thanks to the support of the local municipality and the project “Strengthening Voice and Accountability" funded by the Government of Switzerland through the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) and implemented by the Development Policy Institute, the Embassy of Switzerland in Bishkek said.

The Swiss-funded project allocated 1 million som and the local municipality contributed 100,000 som to renovate and equip the kindergarten with furniture, kitchen equipment, blankets, office equipment and music instruments. This is the result of a local community initiative, which was selected under the Small Grants Program of the project.

The municipality of Aleksandrovka cooperates with this project to adopt a participatory budgetary process, which allows for better alignment of the budget on the needs of the population and greater accountability of the municipality towards the population. Indeed, residents of the municipality are involved in local decision-making and in monitoring budget execution.