RI-SOL is honored to be involved with the following program and collaborating partners in the implementation of this project:

Program Partners

The International Foundation for Election Systems (IFES)
IFES provides civic education materials in local languages for Tajikistan's teachers and students. They also provide access to a range of programs that strengthen rule of law, good governance, and civil society, such as Student Action Committees and Student Local Government Days.

Ittifok and RI-SOL staff, Isfara

Ittifok
Ittifok, a local NGO based in Tajikistan's northern Sugd region, provides training and education materials to schools on the topics of interethnic conflict and the development of civil and democratic society.

Junior Achievement (JA)
JA helps to develop business skills resources and strategy plans for communities supporting ILCs. They also create economic training programs for teachers that expose students to a new style of learning and, consequently, thinking.

Saodat
Saodat provides training for students, teachers, and parents on women's political, economical, social, and cultural rights, increasing women's participation in management of government agencies and social activities and establishing a positive social atmosphere for women to work.

Aga Khan Educational Services (AKES)
AKES helps to create and increase capacity for the Connectivity Project at select schools in Gorno Badakhshan Autonomous Oblast, and assists in monitoring and recruitment for this region.

United Nations Development Program (UNDP)
UNDP's Reconstruction and Rehabilitation Program assists in mobilizing communities through local Jamoat Development Committees and distributing and collecting program applications.

University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
UCLA supports the implementation and development of the International Teacher Exchange component of the project.

Global Citizenship and Youth Philanthropy (GCYP)
A joint project of Nickelodeon, National Geographic Society, UCLA and RI-SOL, GCYP provides structured curricula using interactive lessons on issues of civic education and participation.

Collaborating Partners

ORA Disability Program at School #10

ORA International
ORA International's Disability Program coordinates support and activities for people with disabilities to help provide social integration and employment opportunities. Members of ORA's Disability Program receive training in computer and Internet skills at Connectivity Project ILCs in Dushanbe, Gissar, and Rudaki.