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More News · 22 June 2007
LRH Admin Tech into Kyrgyzstan

In the heart of Asia, landlocked by China, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan, is Kyrgyzstan, one of the most beautiful, savage, untouched republics in the Commonwealth of Independent States.

The Tien Shan Mountains—translated Heaven's Mountains—in Kyrgyzstan, a land of breathtaking beauty, ravaged and torn by lack of a workable technology of ethics and administration.

A land of breathtaking natural beauty, the Tien Shan system of mountains (translated Heaven's Mountains) command every horizon—some of its faces have never been scaled by human hands. Its highest point, Victory Peak pierces the clouds at more than 24,000 feet. At the foot of these ranges is Lake Issyk-Kul ("hot lake" in Turkic tongues) one of the world's largest alpine lakes. And before these two wonders stands Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan's capital and our newest dissemination outpost for LRH admin tech.

Steeped in history, Bishkek lies along the famed Great Silk Road, the trading route made famous in Marco Polo's writings. Bishkek was the final stopover before the great expanse of Lake Issyk-Kul, and the heights of Heaven's Mountains. From stopover to village to fortress it grew. One of its conquerors mistook its name and it became "Pishpek" (locals continued to call it Bishkek—who could blame them). Communist arrogance added insult to injury in 1936, when it was renamed "Frunze" (in honor of the political organizer Mikail Vasilievich Frunze), however with the lifting of Soviet suppression in 1991, the famed stopover was once again Bishkek.

When communism fell, Kyrgyzstan was quick to adopt liberal economic polices and became the first of the Commonwealth of Independent States accepted by the World Trade Organization (WTO). It was an obvious move, Kyrgyzstan had to adapt fast as the fall of central government also meant the fall of stable markets. And while the free market sounds great, it would mean no market unless Kyrgyzstan got out and sold its wares.

Rioting in Bishkek during the Tulip Revolution.

Despite the lifting of the communist yolk, despite its rich natural resources and acceptance into the WTO, Kyrgyzstan has still been plagued with high unemployment and poverty. Corruption has also played its part. All of this came to a head in March 2005 with the Tulip Revolution.

Following elections in February and early March which looked blatantly rigged and the President Akayev's covert plan to enthrone his daughter as a sovereign power, Kurmanbek Bakiyev backed by a popular revolt, seized control to become President. He immediately released Felix Fulov and appointed him as Prime Minister—previously Mr Fulov had been the head of the opposition party, but was imprisoned by Akayev.

With a popular government, by all appearances the country was getting back on track and was even looked upon by the West as a much-sought-after example of Muslim democracy aligning itself with western interests.

However, less than two years later, the honeymoon is over. Lacking a workable technology of ethics and administration, the popular powers of President Kurmanbek Bakiyev and Prime Minister Felix Fulov are struggling to carry through on their promised reforms and have failed to handle corruption and crime—leaving a chaos which last year had the entire government cabinet submitting their resignation en masse to the President after a parliament vote of no confidence (the President rejecting their resignation). Last year also saw the assassination of three members of parliament.

Where June 2005 saw President Kurmanbek Bakiyev win a landslide victory, now more recently he has faced booing crowds and statements like "Bakiyev's rule today is Akayev's rule yesterday". The rocky economical and political terrain of today's Kyrgyzstan have all the ingredients for a WISE story—and it's one which began 18 short months ago.

Summer 2005, the Doolot Consulting company was founded by two WISE member Kyrgyzs in order to bring LRH admin tech to their country. Reaching out to companies in Bishkek and implementing LRH admin tech solutions, they laid the foundation for higher levels of expansion.

In Feb, 2006, Doolot Consulting organized a two-day WISE seminar bringing in veteran LRH admin tech speakers from Moscow and disseminating LRH's solutions on the Organizing Board, Management by Statistics, Public Relations and Marketing Tech.

Top business leaders attended to find workable solutions to management, including the President of the National Association of Clothes Producers, the President of the Aikido National Federation of Kyrgyzstan and Chairmen of the Board of the biggest bank in Kyrgyzstan.

Also in attendance was an official from the Ministry of Finance who stated:

"I am very happy that I was invited to this seminar. The information is easily assimilated. I got many useful things from this seminar.

"And what is most remarkable—I never got this data in University."—Y. Tolonova.

National TV recorded the seminar and beamed it to homes throughout Kyrgyzstan, while Retro Radio, provided a forum to disseminate LRH's modern management solutions to its national audience for more than an hour.

Meanwhile back at # 43 Lenin's Avenue, 2nd Floor, the Moscow WISE Charter Committee at their weekly meeting decided to adopt a country, a place where they could help new LRH admin tech dissemination activities get started and where they would send consultants to foster fledgling groups. It would be Kyrgyzstan.

The first consultant to go from Moscow was Vadim Malchikov—delivering seminars to lower level government officials. Such was the interest, the administration requested more seminars. Next, WISE-licensed consultant Andrey Kruglov from Moscow headed down to Bishkek. Upon arrival, he briefed the Mayor and his officials on LRH admin tech and then it was the Department Heads from the President's Administration who wanted to learn LRH's solutions. And so Andrey found himself in the Kyrgyzstan Republic's "White House"—the former Communist Party's Central Committee headquarters disseminating to officials. Sponsored by the Asian Bank of Development, the seminar was on a Friday afternoon—a time when typically officials were rushing home to depart on a weekend trip with their families.

WISE-licensed consultant Andrey Kruglov, from Moscow, delivers to officials at the Kyrgyzstan Republic's "White House".

The seminar covered the Organizing Board, the Communication System, Management by Statistics, Finance Policy and more—and that's exactly what attendees wanted because when Andrey was done, the officials weren't and they plied him with questions.

Meanwhile, President of the Aikido National Federation of Kyrgyzstan, Ms. G.A. Sejtalieva, an earlier attendee to the WISE seminar, (and unbeknownst to anyone else) had taken what she had learned and implemented an LRH Organizing Board into her Aikido organization. Now she wanted to know more, Andrey Kruglov didn't think twice about coming to her association to help her further implement LRH admin tech, especially since Ms. Sejtalieva is one of two women in the Commonwealth of Independent States who have achieved the status of 4th Dan Black Belt in Aikido.

Ms. Sejtalieva, 4th Dan Black Belt, implemented an organization board into her Aikido organization.

With such reach the WISE Charter Committee of Moscow sent another WISE-licensed Consultant, Anatoly Migov, who now delivered a seminar on PR and Marketing to officials of the Presidents' Administration. Again the reach increased; this time the President's Office of Kyrgyzstan needed training for administration executives, so one of his officials, of course, organized a series of LRH admin tech seminars. As one of the officials from the President's office put it: a title does not make one a professional in management, one has to learn the subject.

What followed was a series of four LRH admin tech seminars to officials in the President's and Prime Minister's administration, then to Deputy governors, then to heads of regional administrations and finally to more than 20 Press Secretaries of government ministries as well as key business executives.

Attendees saw that there was a workable technology of management which they could learn, in fact almost all toured through one of Doolot Consulting's client premises (a company called Bereket) where they found a showcase for LRH admin tech right in their own city of Bishkek. Now WISE members and officials are working out a grant to broadly implement LRH administrative solutions in key organizations throughout the nation.